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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
COAL TRADE REVIEW
CONDITIONS or pualNtsa A.
p0iNyEu our nv AkeUlna
TRACE JoNrNAL.

rhlcano. peh TO-. .lsiack Diamond
today sa,ei "1he labor eliuhtlnn u
the ngpvrmoat feature n connection
with tho Dltuniinous trade an through
the west The Adjournment iaat
week AZ indianapolis of tho operators
ana miners 81 The central competitive
district, and the determination rf the
miners not 20 sign wage scale Ia
any district prior 10 a general agree
ment. brought matters 10 a climax.
IN the face ~ oil the evidence a strike
now seems probable. ON the other
hand, Il is posi- 90 that II may be
ayertca through some means not yet
tried, but generally speaking the out.
look points more clearly 20 o. serious
rupture OF existing relations than TO
continuance OF the present conditions.
In view OF these facts n reasonably
conservative policy In the matter OF
taking In coal should be followed by
railroads and large industries where
they are dependent upon fuel for pow
err purposes. There IL no denying tho
fact that the situation is the most crit
ical at any tlme since 1897, and It viii
be much preferable from the stand
point of a consumer to take In coal
at this time, while the price is still
on normal basis, rather than to wait
until the latter part of March, when
prices will be higher and the market
will be bare of fuel. Except for the
expense of storing and the interest on
the investment, coal can not be bought
much lower at any time during the
next six to eight months than at pres
ent, even IL there Is no strike"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
VALENTINE.
COUNTY OFFICIAL MAkEa A
arAuNplp showtNn rcR
RAer rMo TEARa

sheam Kd vaientine IA me INST
sheAn " Mahasha ccunty, according
10 me records "a The o.scN who has
ever made The once pay 70 thr ccun.
~ moro money ahan Il cesl Mr.
Valentine has TIE cnyiahic record Of
turning oscr 10 the treasurer ~ Ma.
hasha county ssls.Ci dunns the two
yeata Of his administration the only
administration that has made the o..
nee pay
During the first year OF hls term
Mr. Valentine turned over TO the
county treasurer si9iO4, up TO that
time the best. as II was the only
record OF any sheriff paying money
over to The county. This year hJc
amount turned over came near TO be
ing double that of last year. or
s353se. The total of $4,000 sounds
good to the taxpayers Of MahNska
county.
In addition to this sum, Mr.. valen'
tine last year turned In sS25.55 in UNI
collected fees--three hundred dollars
of this by the by. has since been col.
lected inland this year he turns
over to the county treasurer in fees
$500. as uncollected. and most OF them
good. The total Of s1,309.30 is very
gratifying to Mr. Valentine and his
friends.
The annual report for the sheriff's
office during the past year. which was
recently published in the Herald col.
umns, recalls and emphasizes the
statement made by the Herald last
year In comment upon ~. yalen.
tines remarkable report:
"To succeed in making such O rec
ord during the first year of his term
OF ONCE should have been satisfac.
tory to Sheriff Valentine, but his
annual report. recently hled with
County Auditor Doak, gives more
facts which eloquently testify to the
fact that In the election OF Ed Valen.
tine there was no misplaced conf
dence."
These are the showings that AFFECT
taxpayers and concern them. They
are the figures that strengthen the
belief that there was no misplaced
confidence when Ed Valentine was
elected. His record as thief-taker
has also been enviable.
During the past year the sherln's
once, meaning MIR. Valentine and
Mr.. Moore, was responsible for the
capture OF John Jacobs, the Buxton
murderer, who was recently given
eight years; for Mrs. Maggie Davis,
who was brought back from Missouri
In spite of her daring attempts to es-
cape, and Of Thompson and Crane,
the two circus pick.pockets, and more
recently OF Jim Caldwell, who has
Just been brought back from Dayen.
port to stand trial.
Tho capture Of John Crane and
Charles Thompson was notable one
thompson, though boy, was well
known operator, who was In the
rogue's gallery in the eastern cities.
The man was taken into custody and
because a $4,000 bond was given,
forfeited that rather than mis- liberty.
BY this the scnool fund was $500
richor.
Pocause OF me biennial election
law there Is to be another year OF
Sheriff valentines administration on
his first term, and although his
friends expect that II will be betters
they will be. as will the taxpayer,
well satisfied IL It's "just as Good"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
Ladies or TIE Q. A. R.
Three New Members Are Taken In
Friday Afternoon.

The Ladies' Of the G. A. X. held an
enthusiastic session Friday at the hall
and completed arrangements for an
entertainment TO be given on the ey-
ening OF washlngton's birthday, Feb.
20. There will be a meeting OF the
MahaskasC County Veterans Association
In the afternoon and the ladies will
serve dinner TO tne attending com.
rades. This Will be followed by a
camp fire. The ladies received three
applications for membership and took
In two honorary members, Mrs. Lock.
ard, aged 81 years, and Mrs. Downing,
mother OF II. ii. Downing, aged 81,
both mothers OF old soldiers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
ssru- faeu@ sARpiscss

LAWRENCE. - Word reached the
city this afternoon Of the death OF
Mrs. Andrew Lawrence, one OF the
Oldest inhabitants OF Jefferson town.
ship. y.
PRoBsT--FLAC OK. ~ Married, at the
home Of the brides aunt, Mrs. l. II.
McCracken, 500 South q street, at 3
p. M, Wednesday, Feb. z, 1906, Miss
Lille Flack to Mr. @. d. Probst. or
West Liberty, Rev. II. s. Zendt ON
ciating.
The ceremony occurred In the pres
ence OF a small number Of relatives
and immediate friends OF the contract
ing parties and was followed by an
elaborate wedding supper. The bride
has made her home with Mrs. Nc
Cracker for a few months and has
made several friends in oskaloosa. Mr..
Probst Is young farmer from near
West Liberty and will take HIS bride
In few weeks TO farm near that
place where they will make their fu-
ture home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
AonuaIntanoe Social.

The Aid society OF the Christian
church held q social meeting In the
church parlors Thursday afternoon.
The principle object OF the meeting
was TO make preparations for the
acquaintance social that will5be held
IN the church parlors Wednesday ey-
enIng, February IA for memberg and
friends OF the church. Refreshments
will be served by the ladies' and cv-
erything will be without charge or
fee Of any sort.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
FOR RURAL CARRIERS.
Civil Service Examination n oska.
loosa March 10.

A civil service examination for rural
carriers will be held In oskaloosa
March 10, 1905. Applications for the
examination must be in the hands OF
the commission at Washington, d. g.,
before February 2s, 1905. Applicants
for position Of rural carrier will find
blank applications and Instructions at
the post Office from which they may
desire an appointment.
(1S4dSw2)
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
Appendix Removed.

Il. u. Shaw, superintendent OF the
"city heat, department OF the Trac-
tion & Light Co. was operated upon
by DR.. Clark for appendicitis this
morning. The case was about the
worst the Doctor has ever treated. The
which was greatly enlarged,
was removed. Mr.. Shaw is better tnls
afternoon and Will recover.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15

r. +. ButtertieId, a wealthy farmer
residing at Dewitt. has Tor some time
been missing corn from mis- cribs and
set a trap for the capture OF the
thieves with the result that he caught
man by the name Of George Ham,
whom he turned over TO the sheriff
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
GREAT FIRE RAGING.
Many Lives May Be Lost In Prince Of
Wales Mine.

Negnunee. Mich. Feb. 10.--Fire is
raging in the Prince OF Wales snaft
this afternoon. Three hundred mon
have escaped but many are missing.
IL Is Impossible as yet 70 tell the OK
tent OF the blaze.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
SOME BIG EARNINGS.
MIners Draw An Average Of st5e Per
Month.

Buxton, Feb. 10.--Recently In one
OF the Consolidation Coal Company's
mines one hundycd men earned on an
average OF 1856 a month. Two hun.
dred men averaged s1S6 and all the
men employed by the company earned
an average Of $3.50.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15

New Orleans, Feb. 10.--Thomas D.
Mcclellan, chief justice OF the Ala
bans supreme court, died suddenly OF
heart failure in q sleeping car near
here today, en- route to San Antonio,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
missionary Meeting.

The missionary society OF the Bap-
list church met on Friday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. Elmer Barrows.
About twenty OF tho ladies' were pres.
ent and pleasant and profitable az
ternoon was enjoyed BY alI..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
IOWA LAND VALUABLE.
Farm Near Fairfield Sells for s17b
Per Acre.

Fairfield, Iowa, Fob. 10.--A new rec
ord for ordinary farm land was estab.
llshed today when u. d. Rodgers paid
J. X. George SITS per acre for forty
acre tract, one mile west OF this city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
HORSES AT AUCTION.
Animals Bring From $50 to s2eo Per
Head.

Des Molnes, Feb. 10.--The horse
sale at the Garrison horse market
drew a large crowd Of buyers. About
275 horses In all were sold at prices
ranging all the way from $50 TO 1895.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
WILL APPLY The Ak.
Secretary Shaw Announces Reduction
IN Revenue Service.

washIpgton. ID. q. Feb. To- The
house today cut about fifty thousand
dollars from Secretary shaw's emer-
gency bill AS result Shaw has
announced that about seventy en-
pIoyes in the customs service through
out the country viii be dropped and
$50 reduced in pay.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
IN HE LEolsLATuHE.

Des Molnes. Ia, Feb. 10--A bill was
offered in the senate today providing
for state employment bureau. The
house held no session.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15

The bin presented in the Iowa ieels-
lalure allowing the children OF sailors
10 enter the Iowa soldiers Orphans
Home at Davenport on the same basis
as soldiers children, passed the sef.
ate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15
MORE MuTINy.
Trouble Breaks out Afresh on Rus
sian Baltic Fleet

st. Petersburg, Feb. 10. - Mutiny
broke out afresh today aboard mum
Der Of vessels in the Baltic feet. Sew
eral officers and many men were mr.
rested.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-15

Total -. -. 303,973,040 gallons
Daily average use for 1905, SS2,sOs
gallons,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-09

employment and sees the situation
through spectacles colorei by the
Brisbane editorials looks to Mr..
Hearst as political panacea. They
do not really know Mr.. Hearst. Few
even Of the thousands Of his own en-
ployes have ever seen him or talked
with him. His five newspapers are
scattered from Los Angeles to Boston.
and II he were disposed to divide his
time among them he could give then.
only a small part Of the personal at
tention which they need. Not Mr..
Hearst but MIR. Carvalho makes the
rounds Of the newspaper offices and
supervises their business affairs. Not
MIR. Hearst but MIR. Brisbane-with the
aid of the telegraph. the monograph.
the telephone. and the mimeograph-
prepares their editorials. Not Mr..
Hearst but Mr.. Shearn starts the leg
fslation and litigation which help
crowd the bill files OF congress and
the calendars OF the courts.
OF course it would be impossible for
Mr.. Hearst or any other man to do
all these things himself AS matter
of fact. since his marriage. Mr.. Hearst
has spent most of his time with his
wife and son. of whom he Is Very fond
and whose society he prefers to that
of his editors and his fellow congress-
men. The records of the house OF
representatives. although they contain
many bills introduced by Mr.. Hearst,
possibly fail to show his presence at
roil-call one time in ten. The Con-
gressional Record contains several
able arguments credited to Mr.. Hearst
and the average reader of Il Hearst
newspaper mistakenly believes that he
actually delivered these speeches to
an attentive speaker and u crowded
house.
Mi. Hearst has served two terms In
the house of representatives. This is
his only public office, but he was a
candidate fer the democratic nominal
tion for president in 1904. for mayor
of New York city in 1905, and is in
the race for governor of New York at
the present time. His popular SUP
port is increasing. for everybody with
grievance has heard of him and
everybody who Is opposed to anything
that is in power and who has read the
Hearst newspapers looks upon Mr..
Hearst as his champion. 1t was for
tunate for him that he was not nomi-
mated for president in 1904 and that he
did not receive the certificate of cleo
tion as mayor of New York. So long
as he is elected to no executive office
he can remain myth; so long as he
is in opposition he represents an is
sue. Possibly he prefers it to be So
At any rate, campaign expenditures
have been profitable newspaper in
vestments. for his continuous performs
ances as a political candidate add to
the size of his newspaper constituent
cies. The one thing that will demolish
the Hearst myth is that Mr.. Hearst
shall be placed in such position that
he must fulfill instead OF promising,
that he must act instead of criticising.
that he must do what he has denounc-
ed executive officials for not doing.
And even Mr.. Hearst has enough
sense to know that this is impossible.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-09

the state where, against the opposition
of the old political leaders who COLI
trolled the party machinery. MIR.
Hearst carried so many democratic
county conventions. This following
differs from the band of questionable
voters and political nondescripts
which MIR. Hearst's agents rallied at
the last democratic national conven-
ton. That was his first experience
in political exploitation and it was
naturally crude and costly. Both MIR.
Hearst and his managers nave profited
by that expensive experience.
The life-story of William Randolph
Hearst is the simple stoiy of veal
thy. ambitious young man who early
learned the earning power of money
invested in brains-the brains of men
ADLER than himself. He was born in
San Francisco in 1868: his father was
Senator George F. Hearst. hard
headed, self-made man. whose fortune
dug from mines of copper and OF sill
Yer helped him to seat in the United
States senate. that he might add poll
teal experience to business success.
Young Hearst was kept by his father
in the San Francisco public schools,
and this training did him more good
than anything else that ever happened
to him. From the public schools. with
the aid of a private tutor. he went to
Harvard; from Harvard he went into
journalism. Following the custom of
western millionaires with many in
terests to protect Senator Hearst
owned the San Francisco Examiner.
which he conducted carefully and con-
servatively fer the benefit of his
mines. his railroads and his friends
This paper he gave to his son.
Young Hearst began his newspaper
career in 1856. being then only twen-
ty-three years old. He promptly let
down the bars and turned the EXamin-
er loose on the corporate and vested
interests of California He was like
child with a new toy and delighted
in nothing more than in attacking the
great corporations and the prominent
families. This policy was at once a
financial success; the circulation of
the Examiner quintup!ed The old
conservative readers kept on taking
it to see what it had to say about
them and the masses read it because
it attacked California plutocracy and
ridiculed the San Francisco aristoc-
racy. Mr.. Hearst had acquired a,
Harvard a contempt for the eNtrava-
gances of western mining million
aires and a disregard for the opinion
of San Francisco's fashionable society
His hard-headed father at first remon-
strated but the Examiners balance
sheets were such positive proof of his
sons business success that the sem
ator could only be delighted.
What Mr. Hearst really did with the
Examiner was to take the weights off
the safety valve and let the staff gel
out good newspaper-that is. good
in the sense that it sold we'll He did
not spend much of his time in San
Francisco. and in fact knew little
about the details of the management.
He was too ambitious to be content
with that life, and. besides. he pre-
ferred living in the east. After look
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-09
GO. p" in the Worlds WorkD

As a political factor William Ran
dolph Hearst may or may not be
ephemeral. but in either case he is a
man for political leaders to reckon
with. His prominence is in one sense
the result of an enormous amount of
advertising, a continuous, systematic
campaign of publicity conducted by
men who know how to make the most
of every new development. The stu
alton which has made his success pos
sible is not of his own creation. When
the public mind had been aroused to
IL high pitch by the life insurance dis
closures, the railroad Investigations,
the oppression of the coal trust, the
ice trust. the beet trust. the private
car lines, and other branches OF the
SYSTEM" the Hearst boom was launch
ed by the three keen. able. adroit men
who are his brains, ability and indus
try.
The general public knows only MIR.
Hearst. His name is at the top OF his
newspapers in New York. Chicago.
Boston, San Francisco. and Los An
geles; all the proclamations. plat
forms. and editorials are signed by
William Randolph Hearst; the bills
which he has introduced into congress
credit him as their official author The
intellectual output for which he re-
ceives public credit is sufficient both
in volume and ability to give him the
reputation for possessing scholarly
mind. a profound intellect, a persist
ent industry. and a capacity for con-
ception and execution equalled by few.
Yet to three men is due the credit Tor
blamel for the prevalence OF what
may be called the Hearst myth. At
first there were two: Mr.. Arthur Bris-
bane and MIR. Solomon S. Carvalho:
the third, MIR. Clarence j. Shearn.
came in late. All these men are we'll
known in the newspaper world. but
with the outside public Mr.. Hearst
gets the credit for their great and
varied ability. He does deserve credit
for their selection and for leaving
them alone. He also pays them we'll
probably the highest salaries and
commissions received by any news
paper men in the world They do the
work; the only thing which Mr..
Hearst desires is the public credit,
and that he fully receives. MIR, Brs-
bane does the writing; Mr.. Carvalho
looks after the business management
and Mr.. Shearn drafts the bills and
supplies all the necessary legal know
ledge.
This is the secret of the Hearst
myth. 1t accounts for the concentra-
tion of a growing public sentiment up
ON MIR. Hearst as its leader and for the
large vote which he polled as the in
dependent candidate for mayor of New
York last fall. He ran tens of thous-
ands of votes ahead of the republican
candidate and the official returns gave
him only 5000 less than Mayor Nc
Clellan. the regular democratic nom
inee. who had also large republican
and independent support. Many New
Workers believe that Mr.. Hearst was
really elected; there is no doubt that
he polled the majority of the demo-
cratic votes. This explanation also
accounts for his strength throughout
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-09

Clothing DEPARTMENT.
Owing to the lack Of floor space in the
clothing department. the stock of trunks and
valises have heretofore been kept out of
sight, and great many people do not know
that we carry a complete stock of these
goods including the very best as we'll as the
medium grades. Ask to see them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-31


Judge Dayton, of Philippi, W. Va
in his charge TO the September grand
jury, made a terrific arraignment of
the liquor traffic on the ground that
it Is in completely with law-breakers
and prostitution. He declared that
the government and supreme court
and the best citizens Of the country
recognize the liquor traffic to be an un-
mitigated evil without the slightest
redeeming feature. THE man that
goes into the business knows that It
is wrong. so his going into the busl-
ness simply resolves itself into an eff
fort to get hold of dirty dollars in
whatever way he can, and 1t is n
recognized fact that liquor selling
and prostitution go hand In hand"
Statistics show that the drink habit
is responsible for seven.eighths of the
crime in this country, for one.half the
poverty, three-fourths Of the degrada-
ton, and two-thirds of the misery"
Judge Dayton's charge is now the talk
of the community and has almost par.
alyzed politicians. ProhibttIonists.
meanwhile, are putting up the biggest
fight Of their history.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-31
Blocks
Pennsylvania
GOULD INTERESTS BUYING UP
PROPERTY WANTED BY THE
CLEVELAND & PITTseURe.

WHEELING, Oct 31.-There has
been a general opinion in Bridgeport
for some time past that all the proper.
ty sold along the river front south Of
the Aetnavllle bridge had been ac.
'quired by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, but developments of the
last few days would indicate that the
Wabash had taken a hand in the mer,
ny war and has got possession Of some
valuable stragetic points in the bat
tie that is to be waged between the ri
val companies for right Of way down
the river to Bellaire.
The Wabash and Wheeling & Lake
Erie have been looking toward Bel
laire and the lower river front with
envious eyes for several years but 1t
looked like they were going to be shut
out by the Pennsylvania which for the
best part OF year has been acjuir-
ing property by purchase at all points
where the Wabash might be expected
to have trouble getting through.
Within the last three months It
was announced that practically all the
property north of Koehnlein's cross.
ing in Bridgeport TO the Aetnaville
bridge, east Of the Pennsylvania tracks
had ben sold to the Pennsy. Several
transfers of property we're made and
the conclusion Of other deals we're an.
nounced presumably in the interest OF
the Pennsy.
This morning 1t was learned that
there was some doubt about the
Pennsy buying one or more of the i'm.
portant pieces of property in the dis.
trct described above. The sale of
the Lon Sellst property, just north OF
Koehnlein's crossing will be consumat-
ed today through the Security Trust
company, of Wheeling, and the News
has 1t from a most reliable source that
the Wabash may be the real purchaser,
The original deal for the Sells prop
erty was in ali probability for the
Pennsylvania company, but It is hint
ed that 1t fell through and that the
Wabash and Wheeling and Lake Erie
will not get the property. If this is
true, as reported on excellent authorl-
ty, the chances are that the Wabash
has already made Roadway in secur'
ing some of the other valuable prop
erty in the same vicinity which was
on the market.
II the reports concerning the
Wabash purchasing the property
proves to be true, 1t means that they
are going 10 make vigorous fight to
extend their road down the river, to
get share Of the immense shipping
from the mills and mines in the lower
part OF Belmont county.