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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06
BY MANOAH HEDGE
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the three cong egations over which
ne prs5.,Ad seeded from the state
church. lie was tried and for q
short time imprisoned. Then anotrler
long trial that cost him $4,000 to de
fend himself against his perssc}it.
ors. He was ordered to vacate his
pastorate and soldiers were ordered
to the infected district to orevcnr
his people tim meeting. H sub
mitted to these increasing tndigni-
ties with Christian patience and his
followers multiplied. They name to
feel tn, longing for a new father
land" A commission was appU!n.ct.
in 1876 ~ receive applicants 10: emf
grafton, every one of which, Il not
ven kr W. were required to bring
certificates as to n .ir Christian coz
duct and character and also as to
their worldly condition. A permanent
organization was 20 ned and prep
srations We're made 70; the emIgra.
tion in he spring ct 1877. Four
ships departed for America between
the 4th and 18th If April of that
year. Many pathetic scenes are de-
scribed on leaving the Fatherland.
Family bords were broken. There
was much to urge ITEM forward
and manJ dear ties 10 ip broken on
leaving the home Of their childhood.
OF tie four ships, only one made
the trir - twenty-six days. The
other three were at sea from thirty
six to to:ty days. Or the voyage a
temporary government was instituted
on each ship. Order and cleanli-
ness were strictly enforced. We are
told that the crews of the four yes
sells were deeply impressed with
the daily religious services and ex-
ceptional decorum. They could not
understand why they were compell-
ed to leave their native land. When
the ships landed at Baltimore the
health officers were so pleased with
the cleanliness of their ships that
they omitted the usual inspection
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06
CHAPTER THITEEN.
Holland in Mahaska County.

Among the makers of Iowa there
came in the summer of 1847 sew
en- hundred Holland coloaists and
settled on what was at Ihat time
the principal highway across Iowa,
the divide between the Des Moines
and the Skunk rivers. 1t was re-
ligious persecution that brought
them to America. They were dis
senters from the established Reform
ed church and came to the great
west to find refuge. OF course,
many Of them came to better their
worldly condition, but the founding
of the colony had its origin in the
Unborn desire to be free, which has
Away existed in the blood of stur-
dy little Holland. Hallum says that
in Holland self government goes
back beyond any assignable date.
Iowa has produced many romances
but none Of them more interesting
than the story Of these Pella people.
The Dutch republic has been for
long centuries the asylum for the
prosecuted. The French Hugueno's
found refuge in Holland and the
Pilgrims and Puitans sailed from
its shores to the new world. The
Pella pilgrims in Holland opp SEQ
the formalities of the Established
church. 1t gave NJ expression @.
their faith, being empty and meau-
ingless.
AYzf al 81 hVfWa
any reforms in the Established
church, they be came Separatists,
like the English Puritans under Rob
inson and Brewster. Several young
men who had been trained in the
universities and theological schools
became leaders of these dissenters.
One of these men, Henry Peter
Scholte, became a prominent ex-
ponent of the advanced thought and
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

the commonwealth. In the years
that followed large additions were
made to the colony. Inc community
has prCspered and has been greatly
enlarged. Instead of the two orig
inal townships the settlement is now
nearly forty miles long by ten or
fifteen miles wide. They are al
ways buying land out seldom sell.
The language of the nome in mos
cases is still Dutch. English alone
is taught IN the schools and is use.
in almost all public addresses and
sermons.
The number of Hollanders in Ma
haska county is estimated to be
about three thousand. They are
found mainly in Richland, Black Oak
and Scott townships, with a good!y
number in Prairie, Madison ana Gar.
field. They are an unpret entious
but prolific people. Strictly uprig u
in everything. Strict in Their re.
ligion and sincere in all things.
Their homes are kept clean and
wholesome. These are qualities of
high type of citizenship.
On the first and second days Of
September, 1897, the people of Pella
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary OF
their settlement. Ten thousand gath
cred where the first seven hundred
halted and began the conquest of
the wilderness in 1S47. Only a
few of the pioneers remained. 1t
was memorable OCCASION for the
descendants of these pioneers.
Their personality as a people has
been much changed since the COM
ing OF their fathers. In another cen
fury or more they will have become
gradually absorbed and lost in the
great American family.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

they seemed strange people speak
ing strange language. Some rode
on horses and many were afoot, the
men in velvet jackets and the wo-
men wearing caps and bonnets. This
young army of emigranGs must have
passed through Oskaloosa. After
some days of travel they came on
August 26th, 1S47, to "a level place
on the prairie ridge, where a hick-
DRY pole had been planted deep
into the sod, and nailed across the
top of 1t was single az on the
single the word "Pella." 1t was
September and they had come to
the end of their journey. They set
about digging cellars and building
dugouts for winter protection. From
saw mill at some distance they
obtained lumber to build the first
house, long structure with upright
boards and divided into compart-
ments for each family. Prof, New
hall, pioneer correspondent of the
Burlington Hawk-Eye, VINO passed by
the settlement some weeks after the
Hollanders had arrived at their des-
tination, writes thus of the new
race which he found on this Iowa
prairie:
1.-THE men in blanket coats and
jeans were gone and broad Shout
dered race in velvet jackets and
wooden shoes were there. Most Of
the inhabitants live in camps, the
tops of their houses covered with
lint cloth, some with grass and
bushes, the sides Darricaded with
countless numbers of trunks, boxes
and chests Of the oldest and most
grotesque description. They are
all Professionals who have left their
native land much like the Puritans
of old, on account of political and
religious intolerance and persecution.
They appear to be intelligent and
respectable, quite above the average
class Of European immigrants that
have ever landed on our shores"
MANY things were done at Pella
which commend themselves to our
highest and best civilization. They
made provision before all else for
the worship of God, for the instruc-I
ton of their children, and for cit
izenship. Busy as they were, they
observed the first Sunday in Pella,
and have never neglected that sa-
cred day since.
II is worthy of note that when
some two hundred Of the men took
the oath of allegiance to their
adopted country only two of the
whole number made their mark.
For centuries in Holland it has
been laid down as one of their laws
that education is the foundation oil
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06
DRoBATB NOTICE.

DROBATE NOTICE.
IL In the matters of the last will
and testament of Joseph Barnes,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that there is
now on file in the Office of the clerk
of the district court of Mahaska Coun-
.ty, Iowa, an instrument of writing
purporting to be the last will and
lament of Joseph Barnes,
deceased, and the same is set for
hearing on the goth day of April,
of the next term of the district court,
to be begun and held in oskaloosa
on the 18th day of April, 1905, at
which time objections can be made to
the approving of said win and its adj
mission to probate.
Dated this S1st day of March,
1905.
CLIFF B. WEST, Clerk.
BY w. r.. MARTIN, Deputy. 36w3
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

WANTED.--Woman or girl for home
demonstrating for all or part Of
time, in town or country. Salary
20 cents per hour, IL four or more
hours per day can be given. Ad-
dress with stamp, Joseph Alexan-
der, Oskaloosa, Iowa. wI-pd
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

FOR SALE.-Building lots the east
edge Of town; one acre in each lot;
grapes, fine building sites, for $500
each.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

sTRAYED OR sToLEN.-From. my
barn at 811 Third avenue east, a
brown horse with foretop clipped,
weight about 100 lbs. Telephone
any information. T. Hanna, phone
GAS. d17S-w36tf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06
WANTS & FOR SALE:
FOR RENT.


House Of rooms, cellar, city water
in kitchen, cement walks, east front,
all in good condition, 4 blocks from
court house. If rented soon, $3.50.
House of 5 rooms, hot water, bath,
convenient to Iowa Central, good de-
mand for furnished rooms, reason
able rent.
House of rooms, blocks from
court house, furnace, bath, gas, fine
location.
oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
- - - - % -
FOR sALE.-Building lots in ali parts
of the city.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
- - - - - % - - - -
FOR SALE.--10 acres at the edge OF
t-...... fowI ~ AtNY~t>Yo ~..ofg 4.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

FOR SALE.-In east part Of town,
house of 10 rooms, laundry, base
ment, hot water heater, bath, good
barn and buggy shed, chicken
house, orchard, small fruit, large
lawn. plenty of shade, slightly loca-
ton, nearly two acres of ground;
low price and easy terms. r Is
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

SHORT HORN BULLS for sale by
without & McKanna. Phone 2 or
80 G. stiff
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

well and cheap barn, convenient to
school. Price, $1,000. ...r ,'
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

FOR SALE.-New cottage of rooms,
furnace, city water, convenient to
school and Iowa Central; lot 50x
12S. $1,000 will buy it.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-04-06

FOR sALE.--1O acres at the edge Of
town: land all tiIlable. small house.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03
INVENTION AND INDUSTRY.

The Bulgarian government has appro-
priated the sum Of S25OOOO for the pur-
chase Of modern agricultural machines
and implements.
During the first nine months of 1904
Spsin imported nearly 10000 900 francs
worth OF machiS ~. chiefly from Ger
many end Great Britain.
Three condensed milk factories are
now in operation, with an aggregate of
S2-o.vU0 invested capital and q daily ca
p2c-ty Of 206,500 pounds of milk
There were last year $50 paper mills
in operation in European Russia, en-
ploying 46,100 hands and turning out
paper to the value Of about $4,000, 900.
Three condensed milk factories are
now in operation in the United States.
with an aggregate Of 1925, 900 invested
capital and a daily capacity of FOG, 500
pounds OF milk.
Sig. Melcotti, an Italian, has invent.
ed an instrument which he calls the
telecryptograph, and which sends or
records telegraph messages in print.
which are sent over ordinary telephone
wires.
That the dairy products Of Oregon for
1904 have value of Sc. 100 600, or an in
crease Of $1,7GO0O over the preceding
year, is one of the facts shown by the
biennial report OF Sta cod and Dairy
Commissioners J. w. Bailey.
London now has an automobile baby
carriage. 1t can be stopped easily by
child in the car depressing pedal with
its foot or by the person in charge push
ing forward lever on the side of the
car. AS this lever is fitted with q lock-
ing scar, it is impossible for the child
to reverse it and restart the car.
A French engineer named Gambin has
invented and patented a ship which.
he declares, will easily attain a speed
of 500 knots an hour. He would place
in front of a specially constructed ship
contrivance he calls a "typhoonoid"
or understanding cone. This cone, re-
volving on a horizontal shaft similar To
that used for screw propellers, Will
create a vacuum in front of the ship.
which will be drawn forward.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03

heaviest fall of snow for perhaps a
quarter of century. The forests were
here then as they are now and as they
will be for many years to come, and
yet, contrary to theory, this immense
amount of snow was carried away in an
unprecedented short space of time early
in the spring, and a few weeks later
the boats on Snake river were tied up
on account of low water. Early in the
summer many placer miners hereabouts
had to stop operations for lack of water.
Why didn't the forests CONCEIVE. this
moisture-they were here to do it. The
last winter went to the other extreme
the snow fall was about the lightest
of any winter within the recollection of
the oldest inhabitant, and yet there is
plenty of moisture, the creeks are run
ming bank full, the placer miners have
every reason to look forward to a good
seasons run, crop conditions in the low
er country were never more favorable
at this season of the year, and we have
heard no intimation of anxiety about
the Snake, Clearwater or Salmon rivers
drying up except from this 81 for one"
correspondent to the Tribune.
With these facts in view we are firm
ly convinced that the forest reserves,
proposed and established, have about as
much to do with the rise and fall of the
water in the Snake river as Freddy
Dubois and the 81 for one" correspon-
dent have to do with the elements of
snow and rain. Pierce City Miner.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03

Weyerhauser asks is that the taxes be
not made too heavy; he on his part
agreeing not to slaughter the timber to
avoid paying a reasonable amount.
So it goes; a man, if he had nothing
better to do, could with very little effort
take up the various arguments of
those self appointed guardians of Idaho's
future, from President Roosevelt down
to Major Fem, and puncture them as a
boy does an inflated bladder.
Aside from the self evident truth,
that the forests should be used in a
rational manner, all that any of their
public utterances on the subject contain
is wind and noise. In the meantime the
real advocates of the ''forest reserve"
idea are saving wood. They are secur-
ing congressional enactments, always
by that superior cunning which Pres
ident Roosevelt said should be shackled.
rules and regulations are being evolved
from the inner consciousness of first
one executive department then another.
1t depends on conditions, if there is a
supreme court ruling on some particular
public land question adverse to the in
terror department, then the department
of agriculture fathers the founding
andVice versa. Everything accomplish
ed thus far in the "forest reserve"
policy so called, has been by stealth or
misrepresentation, and withal small
leaven of ignorance.
But whatever the merit of the prop
osition held in the controversy by Pres
dent Roosevelt and the enemies of the
vest Idaho is face to face with very
grave crisis. She is indeed fortunate
to have at this juncture three such ster-
ling patriots as Hepburn, French and
Gooding on watch; and while the MINING
NEWS has no information as to the plan
Of action mapped out by these gentle
men, it believes that when the matter
is finally settled that the president, as
as we'll as the people interested, will
have a clearer conception of what law
means than they have now.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03
PASSING PERSONALS.

1t is said that Secretary Taft is the
weightiest man who ever held cabinet
Office.
Gov.-elect Hoch, Of Kansas, has re-
ligious scruples against dancing, and the
inaugural ball at Topeka has been called
Of
w. B. Trask, Boston antiquarian and
an authority ON records at the Hub, has
just passed his ninety-second birth
lay
William Bowers, one OF the two men
who voted for Lincoln in Georgia in
1864, is still living at Franklin, that
state.
Frederick Vanderbilt seldom goes any
where in society. He dislikes it ex-
tremely, and it is said that he frequently
absents himself when his wife has house
parties.
James J. Roche, Of Boston, who has
been appointed by the president as con-
sui at Genoa, Italy, was the associate and
is the successor of John Boyle ORellly
IN the Boston Pilot, and is his biog-
rapher.
C4e~A WV IL. UdocAdyy WIZ HAnNt Ills
father died has been the head of the big
telegraph and cable system established
by his father, is another enthusiasm about
all sports. He is fond of horses and late
y has taken great fancy to yachts
He used to be an expert shot and is very
fond of hunting big game.
OF the many women who are getting
up in the world. the career of Miss An
lie S. Peck deserves the attention of the
wouen's clubs. Miss Peck hrs recently
climbed 21,O0O feet toward the summit
of Huascan mountain, in Peru. and has
achieved the distinction Of being enc of
the worlds most successful mountain
climbers Huascan is ABOUT 22.0Q0 feet
high, according to the books, but $4,000
according to a Peruvian engineer
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-06-03
IS Friend to the cnen River.

The state of Idaho must certainly be
blessed with a complex variety of in
habitants. It seems that no proposed
piece of peroicious legislation can be
sprung on the public and agitated by
enemies Of the state in Washington, D.
g., but that some 'galoot" within the
borders of the state must needs come
out and favor it also. With a burning
desire to see the product of their own
brain in print such persons usually
evolve some ridiculous and unheard of
theory and proceed to air it through the
columns of any newspaper they can in
duce to publish it. In last Saturdays
Lewiston Tribune one of these ever
present ''killigaloo" birds who signs
himself ga Friend of the Open River"
contributes a column and half article
which is supposed to be an argument
in favor of the creation of immense ad-
ditional forest reserves in Idaho, altho'
there is not a particle of tangible argu-
ment in it from beginning to end. The
particular theory of this far-seeing
apostle is that unless the eastern part
of Iadho is put into permanent reserve
the Snake river is going to carry all the
moisture out of the state in about
weeks time every spring and then go
dry the rest of the year. This is theory
and is on a par with other theories
which have been advanced. 1t has been
claimed that if the timber is removed
from the mountainous portions of Idaho
the heavy snow fall of the winter will
go off with rush in the spring, causing
floods early in the spring and drouth
later on. Such might be the case in
some countries where the winters are
so severe that the entire fall of snow
remains unmelted on the ground during
the winter, and then does actually 90
off with d rush when the hot spring
weather opens up. But the climatic
conditions OF North Idaho do not war
rant any such theory or prediction. 1t
is a noticeable fact, which may be wit
messed in this part of the country any
spring that the snow remains on the
ground in the openings where there is
no timber much longer than it does in
the timber near the openings and at the
same elevation. This is easily explained |
by the fact that the winters in this
country are mild, the snow in the tim
Der, protected by the forest does not
freeze at night but is in a continuous
melting condition, while in the openings
the temperature IS usually low enough |
to form a hard crust on the unprotected |
snow and stop the melting process al
together except for a,few hours in the
middle of the day. The past two win
ters may be sighted as Illustrating the
two extremes of climatic conditions in
North Idaho. The winter Of l9O9-4 was
mild winter but was marked by the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-07-17
THE PLEBES HAVE FIRST CRUISE
Initial Trip of TheFourth Classmen
Started On Boxer This
Morning.

At shortly after O'Clock this morn, morn,
mo ,be nractice ship Boxer cleared
from her moorings at the Santee dook,
and with about sixty members OF tue
new fourth class of midshipmen ABOARD
headed down the bay for cruise OF
one week. .-..., So
This marks new and big step for
,rard i'm the rapid transition from
Green candidates to finished future al,
miraIs. which are now being turned
ont AT the rate of hundred or SO q
v vsar from Uncle Sans Naval Acadc
smv Never before in the history Oh
the institution has the fourth class
been sent on a cruise within the hrss
weeks of its life at the Academy ana
II Is calculated that this trip, VIII
prove of great benefit TO the pieoe st
'rbe work on the cruise will consist OF
nraetical seamanship. and at the END
Of one week the Boxer will return 10
the Academy for another detachment
of the Young midshipmen.
II WAS stated at the institution touay
that no regular route had been ar.
ranged for the weeks cruise. but thaI
this would be LETT entirely TO tue
Boxers commander.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-07-17
Want Both Light and officer.

A 40 years resident of Germantown,
has made an earnest appeal for both
lights and officer at that thickly set
tied suburb. He says itIis understood
the residents cannot have both, that
if the lights are kept there, the CON
stable must be removed, and vice versa.
The old resident declares both are es-
sential. That it is unsafe for ladies To
travel the road after dusk. Crowds of
roughs and DRINKS collect along the
road and use abusive language to those
who pass. The old resident, who seeks
no political Office and has no axe TO
grind says it will be menace to pub
lie safety to deny the people of Ger
mantown either lights or an officer.
That the place has been much quieter
since the officer was employed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-07-17
ANNOUNCED THEIR PLATFORM.
Planks That Moss And Flood viii
Stand On For New City
Charter.
ANNAPOLIS. July 18th, 1905.

ANNAPOLIS, July ltth, i9u0.
To ne Democratic Voters Of ne CITY or
-4HRap0iis:
The Democratic County Convention
will assemble on Wednesday, July Soth,
TO nominate a county ticket.
As no one has announced their candi-
dacv for the Legislature from Annapo-
lis. hereby announce my candidacy sub
iect to the Democratic primary 10 be held
on Saturday. July .2end, next, between
the hours of and 10 p. m.
shall, If nominated and elected, use
NV best efforts 10 advance the interest
of our city and county, and shall adyo-
cate the following legislation:
new charter for the city of Annapo-
lis in keeping Nth modern city charters
and especially the removal of the city
police force from politics.
An act of the Legislature appTopTiat-
ing from the State Treasurer tNed sum
of money for the support of the Anna
polls Fire Department IN consideration OF
the protection the department gives to
State property in Annapolis. Also an
appropriation for buildinga State armory
al Annapolis. ] shall favor such changes
in our local laws as will compel other
sections of our county TO bear their own
burdens of taxation, such as police force
and electric lights.
/ shall oppose and do all in my power
to defeat the leasing of our oyster bars.
Believing that Annapolis city Is en-
titled to a member of the House of Dele
gates. that the people are enough inter
ested in the matter to have the names OF
their candidates in advance. | take this
method of announcing my position and
my candidacy.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM ii. Moss.