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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

Cheaper prices than over offered In
Rocky Ford. Cleanup sale beginning
Saturday. Sec bills at Ramsay & Byars
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

Lost, an l. o. o. F. watch charm. on
one side Patriarch's emblem. reverse
side. Encampment emblem. On eogs A.
c. Sloan's name engraved. Finder
please return to A. c. Sloan. 10
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

Except Sunday after 10 a. M, you can
get ICE any time at Bryants two miles
east Of town. 49-d
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

Dear Sh
July shipments.
him fully the enclose which
You viii notice that make statement that would
Should
known before the public. Yours respectfully
IRA J. MORSE
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04
Sow Turnip Seed now.
D. v. Burrell.

See the II. Otis Brown Mill Co.
for prices on cement work be.
fore having your walks laid.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

Ladies' 76e muslin gowns for -. 5se
Ladies' SIPS wrappers. while they -----.
Soc sale bills at Ramsay & Byars.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

F. B. Cutshall has just returned from a
somewhat hazardous trip down in New
Mexico after stolen horse. The thief
was captured several weeks ago but the
horse was run off. Mr.. Cutshall went
with a deputy sherifi's commission which
greatly aided him in getting possession Of
the animal. When he saw the mare in a
pasture and called her name. her answer
ing Whitney was all the proof needed to
confirm his ownership. On the return
trip, through region where the mare had
been traded several times. Mr.. Cutshall
ran great risks from vindictive Mexicans.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

A sewer pipe lateral is preferable to an
open ditch, but David Best finds his i'm
proved lateral to have its disadvantages.
he having to dig up portion to find an
obstruction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04
Some Interesting Correspondence Relative to
the Commission Business.
ROCKY FORD ENTERPRISE
ROCKY FORD. ENTERPRISE.

July 1905
Ira j. Morse.
Colorado Springs. colo-
Dear
The country weekly. do all the kicking for the community
which published called make
conclusions? Yourst
D. W.
The following
Sam Dunmors
to make shss the receipt quotation the
ks
shipped
The total paid by Mr. $500
the Of about Is basket For ~ baskets
ounsnors check
$ii S7 which s him
receive Mr. unable
that he has received . square
SJ't' a..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04

And there you are.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04
IRA J. MORSE,

Wkslsssis Csaasisa AsseAaaA
Colorado spsinss colo- Aug. I. 1905.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-04
0a0eiss chsareh.

Services on The hrst and third Sundays
Of each month. On the first Sunday SER
vices begin at ! ] T. m. and on the third
Sunday at nine =. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

under cultivation, are not the menace
to American interests that some au-
thorities consider them. Our ability to
produce wheat is decreasing and our
consumptive capacity is increasing,
consequently our surplus for export
will naturally diminish. Even if irriga-
ton should greatly increase the yield
of American fields, and new foreign
areas produce quantities not now reck-
oned upon, the worlds supply of wheat
will hardly increase faster than the
hunger Of the millions ready to eat it.
The impetus to the leather trade is
accounted for by the need Of shoes
and harness to equip the men and ami
mails of the army. The same argu-
ment that applies to bread holds good
in regard to shoes-the soldier will
always want leather footwear when
he gets used to it. However, the
leather people will not find as plain
sailing as the millers, because the arti-
Gle they wish to substitute is much
more expensive than what their GUS
toner has been used to. A pair Of
wooden clogs, or straw sandals, costs
only a few cents, while anything in
leather which would be within the
means of the average Jap, would be
so flimsy that it would not be service
able.
INFERIOR LEATHER GOODS
The earning capacity of any people
regulates their purchasing power, and
there are many things which the Japs
cannot utilize simply because they
cannot afford them. This will be a
poor market for shoes for a long time
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on this account. All leather goods
made in Japan are cheap American
limitations. I had a pair of shoes
made here. The shoemaker showed me
samples and agreed to duplicate the
five-dollar pair I was wearing for half
the price. The job looked all right
when completed, but it had neither the
material nor Workmanship of the origi-
nails. My American shoes are the
cheapest because they are the best.
1t is the same way with valises, hat
boxes, trunks. and all articles made Of
leather-they are merely inferior copies
of American made goods, cheaper it
is true, but more expensive because
they are not nearly so durable.
The Jap is a natural born imitator.
He can fake an idea quicker than
parrot can learn to swear. 1t is dis
couraging to the Yankee drummer
when he comes over here all cooked
find cheap limitations of his own goods
staring at him from the windows of
the shops. I have seen any number
Of instances like this, including soap,
books, patent medicines and machinery.
The names of articles made famous
by advertisements in the States are
brazenly copied here and sold at
third of the regular price. The Govern
ment offers no protection to the
foreign manufacturer. If he copy
rights his trade mark the local imi-
tator merely changes a letter or a
portion of the design and evades La
bility on technicality. Although the
confiscation is apparent, the courts will
not see it that way.
AN EXPENSIVE FAILURE,
But sometimes tho oft,, Tan hitaa
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of more than he can chew. Not long
ago an importing firm introduced some
cigarette manufacturing machines.
They were very complicated affairs
and turned out cigarettes almost as
fast as you could count them. The
saving in labor was so great that a
number of firms installed them. The
importers thought they had a good
business started when suddenly the
sales stopped. Investigation proved
that ten limitations of the patent had
been made and sold. These substitu-
lions Were remarkable for their SEEM
Ing exactness. They looked indentical
to the originals, but for some reason
they wouldn't make cigarettes. The
1mitator had slipped a cog somewhere
and he had to pocket a loss of many
thousand dollars.
While some admirers of the Japanese
claim that he is strictly honorable in
his business dealings, the bulk of testi-
mony on this point indicates that he is
as slippery as an eel. Leaving out of
the account the small dealer whose
rating is little better than the poor
farmer or coolie. and considering only
Tic Aoi dllu lHOIe
it is found that they constantly resort
to many forms Of sharp practice and
petty fraud An order is placed with
an importer for a consignment of Amer
lean goods to be accepted at the
wharf The goods arrive and Mr.. Jap
shows up with a long face and asks
if the importer will please hold them
little while. This means drayage to
warehouse, insurance and storage,
all of which come out of the importers
profit. If he holds the consignment
say thirty days, it means loss of
between one and two per cent. He
doesn't want to make a row and offend
his customer SO he accepts the loss.
The American importers might make a
stand and protest against this sort of
but if they did their Eng
fish or German competitors would con-
tinue to grant such extensions and
thus gain point against them. The
Germans particularly, are always cut
ting corners and doing unbusinesslike
things in their effort to get foot
hold
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JAPANESE TILL-TAPPING.

The Japs work the claim dodge for
all it is worth. If an order arrives
with a low market the importer feels
/ it in his bones that he will have a
| claim. He might as we'll compromise
and pocket his loss because he will
get little consolation in the courts. A
Toxic firm reports a. shortage of four
dollars worth of paper on small order
from a Yokohama importer. The latter
is certain his stock was intact, but it
will cost more than the claim is worth
to send a man to Toxic to investigate
so he allows it. Another common
practice is to hand in checks for bills
due just after twelve o'clock on Satur-
day in order to gain two days interest
at the bank. This is the sort of pretty
till-tapping the representative japanese
business men engage in. Their de-
tenders say we have the same thing
in America. We do have it occas-
s:onally but not universally as it occurs
here. Our big houses are above that
sort of thing, while the largest con-
Germs here practice it constantly.
The American who wants to do bust
ness in the Orient will minimize his
importer. This is particularly true of
small lines. The big concerns would
probably do better to establish their
own branches like the Standard Oil
and other large concerns have done.
The business here is conducted through
q negotiating interpreter called BAN
to. This worthy is generally rascal
who cheats both parties, under-quot-
ing to one and over-quoting to the
other The banto is a much abused
individual. Most business men who
have had experience with him claim
that, like the Indian, he is only good
after he is dead. You may think you
are real foxy. Mr.. American. but one
of these Oriental shysters can take the
kinks out of your conceit any morning
before breakfast The banto is regard
ed as a commercial barnacIe and he
will be dispensed with as soon as it
is possible. But at the present time,
owing to the differences in languag es
and customs. the new conner cannot
get along without him. and even the
oldest firms have to depend upon him
at times. BY dealing with. the import
er the ordinary American VIII save
much annoyance and loss.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE IN
JAPAN.
With all the difficulties in the way
American capital is very much in evil
dence in Japan. The Standard Oil
has over 1900 agencies in the Empire
and is out-seIling Russian oil about
Continued on page 81
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But sometimes the crafty Jap bites
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
MULE CAUSES TROUBLE.

A row resulting from a quarrel
over a mule caused the arrest OF
Noah Reasby Sunday on a warrant
issued by Justice Bacon, charging
assault with intent to infict great
bodily injury" carrying concealed
weapons and maintaining a gambl'
ing house.
The warrant vas sworn out by
j. E. Mcdowell, Reasby's adversary
in the trouble on Saturday over the
mule.
Reasby's mule was lame. The
man accused Mcdowell of tanning
the animal and the response caused
the trouble. The men were working
in the Ncagle mine at Colon, and
Mcdowell charges rhat Reasby pick
ed up a big chunk OF sulphur and
hit him in the face.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
AUTOMOBILE GARAGE
w. A. McNeill Will Introduce In
ovation in 0sksloosa.

w. A. Mcneil has decided to estab,
fish an Automobile garae'' in the city
of Oskaloosa. 1t will be a sort or
auto barn for the keeping and caring
Of autos in place OF horses, a place
where the tourist may find rest and
repairs fer his machine,a place where
the resident owner may keep his wag-
on when he is without means or &C.
commodation elsewhere, a place
where machines will be kept for sale
and exchange, and where, as neces.
sity requires, cars will De rented to
touring parties.
Mr.. Mcneil now has a large force
of workmen engaged in Transforming
a space sixty by sixty into a suit
able establishment that will be mad,
second to none in the land. The new
establishment will represent the in
vestment of a considerable sum o.
money.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
TEACHERS MEETING.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO
LOOK AFTER THE BIG GATH
ERlNG IN MARCH.

AT a meeting Of the. directors OF
the Commercial Club, definite ar
rangements were made looking to-
ward the entertainment Of the
Southeastern Iowa Teachers, Associa,
ton, whose convention will be held
in oskaloosa March 80 and 81 and
April /. The following committee
was appointed to have charge Of the
financial end of the netting: Geo.
w. Shockley, chairman; Ed Belmont,
Leo Baldauf, f. w. Glaze, s. ]. Fin
ley. J. p. Dodds and Prof. w. J.Meek.
The committee win have to raise
two hundred dollars for the purpose
Of meeting the expenses Of the con-
vention. A meeting place is to be
provided for, programs printed and
the like. This fund rs for local ex.
pense only and does not include the
cost of providing speakers.
The chairmen of the other commit
tees are rs follows:
General Committees. j. Finley.
Enrollment-H. w. Hurt.
Reception-Miss Eda Haskell.
Entertainment-John M. Stokes.
Finance-G. w. Shockley.
1t is probable That the meetings
will be held in the Methodist church,
with round table gatherings in the
committee rooms of the Methodist
and Christian churches and the Y.
M. G. A. building.
Between eight hundred and one
thousand school teachers Of south.
eastern Iowa will be in attendance,
and the meeting will be a big thing
for Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02

OF 40 and SO and 10 per cent be
tween so and so. The time between
80 and 60 is the period Of life dur
ing which the great mass OF men
take the benefit by insurance. The
totals for that period show that the
moderate drinker furnishes so per
cent more losses than mis- teetotal
brother. This argument win be
more militant than sentimental and
its appeal can not ne accused OF
doctrinarism or pooh pooh as merely
moral theory. The manner in when
the industrial world is recognizing
that a man must be a toual abstain
er to be efficient is a mighty weapon
in the arm of the use The grow
ing drinker customs of this country
arise from the great influx Of for
eign peoples who know no other
custom and it is fortunate that this
powerful counteractant comes Sc
timely. 1t is a long step from the
time when a man who did not drink
was charged an extra rate for his
Insurance."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
DISASTERS I'M MINES.

The recent mine disaster in Ala
bama, in which $50 men and boys
lost their lives, serves to emphasize
the dangers connected with under
ground work. According to recent
statistics an average of over 1000
persons are killed every year in the
collieries of the world through ex-
plosions, fires and falling debris
that entombs them beyond the aid
of rescue.
OF more recent disasters the
greatest calamity befell the workers
in the Albion colliery. near Ponty-
pridd, South Wales, June %, 1894.
BY an explosion, to which was add.
ed the horror of nre and entomb-
ment, the greater part of the min.
ers were killed. There were 2S6
bodies taken from the mine wnen
the fire had burned itself out.
In this country the most horrible
mine disaster was that in Frater-
vile, Tenn, where about 200 work
men were killed May 10, 1902. The
exact number of dead was never
known, as many of the bodies were
so deeply buried that they were not
recovered. More than 200 were
missing after the calamity. Another
mine disaster on July 10 of the same
year killed 105 workers in the Roll
ing Mill mine Of Pennsylvania. A
third great disaster occurred June
80, 1903, and snuffed III the lives Of
175 men and boys at Hanna, Wyo.
The last and most serious of the
Iowa disasters was the Lost Creek
explosion about four years ago,
| when % lives were lost. Since that
time this state has adopted severa:
stringent measures dor the protec-
ton Of her $4,000 miners, and the
provisions have proven Of inestima-
BILE value.
j. w. Jones of this city may vel
be termed the father Of the "shoi
firer" law, which has proven a great
boon. Immediately after the Los
Creek explosion he wrote an article
for the Herald, which was RESPONSE
BILE for the law passed by the next
legislature.
Iowa mines are also required t.
have escape shafts to be used IN
case of accident or in event of dam
age to the regular shaft.
Thanks to the untiring efforts o.
Major Lacey, also, there have beer
more thorough installation of de
vices for the protection Of the work
ers in the mines of the United
States than in those of England and
Wales. and disasters are Of less fire
quent occurrence in this country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
"a Years Ago.

Delta Press: j. d. Garrett tells us
Of the sno storm t~wenty-four years
ago which from account we are lucky
at this time. The first snow came on
the 18th day of February and they
had to shovel through the drifts on
the goth and 21st of April. The
roads had not been broken through
and people had been driving through
the fields. The snow was nearly OF
of the fields and people were getting
ready to till the ground and shut up
the gaps; this made it imperative
that the roads should be scooped out
He lived between here and What
Cheer and on four miles Of his fence
they had cut through into the field
in twenty-three places.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
4 TYPEWRITER.

San Antonio (Tex.) Gazette: The
other day the thirtieth anniversary
of an important event was quietly OBJ
served in New York by the presenta.
ton Of a watch, suitably inscribed,
to the first woman who adopted type
writing as a profession. There is
much that might have been put into
that inscription. The typewriter is
commonplace enough today, but II
thirty years it has wrought of the
greatest advances in commercial his
tory. 1t has done more than marvel
ously facilitating business cores
p~ondence; it has admitted women to
an important part in business life. "A
soulless little machine has done
more toward gaining "women's
rights" than had the arguments and
agitation Of centuries. 1t is impossi
BILE to say whether the typewriter
owes more to than woman
owes to the typewriter, but it is Ger
tain that the business world owes
large debt to both. Together they
have wrought wonders.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
DRINK AND

About one year ago Mr.. n. NJ
Moore read a paper before the Brit
ish Institute Of Insurance Actuaries
which was startling in its revela-
tions on the question Of relative
death possibilities of moderate
drinkers and total abstainers says
The Christian Century OIL February
16. The statistics covered 125, 00C
S and a period of 81 years
They were furnished by the United
Kingdom Temperance and Proyi
dent Institution. This company has
been for that length of time taking
both classes at the same rate Of
premium, but paying dividends tt
each class according to the death
rates in each.
Eminent English and French physi
ologists have added their conclu
sions to those of the paper ant
American insurance companies arr
making a deep study Of the mattel
and are already preparing plans TO
separate class rates OF dividends
These statistics are grim and unan
swerable. They show mat the dealt
rate for the moderate drinker is /.
per cent greater than the total alb
stainer between the ages of 20 ant
80; between 30 and 40 it Is 6S pc
cent; "a per cent between the years
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
W SAD
Boys Did Not Know Of Their Moth.
er's Illness and Death.

Two unusually sad incidents occur
red in connection with the death OF
Mrs. LydiaS heahan, who was strick'
en- with paralysis Wednesday anu
passed away a few hours later. Thos.
Sheahan, the youngest son, lett home
but two days before and could not
be found. He had started for Colo
RADIO and a telegram to ottumwa
failed to locate him. Several weeks
may possibly elapse before the boy
will know of the mothers death.
Dan Sheahan, another son, vas in
town at the time of the mothers
death and did not know that she was
Ill. The young man is a Shriner, and
while he was engaged in the celebra.
ton with the class of candidates and
was enjoying himself with his fel.
lows at the initiation and the ban
quet that followed the mother was
passing away. Dan is a business man
Of Knoxville and had planned to
come to Oskaloosa for the Shrine
meeting and to visit with his mother.
He had left his home at knoxville
but a short time when the telegram
arrived telling Of his mothers seri'
Gus condition. The family knowing
that he had started for Oskaloosa
supposed he would hear Of his moth
er's illness about as soon as he ar
rived in the city and did not follow
him with the message. But the boy
did not hear of the mothers illness
He thought he would defer his visi'
to the home until the following day
He therefore Joined in with the
crowd of fellows and went to Hote
Lacey for supper and to the opera
house. 1t was late when the banquef
was over and Mr.. Sheahan went t.
the hotel. He did not learn of hi
mothers death until late the follow
ing morning when he went upon thu
street The young man NATURAL.
feels keenly the hurt that the circum
stances aus He has the sympath!
of many friends in his heartache.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
while we listen to the lectures 0

While we listen to the lectures OF
Prof. Holden on the selection Of seed
corn, and read the many Instructive
articles in regard 10 the same, and
we each year see the great benefits
accruing therefrom, let us not forget
that Uncle Dick"Clarkson years age
began the agitation and each spring
found the glazing headlines in the old
Register. TEST Your Seed Corn
And how uncle Dick was laughed
at and called a seed corn crank and
all that. Had his advice in those
days and since been followed, what
an increased production Iowa would
have today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
-Keokuk Gate City: There

-Keokuk Gate-City: There is an
other thing about Mr.. Blythe as a pc
litical leader that is worthy of admi
ration, and that is his readiness &c
recognize all republicans as republi
cans, however much they may differ
from him regarding details, and his
in~sistence that they shall be &C
knowledged and treated as such
Fair-mindedDess and broad tolerance
are characteristic of the man, as wei
as superior ability. 1t is unfortunate
for those who are opposed to him ant
are envious Of him that they are no,
similarly endowed in these importan'
respects.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02

christianity is now the prevail.
ing religion of the world. Its adj
herents, according to Or. Roberts
amount to 4~77,690,15S. The next re
ligious faith in point or numbers is
Con~fucianism, ESQ, 100000 adherents
Hindooism is third, with 190;000,0oO
and Mohammedanism fourth with
1~76,834,372. Buddhism IS given LAT,
900, 900. The various smaller hea
then faiths count up only 1879,
470. This is on the basis of a pop
ulation Of the globe of 1,430, O00, 900
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02

-Bussey Press: The interurban
road is the talk of the town at Oska
loosa, and is a matter that all are
interested in and will be ready tc
assist financially. 1t is something
that every man, woman and child o!
Oskaloosa should take hold of ano
make it a sure thing for it will DC
more for Oskaloosa than anything
that has ever been proposed. Al
other plans should be laid aside anc
avenues for taking money until this
one great and all absorbing question
is settled and the work under way
Oskaloosa is cid enough to be a city
Of $4,000 people, n the lnterurban
will be the greatest factor to make il
so,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02
supreme court Of Iowa is

The supreme court Of Iowa is to
be asked to say whether or not a jul,
ror is competent to act on the jury
in a damage case against the county
when the juror is a taxpayer. This
question has been raised in an appeal
from Wapello county in a damage
suit over the death of William M
Wilson. His death resulted from his
team shying on a bridge and running
off the embankment. The suit is FOL
10000 and it is claimed in the ap-
peal that J. M. Shields and others
were taxpayers, and so interested in
the case and incompetent as jurors.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-02

They were sitting side by side
And he sighed and she sighed.
Said he, my darling Idol
And he idled and she idled.
Said he, "Your hand | asked, so bold
I've grown
And he groaned and she groaned.
Said he, You're cautious, Bell
And he beloved and she beloved.
Said he, 'You shall have your private
gig
And he giggled and she giggled.
Said she, my dearest Luke
And he looked and she looked.
Said he, upon my heart there's such
a weight
And he waited and she waited.
Said he, I'm have thee,if thou wilt
And he wilted and she wilted..
Washington (La.) Enterprise.