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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS
News picked ub at Depot, siding
and Reuna noe&e.

A well known Iowa Contraa engineer :
who resides IN this city VAS IN CHE
caro- a Few wyehs $50 and tells Of his
experienced with one - Ore noted pia' a,
ists who recently appeared in q sas
place. We have his permission 30 toa
OF The incident upon promise 60 EatA.
hold nis identity
II was lettering around the streets
enc evening" said the engine on. "Asl
I had nothing to DO | uropp "a aato a
concert and hcara a sic aklnnklng
Freedman play a piano In n way that
made mo feel AL over in xpdtx.
"As soon as Ae sat 'kywn ON the
stooi ! knew by the we.y he handled
himself that he under stood the ma
chine he was running. Ito tapped the
keys way up one end just as IL they
were gauges and ne wanted to SEQ IL
he had water enough Then he look.
ed up as IL he wanted to know how
much steam he was carrying, and the
next moment he pulled open the tthrot-
tie and sailed on to the main line as
IL ne was half an hour late. You
could hear her thur oder over ~culverts
and bridges and getting faster and
faster until the fellow rocked about
in his seat like a. cradle. Somehow
/ thought it was old 80 pulling a
passen ger train and getting out of the
way Of a special TIE fellow worked
the keys on the middle G.yision like
lightning, and thrsn ne flew along the
north end OK the nne until the drivers
went around like a bgTzsaw, and / got
excited.
About the time | was trxing to te..
him to cut her off a little he kicked
the hampers under the machine wide
open, pulled the throttle way back in
the tender, and how ne did runl
couldn't stand it any longer and yelled
to him that he was pounding on the
left side and IL he wasn't careful he'd
drop his aBhpan. BAIT b etdidn't hear
No one heard me- Everything Nwaf
iiying and whizzing- Telegraph poles
ON the side of the track appeared t
be a mud bank, and all Stbe time the
exhmst or the old machine sounded
like theahum of a lTumblebee. l tried
ito yell uout, but my tongue wouldn'
move. He went aroEnd curves
bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew gu
his soft plug, went down grades fit!
feet to the mile, and notsa controlling
brake SGT. She went byItle meeting
point at mile and a half IA minute ant
calling for more steam, My hal
stoodrup straight, heeauseH knew IN,
game was up. Sue enough, deat
ahead OF us was the headlight Of
special In a daze Igheafd the crasl
Rs they struck and 4 ,sawrcars shiSere,
into atoms, people smashed anti mar
glaIi and bleeding and gasping for wat
er. Itheard another crash us III,
Frenchlprofessor struck the dee key
AWAY down on the lower Hend Of tn
ssonthern division, and then Il ca me t
my enses There lie was, M a dea,
~sstandstill, with the door of, the fl re-bo
OF the machine open, wiping the, pei
spt-ation off his face and lbDwii lg Z
the people before htm!
f1fl lFlive to be a Thousand year = oil,
IN ney forget the ride that FIR, snch
maN gave me ON a piano"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF
HAWkEYE TIMBER COMPANY.

Notice Is hereby sven that Y. w.
Hutchinson, Fred Lumpe, ST., and Irv-
ing G. johnson have associated them.
selves together as a body corporate
under the laws of the State Of Iowa.
1. The name Of the corporation is
Hawkeye Timber Company, its prin-
cipal place Of business at oskaloosa,
Iowa.
2. The general nature of the busi-
ness of the corporation shall be to
purchase, lease, own or in any other
manner acquire, sell, bond, mortgage,
or in any other manner dispose of tim.
Der and timber lands; to purchase,
build, lease, own and in any other man.
ner acquire, sell, bond, mortgage, or
in any other manner dispose of, oper-
ate, develop, promote, use, equip or
maintain saw mills, pIanIng mills, fac
tories, stores, warehouses or any 9TH
err structure, building or manufacture
ing plant OF whatsoever kind or ma
ture, railways, canals, tramways, cleo
trical or lighting plants, mines, booms
and water rights, to acquire n dis
pose Of capital stock and bonds OF
other corporations, TO acquire and dis
pose Of such real and personal prop
erty as may be convenient or neces-
sary in the conduct and management
of its affairs.
3. The authorized capital stock
shall be two hundred thousand dollars
($200, 000), and the board OF directors
shall have power TO determine the
time and terms Of payment OF such
shares; said stock to, be equally d.
vided into two classes, preferred cap
ital stock and common capital stock.
A. The corporation shall commence
on the 18th day Of December, 1oe5,and
shall continue for a period OF twenty
years unless sooner dissolved.
5. The corporation shall be man
aged by a board Of directors consist
ing of not less tnan Ave and not
more than nine, who shall be elected
at the annual stockholders meeting.
6. The highest amount Of indebted
ness to which the corporation shall at
any time subject itself shall not ex-
coed t%wo-thirds of the capital stock.
2. The private property Of ire
stockholders of the corporation both
common and preferred sha.. be exempt
from corporate debts. 21w4
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

VA have refcrfssi peysesi siweA h
ttsese nelsa 10 she nrw meshoa AZ ear
na feg the cArfh foaas w .msssiAne
ana dFaxrsae hem sftsr every rain
ahls mesael has proyai 10 ~saccresfal
and satisfactory shis SURVIVES chat u h
comlne hts eeaesai i've an over he
west and northwest. at beast where The
expensive macadamlsing vs. the puddle.
highways n AZ present barred because
Of lack o. matcrtal whercwith 10 10 II
and tho great cost attached. II "a.
making a very conservative statement
60 say hat where the ART roads have
bcen treated by this method they have
been improved 100 per cent. They are
smooth. we'll crowned IN tina center and
carry a ccmenbed crust OF puddlcd
earth which Ii well nigh lmperylous 60
the effect Of any ordinary wet weather.
There are no dcpressions 70 serve as
the foundation for future mudfoles,
and all who travel the highways so
treated are loud In their praise Of this
method OF caring for them. Then tho
cost is SO very trinlng that no road
money can be so usefuny and econom-
ically expended as by having all dirt
roads dragged at the proper time, the
cost at the outside for the country
highway not exceeding the sum OF s.
for the season when the Frost Is out
OF the around for each mile so treated
The sensible thing to new do h fol-
the township trustees TO adopt this
plan as a basic method Of caring fol
the roads and for them, In the spring
to let contracts to have all the roads SC
treated. What has been done this year
has been largely done by public spirit
ed farmers, who have cared for a piecS
OF road by this plan In addition to pay
Ing their road taxes. Next year the
work should be done at public expense
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
mack n

We were at a certain home In a
country town not dong since which
really and truly had no back yard Most
homes both I'm city and country have
back yards, q part OF the premises de-
voted TO the accumulation Of rubbish,
debris and dirt of modern llving-old
boards, utensils, ash piles, wood yard.
often too fragrant with slop odors. a
fitting environment for a back kitchen
door, a condition which many people
Ssink is an inevitable adjunct Of mod
ern living. AT the place referred to
there was none OF these things, for
the back yard was Just as neat and at
tractive rs the front yard. Rubbish
was allowed to accumulate. ash
es were put on to the garden as fertl.
llzer when emptied, pretty creepers and
vines covered the back fences and out
buildings, and of course there was no,
dirty, Ill favored back shanty attach
ment to the home. There Is a great
chance for missionary work In the line
of back yard reform and Improvement,
for the condition OF a mans back yard
very fairly indicates the grade of re-
fnement Of the home In which he
lives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
gffappy Family Reunion.

a happy family re4urion wzs cele.
brated on Christmas Day at the h, omc
OF Mrs. Minnie Duncan. on SEC ond
aUenlervNest, where for the first Il me
In twelve years the mother was s ur-
rounded tby all her children. Mr.. a nd
Mrs. Ray Duncan arrived just before
Chrtstmas from Billings, Montana, ana
Guy Duncan came home from Chicago,
where he3has been engaged since car
ly last fail. The family circle was
completed by the daughter,Miss Sadie,
and the youngest son, Harold. Miss
Martha Wiley, of Davenport, a niece
Of Mrs. Duncan, also participated.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

We nre often asked whore is the best
place to keep seed corn after 1t has
been selected and gathered. In a
general way, 1t may be said any place
is good where the frost will not touch
1t during the winter. This may be
down In a dry cellar--nO better place
than this-or 1t may be In nm attic or
unused chamber OF the house. The
barn, the cornorib and over the grain
bins are each bad places for II. Any
way, 1t needs picking and drying be-
fore 1t Is frozen, or, no matter how
good are you may take of 1t during
the winter, you will be simply caring
for a corpse.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

1t Is almost oertain-that winter wheat
could be grown quite a bit north of
the present northern line Of the winter
wheat territory IL some means could
be easily adopted to retain the winter
snowfall ON the wheat, This could be
done by planting corn six feet apart in
rows, leaving the stalks out all winter
and sowing the wheat in the well cul-
tivated space between the rows. A
field so treated would retain the snow
all winter and perfectly protect the
wheat. 1t Is not the freezing which
kills winter wheat, but the alternate
thawlng and freezing and drying out
of the ground.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

We are asked when a man, a farm
ser, should quit work-that is, how old
he must be to Justify his letting go.
That depends. In a way, a mar who
has been used to hard work all his life
should for his health's sake never quiz
entirely 80 long as his strength lasts,
but after he is sixty we think that he
has earned the right to do only just so
much hard work as he feels like doing
and Of Just that kind which he really
likes to do. This should be the old
mans privilege.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Fielding Belts and his unknown
heirs at law; Mark Rutherford and
Sparlotta Rutherford and their mn
known heirs at law; and the unknown
owners and claimants of the nL seL
In section 8, and the Ell neil the neL
seq In section ~, and 8 rods Off the
west end OF the swA of swM OF nwL
nwH m section IS; and 8 rods off the
west end of nwM nwH swL nwL In
section 10, all In township 20, range
~, west OF 9th p. M. Mahaska County.
Iowa.
You and each of you are herebv
notified that their will be on file In
the Office of the clerk of the district
court OF Iowa In and for Mahaska
county, the petition In equity OF Eyert
Tygseling, plaintiff, claiming that he
Is the unqualified owner OF the above
described property, that he and hps
grantors have had peaceable and nm.
interrupted possession of Said prom
erty Tor more than 10 years last past.
Inat a mortgage dated October 3.
1855, on the property first above de.
scribed, given by Nicholaas ten Bosob
and Elbartj his wife, to Fieldino
Belts, has not been released of recorde
That by warranty deed dated Anrii
30, 1866, Mark and SparIotta Ruthar-
ford, conveyed the e% of the nell and
tine neN of the sell, In section ~
township rs, range17, MahaskaCo Conn,
", Iowa, to James MoCrea, that said
deed does not In n wav ~atinnIata
what relationship the grantors fberes
n bear to n another, That nIain.
IN believes that the defendants -.
'ome OF them, make some cIaim -
III or part of the property, hereinba.
ore described, adverse 10 plaintifp
the residence of defendants and
neir unknown heirs, and that OF the
Unknown owners and claimants ~
AID property ts unknown to plaintiff.
Though he has diligently soupht 10
Earn same. That Whatever infereat
GU or any OF you may have to said
roperty, Is by reason OF the over
or negligence In not releasinO
1e mortgage above referred to. and
Y railing to stipulate the Relationships
saiu Mark and Sparlotta Rhther-
,ru, and by other minor errora.
iaint1n therefore asks that a decree
,ay De entered against you, and all
you, confirming his title In and to
No land, quieting title as against All
you, n ordering the satisfaction
same upon the records of this conn
put asking no personal Judgment
Eainst any OF You for costs, unless
"a appear and defend thereto. And
you appear and defend there
+, before noon Of the second day OF
Q February term, 1905, OF the dis
court to be begun and held on
Q 9th day of February, 1905, az o.
ioosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, d
fauk viii be entered, and decree
nuered against you as prayed for.
Ono. q. GAAse,
iUwc Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
ANOTHER LEAK FOUND
Break 0ccuTs n Water Main Again
Near Former One

The Oskaloosa Water company has
had another break In its main, located
on South H street near the site of the
old pork packing house. The break
was similar to that of a few weeks
ago which carried away about a third
of the water pumped to the city. The
present leak, however, was soon dis
covered and a careful investigation
made. The main was broken by the
caying away of the ground on which
the pipe was resting. The conditions
that have been encountered make il
impossible for the break to be repair
ed at this time. A new line of main
may possibly be laid to overcome the
difficulty.
The Of the cave-in Is not
known. There have been no coal
mines in this vicinity so far as known,
and the only reasonable explanation
of the trouble is that the city sewer
that crosses the street at this place
Is open on account of broken tiling
and the water from the surface drain
ed from a considerable area, and a
has washed into the opening
The ground through which the main
passes is sinking and on account or
the weight of fifteen to eighteen feet
Of filed earth above the pipe, cannot
Withstand the strain. 1
II would be useless to attempt 70
mend the breach at this time and the !
way out Of the trouble has been
resorted to. The main has been plug
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

Win n prospective market for good
beer animals at SIS and with corn worth
% cents a bushel the feeding steers
should be bought close to $3.25 TO in
sure a profitable job OF feeding. Some
men viii pay 4 cents for feeders and
sell beef for $3.50, and when they do
their hired men have made more money
than they have.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

rcd up ana that portion o. the ser
vice beyond the break Will be dlscon.
tlnuod Cor the time being.
The place win be thoroughly inycs.
tlsated as soon az the nature Of the
weather win permit, and the neces.
sary repairs made. The trouble IL tho
most serious OF the kind that has ever
been experienced by the company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The average income aside from his
living OF the man who owns an eighty
acre farm through the prairie sections
Of the west Is not far, N year with
another, from $500. We know of a Ger
man who has but ten acres of land,
and he makes over $1,000 a year from
1t. One is the careless, lmprovident
type Of farming o.common all over the
country, while the other Is a high type
Cof intensive agriculture.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The average farm should be SO man
aged that the poultry income would be
at least $3.50 per mum. No branch
of farm work is more neglected than
this, and non would pay bigger re-
turns for more attention. The average
hen is permitted as n scavenger, when
she should be cared for as a money
maker.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The dairy COW foraging for a living
in a December stalk field is every way
a low out sof place. Instead she should
be in a warm barn and be fed with all
the nutritious and succulent food she
will eat. Itis simply impossible to run
a profitable dairy ont OF doors during
cold weather.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

An Indictment m the federal court Is
one thing that seems 20 fcase the beer
trust managers. One OF them has
pleaded guilty Tor the reason. as he
puts Il. that to have such Indictment
hanging over him would soon Kin him.
IT il a good thing that there Is some
thing which win touch these fellows.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The wild barley, a most pestiferous
weed which Is spreading all over the
low pasture and meadow lands Of the
west, wants exactly the same condi-
tons of soil and moisture that the red
top grass does. and there Is no better
way to get rid of this weed than 10
seed the land with redtop, which win
run the wild barley out. Try this
and see.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

Say, it's a great privilege when You
go to rest after the days labor to
feel that you don't owe any man a
cent, and still a greater one to get up
in the morning and, looking the old
world In the face, feel that the day
and your work belong to you alone.
Just simple freedom from debt would
be the highest type ,of happiness for
lots OF humanity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

A western man is making quite a
success Of demonstrating wild Can
ada geese. He now has orer seventy
and finds that they breed readily under
domestic confinement, but e loath TO
lose the wild Instinct which prompts
them to migrate In the spring and fall.
and 80 he has to keep their wings
clipped. The Canada goose is n OF
the most graceful and beautiful Of our
wild game birds. the very embodiment
Of the artistic In Wild life. and fits do
m~estication would prove a real bene-
At to the country. It's flesh has the
genuine game flavor, and It's call Is the
most musical Of any OF the goose fam
lily.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

Man clings to the barbarian and the
primitive with a great deal Of tenaclty,
this evidenced by the fact that just as
long as the fishing and hunting In any
locality are good 1t Is next to impossi-
BILE to get him into line with modern
progress. 1t is probably true that II all
the possums, coons and fish Of the
southern states could be exterminated
1t would be much easier to get the col
ored brother on his financial feet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

One Of the great land movements of
the near future is to be in connection
with the settlement of the lands t0 be
brought under irrigation by the great
reclamation schemes undertaken by the
general government. Some OF the most
desirable and productive agricultural
sections of the whole country are to
develop in connection with these
schemes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
wmATiro DO WIN THE MONEY.

DO WITH THE mON
The crop production of this year Is
going 10 result In the accumulation of
a vast nmoImt Of new wealth, especial
ly for the great west and the forth
west and southwest sections OF the
country. ut Is of interest to speculate
what use will be made of this new
wealth, the larger. part of which will be
IN the hands of the farmers OF the
country. Interest rates are already
low. and 1t hooks as though they might
Ibe still lower. We think that one result
will be an active and upward move
iment In farm land, the source OF this
newly created wealth. We do not look
to see so much readiness to put money
into wildcat schemes as there has been
and more OF "a tendency to buy good
acres at home rather than wild acres
ton some distant frontier. Some of tho
years surplus can well be devoted,
first, to the payment Of debts, and,
second, to the improvement Of the
farm home and surroundings. Every
of a good farm should have a
modern home in which TO live and have
well bred stock and a good place 10
keep them. The best there 1s is none
too good for the np to date farmer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

What Is known as "dry farming" a
new method Of treating the soii Of the
arid sections so as to conserve what
rainfall and moisture are available, is
working wonders through a large sec
ton Of the great American desert.
Crops Of winter wheat, averaging
twenty-five bushels to the acre, have
this year been grown in Wyoming,
Colorado and other arid desert local
tiles where 1t was generally supposed
nothing could be raised without irrt-
CATION. Deep blowing to form e res
ervoir for the scant rainfall and on
tinuous surface cultivation until the
crop Is well started are the secrets OF
success. Irrigation, drainage and dry
farming combined are going to make
productive nearly all the waste level
lands OF the entire country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

No new agricultural implement is be.
coming more popular or doing more
good than the manure spreader. The
best Of results follow its use, and the
factories are working overtime to turn
them out. 1t has about come to this
that the style OF a mans farming can
be determined by the fact whether he
owns and uses a n spreader.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

We are asked whether itpays a farm.
.er to save his OWL garden seeds. We
think not. as a general thing. A few
sorts. such as pumpkin, squash, melon,
cucumber, beans and peas, 1t is well
TO save, but for the rest they can be
more cheapg obtained from some reli-
able seed house. He should not fall
ito save his own seed corn, however,
and the saying of II Is one of the most
important duties which the fall brings.
IT sometimes happens that grandpa or
grandma viii take lots of pleasure
and much pains to save a supply Of all
garden seeds, which they should be by
all means allowed to do
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

nriAha ffssts ga ihranth I've vssnn
Wy sre eitinn ~ exceptionally nne 90
portnn'is 20 seeafv W cf,a,s IN god
tharN she cora crop especially mAtut
ms nstneallN tnsetsav a ane Qaal1g
a. corn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

Two new artesian wells hEve recent
ly been bored in South Dakota which
give a pressure OF 26z pounds to tho
square inch at the mouth OF the pipe.
These wells are veritable water pow
ers without the bother ofR dam.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28
AMOUR A PIE.

We had occasion to buy a pie-a
lpum pkin pie--recently. We obtained 1t
@at a ca~ftetaire which the best cooks of
the city-ladies-were supposed to sup
ply, and we took the pie without ques-
ton upon the strength or the reputa-
ton OF the institution. Dear me, how
we got fooledl That pie was conceived
in ignorance and brought forth In an-
co mpetence-a culinary aggregation of
flomr, lard, 'uncooked pumpkin and
sugar, with "a crust like a hard pine
shingle and a barbarian slop for a
filling which the hogs would shun.
This thing cost 20 cents, a good stiff
pi lice Tor a first class pie. 1t needed a
hGLmmer and q cold chisel to quarter 1t.
A nd this was supposed to be the prod
u1.t OF up ITO date twentieth century
&C okingi What was the woman think
In q OF when she ~concocted this abom-
In ationY Wonder who she was and
what sort OF husband she cooks for.
Why has he not suedafor a divorce be-
fore this, or Is she killing him by
inches, he fooled In the belief that she
is a good cook, after all? Women are
wftched today on art, music, clubs and
public affairs when pone-half Of them
need nothing so bad as to learn the
simple A B q Of good cooking and
home making. Young man, look up
the cooking pedigree Of the girl you
are thinking of marrying, for II you
marry a girl with a pretty face and
who makes pies like: the one we bought
you have struck a proposition which
will worry you as long as you live, IL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

octnlct Is IRE very Next month OF
che whole year Ia which 10 take an
outing Thea tAe nsh bite we'll the
mosquitoes N disappearing. the wealth.
VI r. bore enjoyable and decent the
landscape scaiegs et the height " Is
beauty.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The New York butchers + going 20
hight the beef trust and hereafter XIII
their own meats. They have organized
a strong company for this purpose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

A Naa1 fnaN nstM atp NJ "A tnssfk
a. 4 fnk kaMHrsl ts itue wa sssi
nsAAa hn, reesisicn aasiae sae sufa.
nlef fws m Nanten uaen shty eNnH
wofk, vA,s~ psssy lew Naalgsvi wnI
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-28

The many shoppers from near by
mining camps in oskAloosa Saturday
were just a slight suggestion Of what
I~nterurban means