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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06


best forms OF carpenters hammer,
screw-driyer and scratch awl. The
Bcrew-driver should be, for general
use, six inhces long, and the hammer
may weigh from ~ TO 10 ounces.
These tools are 80 common as to need
no description or instructions az 10
their use.
AZ A in Fig. A is shown an i'm
proved style Of adjustable diyiders. A
pair eight inches long will be a con-
yenient size for general use. AZ - and
O in the same illustration are shown
two common forms Of bench knives,
one Of which should always be used 10
lay out work for the back saw or
chigel, instead Of using a pencil or
scratch awL For fine work the a..
mensions marked by a pencil are too
indefinite, and the scratch made by the
scratch awl Is too rough, breaking and
tearing, as II does, the 6bers Of the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06
TIots.

b Fig. 40. The straightcdge must be
applied 10 different parts Of the sur
face, and also IN different positions,
and the wood carefully dressed on with
the plane untfi every part Of the sur
face lts 10 the edge OF the straight
edge. II the piece being planed is mar
row, the back edge OF the try square
used AZ shown at y will DO gufficient
for making this test II Is usually
tho case that while surface Is ap-
parently true By the test just given Il
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06
RUMBLING.
Things Heard and Seen Along Track
and Roundhouse.

Harvey News: The Rock Island
bridge gang Is here this week fixing
tho Take bridge" temporarily, which
went out several days ago, and max.
ing arrangements 10 put I'm the new
steel bridge. IL will be a blessing to
the travelling public when the steel
bridge is put in that they may cross
safely.
The Rock Island railroad has an.
nounced its purpose 10 install large
number OF refrigerator cars for the
geryice Of itS patrons charging the
same rate az the ordinary cars and
reducing the icing charge 10 actual
cost. This plan II carried out viii be
Of great benefit 10 the shippers of per.
ighabIe merchandise.
1HH
Tho project Of the Dee Moineg, Iowa
Falls and Northern stockholders TO
build line from Iowa Falls north 70
Mason City and for which tax aid has
been voted, has been financed by
George Fernald G. Company, bankers
and brokers Of Boston, who financed
the Iowa Falls line.
HHH
When the great Boone yiaduct, the
biggest double-track bridge in the
world, was built by the G. e. N. W..
over the Des Moines river, no one
thought that there could ever be such
a thing az its supports being endan.
geTed. Nevertheless, such is the
cage, The hillside ON the east side
OF the bridge is Of soft, yellow clay,
and the Jar OF the trains or some 9TH
or cause mas started the hill 10 sliding
down. Tho crack appeared first
above the bridge, but gradually work.
Cd down 70 tho yladuct, and the piers
are being slightly affected by the
slide. These piers are down into the
ground sixty 10 eighty feet, and II
was never dreamed that they could be
affected. The company will begin az
once tho construction OF golid wall
OF masonry OF massive proportions,
which viii be sunk 0own BEYOND the
fNoSA VI a pDDDiDiS SllNSI anu viii Do
built uD 70 the bridge,greatly strength.
ening II.
- ~
At the urgent request Of the govern.
meDt, railways reaching across the
continent nade up two days Lost byI
tho malls from Australia 70 England,
and the steamship Etruria was able
70 start only four hours behind sched. |
ME time last Saturday, with the 21e !
sacks on board. Between Australia
and Gan Francisco tho steamer ventu. |
ria was delayed two dayg. The rail-
roads were not at fault, but pride IN |
their ability 20 make records induced |
them 70 attempt the feat Of landing |
mo mail 10 New York on time. The
Southern Pacific and Union Pacifc |
carried the sacks 70 Council Bl1ffs, |
inc Burlington took them aboard a
special train landing them IN Chicago,
and tho Lake Shore and New York |
Central became responsible for the
balance u the journey. The AustraI
fan mail cro1ses the continent every
four weeks, and han never been late. J
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Mary Anderson Navarro talked also
q good deal about the stage, and told
me that no one who had not lived be-
hind the scenes could have any idea
how utterly, hopeIessly wearlsome Il
was to live In world where all things
from the sun and the moon down
ward were ghamsy Notes from a
Diary"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING


Various Carpenter Tools Described
Beginner Must DO Some Practical
work with Each Tool Separately
Before Attempting Construction
Neutrality-suspicious. for Practice
How 20 Plane Piece Of Wood 20
Required Width and Thickness.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06
by MANoAH HEDGE

t'tso tell the story that tho world of today
will be the better FOR ICE recitai''l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
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hurried along on foot drawing their seds them
selves. 5s8s s8#f8
Vas q mad rush f. ohed the
came toilings in all during sunnler
hen the major arr we'd they ound the best
claims already taken a shortage Of supplies facing
4 them, and discouragem in tho nj.
Wada had returned wi tn the srlsh W hen some
Of the men realized their position, they organized
miners meeting and decided to hang thes . ap.
rope was found and sW adaswasS about to- be-
strung up when he produced d copy Of Seattle
newspaper showing that he had once saved the
lives Of many whalers ice in the Arctic
Ocean by tranping over land from Point Barrow to-
( st. Michael in dead of winter. Ell
55 VI This saved his life but Wada was driven from
the region to which he had invited the rush
In spite Of their first disapp tment the new
corners spread out and set to work At this time
gold was only known to exist along one creek Soon
5tswns found along dozen creeks. N #
In the spring the rush from DAWSON continued
BIZ steamboat. Claims were located IN every direo-
ton Now hundreds who arrived late, or who found
that their claims did not pay working as labor
aers for tho more fortunate. 2a 8s
In little while, too, all the surface gold had
been PANIED, 50 that it became necessary to work
the underground strata by machinery Sg
Whentthe Kondke was struck, the only method
known of thawing the frozen ground for sinking
shafts and running tunnels was to build wood fires
on the surface, scrape away the earth rs far as
had thawed, build other fires and keep this tedious
Already at Tanana steam thawers are being
used, and steam is also employed to move the
lass buckets that lift the earth,
These steam engines and boilers are brought
from the eastern United States at great expense.
1T is estimated that there now about one hun-&
dred and fifty at work in the .ranana region, and
many more are expected this spring.
Iron pipes with holes in one end inject the <
steam into the frozen ground. An en- rmous amount
ofzfuel is required to feed these boilers and It'll
estimated that fully one-ffth the laborers in the
Tanana country are engaged in cutting and hauling
wood. @ as q I'd 5s sg 3g HE
This wood costs from 81 to $40 cord. and as
each camp burns thousands cords winter, II is
fast becoming scarce. M q; .a5
s Hydraulic methods of mining will be employed
this summer when the soft surface may DO swept
away very cfeciualy. Machinery for this work is
also expensive, and freight rates to the interior are
enormous. " t4 N sS
The best,paying claims 50 far located are on
Fairbanks, Cleary, Gold Stream and PEDRO creeks
fa Scattered all along these streams and their
numerous tributaries are the homes Of the miners
tcoNTINUEp ON ms pas pAdE'
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4 SgSOONs5as boats are able to navigate the
8/\ NJ inland streams Of Alaska, a great summer
s. ~ rush to Tanana IS expected to begin. Re-.

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81 Il SgSOON as boats are able to navigateSthe
inland streams Of Alaska, a great summer
~ rush to Tanana is expected to begin. Re-.
ports from Seattle state that god-seekers
are crowding Tiers from all parts OF the country.
"A surprisingly large number are Quitting as
though they had been in mining regions before and
knew how to arrange for the long and tiresomo trip
4 by steamer, dog team and afoot. @ S5S sai E #
Freight charges fror: Seattle to Dawson in
summer average over $75 q ton, and as much more
from Dawson to Fairbanks, SO that the cost Of TAX
ing along an extensive equipment is considerable.
HID It is estimated that the Tanana region pros
duced $1,5O0,OOO in gold last year. when the num-
Der Of miners was insignificant, compared with the
great army that will camp along its streams this
season. a. 5.
Before news Of tho rich finds penetrated beyond
the silent forests, pioneer prospectoro had quietly
taken out quarter Of q million in yellow metal
fakes. ss III vi ESl$ II l6 Ri
sH Until tile new trails were broken aud in use
Tanana was not an easy section Of Alaska to reach
or leave and travellers along that way were scarce
consisting principally Of Indians hunting game or
stray prospectors nosng 5abou. for gold.
Situated on tho Tanana river, the town Of
Fairbanks lis $50 miles southeast of tho point Of
junct4re Of that river with the mighty Ikon. Daw-
son. ia the londike, is 500 miles away to the east
ward by sledge trail, and to the south Valdez, on
the coast, is 1914 miles distant, 5 81 8Ss
DISCOVERIES Of gold along the Tanana were not
inclined to shout the glad tidings to the world,
Among those patientl ySWashing dirt there dur
ing the fall of 1902 Ras secretye individual.
y Mexican, known as Pedro. .ss III
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Pedro like the others lived ina little: hut. His
bed was a blanket; chairs and table were simply
blocks of wood. He had little for the cabin ex-
cept as place to sleep and store his visions.
All the long arctic days he searched soil along
the streams for gold, usually alone vast viii
derness. AT other places were other men similarly
engaged, but they too were there for business and
had little9time forsociability.
One day Pedro 1nadeHa big strike He found
gold that turned out 300 to the pan. Pedro was.
"a rich man.. Then he went away to the south. But
he didn't spread the newshe was faithful to the
miners left behind sSs
Others, too, we're lucky. Stray prospectorss
came that way and Immediately located claims
seemed if some had Ismelled the good news from
distant camps
3 For months this handful Of men struggled
fercely wash all the gold they could before the
mad rush they knew was coming, sooner or LATER
+ First to arrive were some steamboat llen who
had agcended the river with supplies for the trading
post Just opened at Fairbanks These men heard
of the marvellous new field and promptly staked
claims there. s5 Z sgg5s 5ss
Among them was an energetic japanese named
Wada, who, like Others Of his race, had been in
many mining camps Of the far North
For some reason, as soon as he had Etaked his
claim and learned Of the richness Of the region
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ice, and through roadless Wilderness. in tenn
speratr from SO to 60 degrees below zero. s "a
rs Hastily gathering what supplies they could.
some left Dawson III small sleighs drawn by horses,
others with dog teams; but the greater number
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
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Wada started out OH a long, lone tramp oyer the
snow, with a dog team drawing his. lpplies. for
Dawson 500 mil away II. 3f55 sS
No trail lad been broken -or lat least hal the
distance but Wada plunged along. helping the dogs
and making from fifteen to tvs tyrfye miles "a day
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02
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| An Old Coat |
BY
ALICE M. MEADOWS
ALICE M. MEADOWS

q TEPHEN Dirt and Mary, his wife,
y had fallen out. not by any means for
the first time. Both were young, hot
tempered, high spirited, and prone to
jealousy.
To-day matters had come to a climax.
The two young people, white, angry,
with blazing eyes, stood facing one an
other. 1t did not make matters any
better that they spoke slowly and deli5-
erately.
I'm tired of these scenes" Mary said,
"sick to death of them. / can't go out,
/ can't talk to an old friend, but what
you accuse me of flirting. can't spend
a day with a girl chum but what you
say | neglect you. | can't"
You never spend a day with me; you
haven't given me a whole day since We
returned from our honeymoon. might
be the greatest stranger, instead OF
your husband of six months, for all the
notice yos take of me. You're cold as
an icicla, and Indifferent as-as-"
You are! Ishape my course entirely
in accordance with yours. If we do
60 out together you are never by my
side from the time we enter a house to
the time we leave it. You can laugh
and talk with the other women; you
neTer have a joke to tell me. or a smile
for me. We never ought to have mar
ried; I'm sorry, heartily sorry, we ever
did"
His hands, resting on the back of a
chair, gripped it tightly.
You mean that?" he said, his tone
changing, his expression hardening;
you really mean it,"
Her clasped hands gripped one an
other,
so much so, that | mean to do what
I can to rectify our mistake. . We can
live in peace together. l have tried;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02
FIGHT OF JOHN F. GAYNOR N ENJA-
MIN d. GREENE TO PREVENT EX-
TRADITION FROM CANADA.
EXILE is SPENT In LUXURY.
Exciting Incidents Have Marked Careers of Two Amer
leans Charged with Defra udins Government
of Millions of Dollars.
Decision of British Privy Council Makes Return of Fugitives Possible
Story of Case That Has attracted Inter
ternational Attention.

day, but they had a quarrel and separat-
ed. For months they we're not on speak
ing terms. 1t was this estrangement
that led them to abandon their palatial
quarters and take up separate private
residences.
lie is said that there was a woman in
the case, and that Greene leased a house
in the outskirts of the city in the name
of Gaynor, which fact, when he discov-
cred it, was bitterly resented by Gaynor
for domestic reasons. Gaynor declared
to his companions in the barroom OF the
Chateau Frontenac that Greene was I'M
grateful, and that he would not have a
coat to his back were it not for him.
Greene. who is an educated man and the
finer of the two, having once been an
officer in the United States army, ap-
peared to look down upon his uncouth,
bibulous and talkative fellow exile.
But the trouble was made up months
ago and the two are now fast friends,
busy in the joint effort to resist eXtradi-
ton to the United States. 1t is said that
Gaynor is the m%oneyed man Of the two
and that Greene's means are compare
lively limited. Gaynor is supposed to
have pocketed the lions share OF the
money secured from the United States.
The eXiles are free men, but it is well
known that they are Swallowed night and
day by agents of the United States, aud
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02
LESS LOGGING THIS YEAR.
Work Has Failed Thousands of Men
This Winter Who Were For
merly Busy.

An old-time business, in which thou
sands of men have been accustomed to
rely for winters work, has failed them
to a great extent this winter, says the
Chicago Tribune.
The business is that Of logging in
upper Michigan and Wisconsin.
Owing to the lateness of the season
this year, the demand for men fell off
to almost nothing. Heretofore the
wages have run from $26 to $50 a
month and board. Transfers, leaders
and deckers are drawing about five dol
lars above the maximum at which the
men are hired.
Lumbermen notice the absence Of
many familiar faces. The old-time
woodsmen, who used to go to the
woods regularly every winter, are pass
Ing away. Most of the men who ap-
piled for work this winter were mex
p%erienced, and the growing scarcity
has been noticed more"and more.
1t Is commended that the pineries Of
Washington have taken away a large
number of Michigan men. Not long
since a single car had a large party Of
men who were going from the Wolver-
inc woods to the Pacific woodlands. 1t
u claimed that the wages in that Soc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02

Immediately raised by Mrs. Gaynor
and her friends. The prisoners law
yers went about Quebec declaring that
their clients had been kidnapped. At
once a boatload of Quebec officers was
sent to overtake the Spray and bring
Gaynor and Greene back.
Pursuit of the Fugitives.
The chase up the river was an ex-
citing one, and the news spreading
rapidly, the progress of the two boats
up the st. Lawrence was eagerly
watched. But the Spray was too fast
to be caught. Realizing this, the chief
constable of Quebec, armed with a writ
of habeas corpus from Judge Andrews,
of that city, hurried to Three Rivers
on a special train, and, setting out in
a boat with his officers, ordered the
Spray lo halt in the queens name. No
attention was paid to the challenge.
Gaynor and Greene were taken to Mon
treal, where Commissioner Lafontaine
committed them to Jail.
The high constable of Quebec hurried
back to Judge Andrews on a special
train and secured another writ ad.
dressed to the Montreal jailer, who sur.
rendered the prisoners; and so Gay
nor and Greene went back to Quebec
on a special train, feasting their off
cial rescuer on the way. So fearful
were the exiles that they would be kid
mapped again, that they asked to be
committed to the Quebec jail, where
they felt reasonably safe from the Mon
treal and American detectives.
las the case developed, it was evil
dent that Gaynor and Greene had laid
their plans deeply. The law firm EN-
ployed by them included in its mem
bership the premier of Quebec, a son
of the deputy attorney general and the
Canadian minister of justice. The son
of the ~extradition commissioner OF
Quebec was also employed by the fugi
tives.
The prisoners lawyers appeared be.
fore Judge Andrews and consented to
the vacating of the writ. Thereupon
other writs issued ty Judge Caron, who
had had nothing TO do with the case,
were served upon the Quebec jailer.
AS soon as he heard of this, Judge An.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02

SAT STARING BLANkLG BEFORE him.
dare say-I do you that much Justice
you have tried; it seems impossible.
That being So" her voice was level,
hard, though her heart was beating loud
thump-''the best thing we can do is
to part. Fortunately, l have my own
income; | only have to leave this house,
and make a home for myself elsewhere"
Her words startled. staggered him. He
mace IA step forward, caught her hands.
You mean that?" he asked again.
"You are ~serious?"
IL never was more serious in my
life"
"You wouldn't leave me?"
This is your house. Since it is best
we should part, | must leave you"
Did you never love me-" She tried
to draw her hands from his, but failed:
he held them closely clasped, waiting for
her answer
Perhaps we were both too young to
understand what love should be-" she
answered. Perhaps We took mutual
admiration for a deeper feeling. Any
way she felt a fear tightening round
her heart as she spoke-"it is quite clear
the love has waned. Anything is bet
ter than being together with constant
scenes. 1t will be wiser to part"
He tried to draw her to him; she held
away.
Il will not let you go!" he said; you
are mine-my wife-I love you. If l
have seemed Indifferent, tit has been
only this-a man expects his wife to
know he loves her, not to need telling
day after day; that is a lovers business.
Mary, if we made mistakes, surely We
can put them right; if we have disap-
pointed n another-and you. | must
confess. have disappointed me-can't we
begin all over again, wipe out the last
six months?"
Her face softened for a minute; now
once more it hardened. So she had dis
appointed him-she who had done every
thing she could to make him happy
while he
Il have no wish to begin again" she
answered. I'VE have tried to be happy,
| suppose; we have been miserable. |,
you say, have disappointed you; you
have disappointed me. / would rather
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materials were accepted and that the
surplus moneys above the actual cost
were divided pro rata between Gaynor,
Greene and Carter.
1t was shown on the trial that these
payments were frequent. and that when
they were to be made Capt. Carter would
go to New York, where he would draw
a treasury order for the full amount,
plus SIS, his expenses on the journey;
that this check would be handed to
Greene, and that within a few days
Gaynor would hand his check for one
third of the payment, plus SIS, to Car
ter. The dates of the checks thus drawn
correspondent with Carter's visits to the
Unie. 1rvw York, of
which he was a member. 1t vas esti-
mated that Carter's share of the plum
der amounted to $722,5 SIS.
Capt. Carter Convicted.
Carter was tried by ~court-martial,
found guilty and sentenced to a fine of
$4,000 and five years Imprisonment, be
sides being dishonorably dismissed
from the army. He has expiated his of
Tense and has regained his liberty.
1t took a long time to secure Capt.
Carter's punishment, and it was said
that Gaynor and Greene were moving
heaven and earth to hush the matter up,
In December. 1899, Gaynor and Greene
and the other members of the Atlantic
Construction company were indicted by
the United States grand jury at Savan-
nah for a conspiracy to defraud the
United States of $575 ,949.9 A few
days later the indicted men surrendered
to United States Marshal Shields In
New York.
Then followed a long struggle against
~extradition to Savannah. Gaynor and
Greene had appeared in Savannah and
had each given a bond of $4,000 Step
by step the case was fought, and when
the United States supreme court finally
swept away all Instructions between
them and their trial, Gaynor and Greene
fled to Canada, and their bail bonds were
forfeited. 1t is said that the bondsmen
were afterward reimbursed by the fugi-
tives.
The two men went to Montreal first
and then to Quebec. The extradition
commissioner lived in Montreal. and