The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-26
Officers Are Elected.

the Deglnnlng the same corps Oh able
and efficient officers who have had
charge of the Institute during the
past year were chosen for the next
year. President A. Roe and Vice
President A. o. Martin stated positive
ly that they could not serve again and
the officers named below were there.
upon chosen:
President-A. J.. Lytle.
Vice President-Wilford Hull.
Treasurer-T. B. White.
Secretary. H. Williams.
Assistant Secretary - Francis Ev-
erett.
Directors-A. ]. Lyle, MILFORD Hull,
A. J. Jewell J.. A.Rinehart, Willis Will
holt, D~ickEveland, Ed Bartlett, 1. N.
Taylor, Paul Synehorst, e. Smith, E.
T. Hanna, A. L. Stutzman and A. Roe.
Ladies' Day Provided.
A motion prevailed that at the next
Institute the third day of the meeting
should be ladies' day. They are to be
in full command. The program is to
be arranged and provided by the lad
les of the Institute.
The Baby Show.
Miss Eunice, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Ogborn, won the first
prize, a baby carriage valued at twen-
ty dollars, presented by Stull G Nc
Gregor.
Allie A. BeDillon, second prize. Best
baby cloak in stock by Pfeifer& Bel
mont.
Mahaska county corn may be splen.
did, but it is not in the class of Ma
haska county babies as a drawing
card. Not even the oratorical con-
test attracted the enormous throng
that the babies did at the court house
today. From the steps to the Farm
ers' Club room down to the first floor
the crowd was so dense that the OBJ
server couldn't get sight of the babies.
And the infants. There were dimin-
utive bits of humanity with blue eyes,
there were others with brown. Some
were black, and all were laughing,
cooling youngsters, happy, healthy and
hungry. Some were fated to lose,
and some were fated to win, but it
didn't bother the youngsters any.
They laid comfy" in their mothers
arms and took regular pulls at the
bottle. .
The judges were up against it.
Choice was a matter of difficulty. The
final decisions were announced after
the mothers and babes had been
brought into the court room, where
they were the one item of interest.
The judges were Chas. V. Hoffman,,
Geo. w. Shockley and Richard Burke.
The little ones entered in the con-
test were: Mabel Harris, Leota Todd,
Leonard Lock, Walter McMullen,
Thomas McMurray, Mildred Moore,
Glen Minor, Mildred blood, Ruth Ed
ris, Nellie Gay, Louis F. Hayes, George
Craig, Howard Thompson, Howard
Chrisman, Electa Morrison, Lucille
Emma Ogborn, Hazel Kirk, Irene
Freeman, Helen McCurdy, Pauline
Thomas, Alice Brubaker, Alice Eber-
line, Ethel Thomas, Irene Fairbrother,
Lloyd Evans, Thelma Anderson,
Charles Mitchell, Pearl l.. Chew, e.
mer Patterson, Cleo A. Furness, Ruth
G. Harvey, Arthur Thompson, Allie
A. BeDillon.
Thursday Morning.
The Institute opened Thursday
morning at nine-thirty o'clock with
one of the largest crowds that has ev-
er been seer at a morning session of
the Institute. People came by hun
dreds to be turned away from the
doors, for the rooms refused to hold
any more. Every square inch of space
was taken and the room would have
been filled had it been double the
size.
After the usual quota of music the
first subject on the program was: "'Is
it practical to plant timber for fence
posts? If so, what kind?" The dis.
cussions on this subject brought out
many opinions, a few of which are
here given:
I. N. Taylor - Because natural
| groves are almost exhausted, it is
practical to plant timber for fence
posts and profitable also. The de-
mand for posts is increasing with the
demand for better fences. 1t will be
a short time until the timber crop
for posts is exhausted. Nothing
causes more trouble and greater losses
than poor fences on the farm. AS a
wind break such a grove would be
worth while. Usage will outlast any
timber I know of. Locusts last for
twenty years or thirty. They are
easy to start and will resprout If cut
of. One a put from 1900 to 1000
: trees the acre.
A. j. Jewell Timber is a great
blessing. l think it is most profitable
to raise timber for fence posts. Plant
trees s to 10 feet apart with potatoes
between the rows. When too large to
cultivate SOW the land in rye and
grass for pasture. Fences are needed
to make the farm pay better and posts
are scarce. ] would recommend black