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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25
WANTED. 80

WANTED. 49, Gentleman or lady of
good standing to travel with rig or
by rail- Salary, $1,072.0O per year
and expenses; paid weekly and ex-
penses advanced. Address, with
stamp, Jos. A. Alexander, Oskalooga,
Iowa. wind.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25
FOR RENT.

House OF 6 rooms, summer kitchen,
cellar, we'll, located on South Market
street. $40 per month.
House OF 7 rooms, we'll built, conye.
niently arranged, close TO business
center, city water in kitchen, good
cellar TO right party will rent cheaply.
House OF 8 rooms, all modern, with.
in thrce blocks Of court house.
oBKaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

FOR SALE. oskaloosa residence,
house OF 7 rooms, 5 blocks from pub
lie square, corner lot, east and south
penthouse Is nearly new, good Gel
lar,connected with city sewer, barn,
buggy shed, we'll, cement walks;low
price for immedite sale.
Oskaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25
LINCOLN.

Mrs. Hampton, Of What Cheer, Wis.
tied last week with her brother, vii
bur Johnson and family.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

FARM RENTERS. - $500 an acre
down and the balance in five annual
payments. Can you afford to keep
on renting when we offer to sell you
good land at the above terms, and
at from $500 to $1,000 per acre?
For particulars call on or write 10
Gesman & Warren, OskaIoosa Office
over Pixies drug store. wi
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

FOR sALE~-A Mahaska county farm
OF 200 acres, IN miles from r.. Il.
station, 100 acres now in meadow
and pasture, rs acres of timber,
house OF 8 rooms, cellar and cave.
barn 40x36, plenty OF outbuildings,
farm supposed TO be underlaid with
coal, convenient TO "oskaloosa q
Buxton In~terurban." Price $62.50
per acre.
OBkaIoosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

FOR SALE Mahaska county farm,
100 acres, about 80 acres rough ana
rolling, balance good farm land, 80
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

FOR sALE-Cottage Of 6 rooms. cor
ner lot, n block from paved street,
south part OF town. Price, $1,100.
OBkaloosa Land & Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25
FARM RENTERS, OWN YouR OWN

FARM RENTERS, OWN YOUR OWN
FARM We sell good productive
land for $500 to $1,000 per acre, on
a payment Of $500 per acre down.
and the balance in five annual pay
ments. For particulars call on or
write 70 Gesman e. Warren, Oska-
loosa Office over Pixies drug store.
WI
%
FARM RENTERS, your last chance TO
own a good farm. We will sell you
q good farm on small payments,
Tess than one-half what you are now
paying for rent. For particulars
call on or write TO Gesman e War
rem, oskaloosa ONCE over Pixies
drug store. wi
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25
!, "G l~y ass ,s nsr n ss,ss

ttycu are satisfied with three per cent, y u no, necessaty 70 leave
Iowa, You cn buy q farm ~ tha locality Tor one hundred dollars an
acre that wMf rent for about slOO per acre, and after deductinE taxes,
insurance and wear and tear, u may leave you about three per centnst
Every Man Ia this conmunlsy with Mousy to Invsss
Knows this to be a Fact
hls getting harder each year TO place money out AZ q fair rate Of
interest where n will be reasonably safe In fact, there are hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars on deposit In this and adjoining counties that
are not drawing any interest at all.
Doesn't u Seem Foolish In face OF these facts 10 refuse TO In.
veshgate an Investment that is as safe as government bonds, aud that
will return from twenty-five TO 80 per cent?
We have already arranged to take twenty representative men of
Marion and Mahaska counties with us on our next excursion, Some
OF these men have investigated our claims In regard to the land offered
for sale by us and are convinced that the proposition L. good,
We Intend to Swell THIS Nsmbcr to Fifty
and in order to do so have arranged for very low railroad rates, and
have secured special accommodations, 80 that the trip will be one Of
pleasure and comfort from start TO finish.
" You are Interested call on or write us for literature on Can.
ada.
Remember, the Excursion Leaves oska-
loosa )une 9th.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

oskaloosa Land q Loan Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-05-25

Mrs. Hattie Kelly and children, Of
Valley Junction, Mrs. 8. d. Pendray,
Of Keithburg, Ill, VIII Kirkman, Of II.
linois, Mrs. James Law1ess, Of Des
Moines, Mrs. Jane Dunning, Of Chill.
Gothic, were also visitors at the exer.
cigeg. \
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
TO REPAIR SHIPS.
Russian Admiral Given Permission by
Governor General Wright.

Russian Admiral Given Permission by
Governor General Wright.
Manila, June 6.-Rear Admiral En-
quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral
Train and the French consul, formally
called on Governor General Wright
this morning. After the usual greet
ings had been exchanged, Governor
Wright asked:
admiral Enquist, do you wish to
stay at Manila permanently?''
Rear Admiral Enquist replied:
MY ships are unseaworthy. have
not heard from my government, and /
request time to make REPAIRS
Governor Wright then said that ac-
cording to his construction of the neu-
trality laws, the Russian vessels could
remain long enough to make necessary
repairs, and after these were finished
they must leave within "a hours or dis
mantle and intern. Rear Admiral En-
|quist requested permission to bring his
ships behind the breakwater for repairs.
This request was granted him.
Narita Goro, the Japanese consul,
called upon Governor Wright just pre-
vious to Rear Admiral Enquist and
made inquiry regarding the probable
disposition of the Russian warships
On leaving he met Rear Admiral En-
quist in the corridor of the governors
residence and rendered him profund
salute.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Ships Reach vIadivostok.

Vladivostok, May 3I.-Two ships
alone of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's g
powerful fotilla, the swift cruiser Al
MAJ and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grozeny, lie at anchor here today in
the curving harbor of Golden Horn,
they having separated from the fleet
early in the battle, which began in the
'Corean straits Saturday afternoon, and
headed, in obedience to orders, with
full speed to Vladivostok.
Up to o'clock this afternoon no
other vessel of the Baltic fleet had vet
arrived, and the signal stations at Ask
old and Rimsky Korsakoff island re-
ported none in sight.
Officers of the Almaz and Grozeny
say that both fleets had already sus-
tanned terrible losses when the Almaz
and Grocery broke through the hostile
line. OF the Japanese, two battleships
had gone down before their eyes, and
two cruisers, their sterns high out of
the water, seemed ready to plunge bow
foremost to the bottom of the sea.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
PASSPORTS FOR HEBREWS.
State Department Informed of Pro-
posed Russian Law.

Washington, June 6.-Acting Secre-
tary Loomis, of the State department.
has been officially informed by Ambas-
sador Meyer at St. Petersburg of the
provisions of the proposed new law in
Russia under, which all American
passports, including those for citizens
OF the Hebrew faith, will be recognized
there. This information is confirma-
tory of the press dispatches of week
ago, which announced the approval by
the council of the empire of the recon-
mendations of the passport commission
which included universal recognition
of foreign passports.
Mr.. Loomis has communicated the
contents of Ambassador Meyers dis
patch to Simon Wolf, of this city,
chairman of the civil and religious
rights section of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations. This con-
gregation, Mr.. Wolf said tonight, had
been working for 25 years to secure the
full recognition of passports granted to
Hebrews who desired travel in Russia
and the final triumph of the efforts of
those who have labored to this end,
he said, is q source of satisfaction to
his countrymen in the United States.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
WALLoW IN MUD.
Slush Beneath, No Fodder Behind and
Foe in Front of Russian Army.

Slush Beneath, No Fodder Behind and
Foe in Front of Russian Army.
Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, June L.
The rains which began three days ago
have ceased. General skirmishing has
been continuous for the past fortnight.
Arriving troops, on leaving the trains,
find themselves in sea of mud. The
country in the immediate rear of the
Russian army wears the same aspect as
did the rear of the old positions which
the Russians occupied in the south, be-
ing denuded of forage. Many of the
Chinese fed from their houses, and
wherever the troops camped these hous-
es were torn down for firewood.
Interest in the attitudeaof the Mon
gols continues. 1t is asserted that a
state of rebellion exists against the
local prince ruling the eastern tribes.
A few native traders with goods are
arriving at. the interior cities from Sin
mintin, but the only remaining trade
route for Northern Manchuria since. the
loss ofssSinmintin to the Russians is by
way OF Kiachta, over which traders are
already active.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Cannot Realize Damage Inflicted
by japanese Fleet.
TALK OF PEACE STILL SECUTED
Will Fight Another Land Battle, and il
That is Lost She May Then
Ask for Peace.

st. Petersburg, June H. The Rus.
sian admiralty is literally stupefied a,
the extent of the disaster suffered by
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet, and
its own advices paint the situation in
even worse colors than the Toxic dis.
patches.
The Associated Press V1adivostok
dispatch received at an early hour yes.
terday afternoon accounts for only two
ships of the great Russian fleet = the
cruiser Almaz and the torpedo boat
destroyer Grozeny-and the absence oi
news about the battleship Navarin and
the cruisers Oleg and Aurora, which
are the only fighting ships of any
value not enumerated in the Japanese
lists of destroyed or captured, and
which, up to 4:30 o'clock yesterday at
ternoon, had not reached Vladivostok,
renders almost idle any hope that they
were able to shake off the pursuing
Japanese cruisers and reached the
shelter of the fortress at Golden Fl ,rn
Russia has agreed to disarm and in
tern the big feet of colliers and trans
ports sent to the Chinese coast when
Rojestvensky determined to try to
force the Straits of Corea. It is be-
lieved here that the admiral did not
want to be hampered by big convoy
in the sea fight, and the decision to
send the convoy to the rear compelled
Rojestvensky to adopt the shortest
route by the way of Tsu island, as some
of the ships could not carry enough
coal in their bunkers to steam around
Japan.
The question of inaugurating peace
n egotiatio rs is not likely to be opened
until full reports of the Russian dis
aster have been received. The war
party continues its defiant attitued,
and declares that peace is impossible,
while many Russians who heretofore
have been in favor of peace, but who
are now humiliated by the sting of the
defeat of their navy, are giving their
voice in favor of a continuation of the
war. Nevertheless, the peace party in
sists on the absolute futllity of prolong-
ing the struggle. Ever slow to reach a
decision, it is improbable that the gov
ernment will decide on the course it
will pursue until after battle has been
Joined in Manchuria.
s The Associated Press dispatches in
dicate that Field Marshal Oyama is
already in motion and that grand en-
gagement is imminent. The govern
ment still predicts the publication OF
losses in. ships not contained in its own
advices, but SO far as St. Petersburg is
concerned the truth is known.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
sPRANG TRAP ON RUSSIANS.
Togo Also Used Submarines and Tor
pedoes with Deadly Effect.


Toxic, May 31.-The proverb that
Admiral Togo always fights and seldom
reports is proving true in the case OF
his greatest battle. From the briefest
and most fragmentary reports coming
to Toxic, it is impossible to gain an
approximate conception or picture of
the desperate and decisive combat.
The Navy department, after announcing
the bare results yesterday, has lapsed
into silence again. It meets inquirers
with the statement that the department
is not interested in the publication of
news, but is concerned only in securing
victory for Japan. It is probable that
many details Of the fight will never be
given to the world. 1t will probably
be days or weeks before the main facts
OF the battle and its strategy are made
known.
Admiral Togo appears to have plan
ned and laid complete trap, which
fitted Admiral Rojestvensky's action,
and the japanese outmaneuvered, out
fought and outshot the Russians, fear
lessly taking their lghtest cruisers
against the heavy Russian armor-clad
battleships and joining battleships with
armored cruisers, smothering them
with gun fire.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
tenths inches only, while at klamath
1t Is thirty-six to fifty inches"

tenths inches only, while at Klamath
1t Is thirty-si1 to fifty inches"
Experiments the world over show
that land requires about three feet of
water during the growing season to-
produce crop. This Is averaging all
absorptive conditions of the soil and all
rates of evaporation. Italy, in the
valley Of the Pc, has long established
a scientific irrigation, and the aver
age duty of water is one cubic foot
per second to about sixty-six acres, in
continuous flow. But Italy on the
same land has a rainfall of between
thirty-five and forty inches, of which
twenty-five inches falls in the season
Of growing crops. So the irrigated
land Of Italy gets about 13O inches of
irrigation water and twenty-five inch
es Of rain, or little over twelve feet,
In the season of crop growth.
This feature of the irrigation prob
lem deserves close attention, because
1t is basic in the matter of dividing up
lands. The settlers should know in
advance what the chances for success
really are, and, in estimating those
chances, the government experts
should lean to the conservative rather
than the hopeful SIDE A season of re-
action would materially injure the re-
clamat1on project-Denver News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
RoJEsTvEnsky a PRISONER.
Togo Says He Rescued Russian Ad-
miral from Sinking Shin.

Washington, May 81. - The official
Japanese report on tie latest details of
the great naval battle in the Corean
straits is made in a cablegram received
tonight by the Japanese legation here
from the foreign Office at Toxic, convey
ing Admiral Togo's dispatches MP to
this afternoon. The report says that
Admiral Roiestvensky and another ad-
mlral and staff officers were taken pris-
oners on the sinking of Rojestvensky's
flagship, Kniaz Souvaroff, Saturday
night, south of Urleung island, off the
Corean coast. The total number of
vessels lost to the Russians, according
to Admiral Togo, now ia %, and he
adds that, although the full particulars
are not yet in, none of the Japanese
ships was seriously injured and the
loss to the first division of the Japanese
fleet was over 400.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
RIPE FOR A REVOLUTION.
Feeling Against the War is Running
High in Russia.

St. Petersburg, June e. Conditions
are, indeed, ripe for an uprising
throughout Russia which will be of a
widespread character. At the Pavlovsk
concert-hall last night gigantic DEM
onstration was held, at which dozen
prominent speakers, throwing discre-
tion to the winds, denounced the czar
and the government for continuing a
struggle which could only result in the
nation being plunged deeper into debt
and in the useless sacrifice of thousands
of loyal subjects.
The excitement was intense and on
order of General Trepoff, the police at
tempted to clear the building. A free
fight followed, in which the police
used their whips and clubs, but the
excited people fought back, and for a
time it seemed that they would gain
the mastery.
The crowd was eventually dispersed
when soldiers arrived on the scene and
threatened to fire.
The officers of the guards regiments,
who have been sent to outlying bar
racks to instruct the reserves, have
openly revolted and refused to do their
work. A number of them have been
placed under arrest, and are likely to
be shot this morning.
From all over the country come re-
ports of anti-war meetings which the
police have been powerless to suppress.
Only the official class favor the contin-
uance Of hostilities, and the pressure
in favor of peace is very strong. It is
reported that several regiments of re-
serves at Sevastopol and Odessa have
mutinied and openly defed their Off
GERS. Trouble is looked for here dur
ing this week unless some steps are
taken to placate the malcontents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Togo Visits Roiestvenskx.

Toxic, June 6.-Vice Admiral Togo
visited Vice Admiral Rojestvensky at
the naval hospital at Sasebo and ex-
pressed his sympathy for the admiral,s
wounds. He praised the desperately
courageous fight of the Russians and
expressed the hope that Vice Admiral
Roiestvensky would soon be able to re-
turn to Russia. Rojestvensky was
deeply moved by the admiral's words
and thanked him. He congratulated
Japan on the courage and patriotism
of her sailors in the recent great naval
battle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Luxemburgers Are Uontent.

All tourists who have spent anv
length of time in the Grand Duchy Of
Luxembourg agree that the Luxem-
burgers are the most eontented people
On the face of the earth, writes Henri
Chevalier in the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Though of very small area the popula-
ton represents many nationalities. 1t
appears to form part Of Belgium and
one has to penetrate toward the capt.
tai from the border quite bit before
the Belgian dialects cease to be heard.
Then there is quite Dutch element.
Half of the people speak French and
there are many Germans, as is shown
by the two German papers printed in
the little capital of 22,000 inhabitants.
That the people are happy Is be-
cause the Grand Duchy is independ-
ent, at peace with all its neighbors, has
but small army to support and i'm
poses little tax on the inhabitants.
most Of whom are neither rich nor
poor.
OF Grand Duke Wilhelm, the regent.
it cannot be said that uneasy lies the
head that wears the crown" for no
ruler Is better beloved by his subjects.
He was married in 1893 to the Infanta
Maria Anna of Portugal, who is the
mother Of Princesses Marie, Charlotte.
Hilda, Antonia, Elizabeth and Sophie.
The family is fairly worshiped by
the Luxemburgers. The old Grand
Duke Adolf of Luxemburg, the real
ruler, is still alive. He is nonagena-
rian and, though he abdicated in favor
Of Wilhelm in 1902, he still takes a
deep interest in all the state and court
affairs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Fair PracticaIIy Complete.

Director of Exhibits II. E. Dosch.
who has been through number of
large expositions, was asked yesterday
how this one compared with others as
far as its completeness on the opening
day goes. He said: cit is more near
ly complete than any exposition to
which have been, even Omaha. 1t is
a very rare thing for an exposition to
ba SO nearly finished on the opening
day. What incompleteness there is
does not detract from the exposition
proper, and will be remedied in few
days"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
WILL RAISE PRICE oFPEAcE.
Japan's Victory Increases Severity of
Terms Demanded.

Japan's Victory Increases Severity OF
Terms Demanded.
Washington, May 81. - Minister
Takahira had an hours conference
with President Roosevelt tonight. The
minister reached the White house at 9
O'Clock and remained until after 10
o'clock. Mr.. Takahira refused to saw
anything regarding the object of his
visit.
There is reason to believe the ques-
tion of peace was under consideration
the object of the minister being to in
form the president that the old basis on
which japan would begin negotiations
would not now be acceptable. It is be-
lieved that with the latest decisive
naval victory, the demands of Japan
will be materially increased, and in
clude large indemnity in addition to
the retention of Port Arthur and the
evacuation by Russia of Manchuria.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Dispute Over Price of Salmon.

New Westminster, B. c., May 81
Trouble between the fishermen and the
cannerymen may end in strike. The
difference concerns prices for fish dur
ing the big run of the season. The
fishermen met today and decided on 10
cents straight for fish for July and Is
cents for August. The cannerymen
aud packers declare the entire season g
rate must be cents per fish. Trouble
is just commencing, and promises to
get hot. During the last big run the
militia had to be called out for the
same trouble.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-09
Conquest :5 ID. Great
American Desert
&as5S5

Ine OmclalS OF Ine reclamation De
partment Of the United States geolog-
ical survey have taken the field for
the most active campaign thus far
undertaken for the benefit of the peo-
pies heritage-the public lands of
America, estimated to measure S41,-
S72,37 acres, Of which 172,S73, ,070
acres have been reserved by law for
forest culture, Indians and other pur-
poses, leaving 794, 794 1884 acres open
to reclamation and ultimate settle
ment. Colorado contains 1881 ,596
acres Of this heritage, Of which 4,00S,-
543 have not yet been surveyed.
In connection with irrigation enter
prises, and to enlighten the large
number Of settlers who know practic-
ally nothing about the application Of
water to the soil and to growing crops,
the San Francisco Call discusses the
quantity of water allotted to given
area Of irrigable land" Taking the
States as a whole, the quantity per
acre used in California Is about so per
cent of the Colorado average. This
would appear to convict Colorado of
needless waste, but as the nature Of
the soil and the kind of crop irrigated,
together with rainfall, are factors in
the problem, 1t is not safe to conclude
without careful comparison. This is
now going forward at Fort Collins and
at other experiment stations under the
general control of the Agricultural
Department Experts connected with
pump and machinery houses in this
city are also collecting data, this be-
ing the natural result Of the 1nstalla-
ton Of plants in different portions of
the State, on different soils and for the
care Of different crops.
It has been stated by one Of the en-
gineers In charge of Federal work In
Nevada that miners inch of water
would irrigate 500 acres of land. This
is not the Colorado experience Even
California rejects 1t, the San Francisco
Call alleging that the estimate is un-
sound and is not supported by Califor-
MIA experience, dating back to the time
Of the missions, when the Franciscans
brought with them the experience of
Egypt and the Orient.
In support of his liberal Nevada es-
timate]500 acres to one miners inch
Expert Lippincott quotes conditions
at Yuma and in the klamath district
of California. His allowance for
Yuma, if we understand him correct
ly, is $50 cubic feet of water per acre,
which is not quite three -sixteenths of
an inch per acre. That is a very thin
sheet of water to spread upon land in
a region where the evaporation is
twelve or fifteen feet per year. 1--WE
doubt very much, says the Call,
whether it will sustain growing crops
If he means that miners inch flow
ing constantly for ninety days will suf-
dce for an acre and half, we have
this result: In an acre and a half are
SC, $40 square feet, which miners
inch in ninety days would cover about
fifteen inches He allows eighteen
inches at klamath for the crop sea-
son, against fifteen inches at Yuma.
But the record of thirty-six years.
rainfall at Yuma shows an average an
nual precipitation Of three and four