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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-22
Iron Cane. London. Latest End.

Solid iron walking sticks. painted to
resemble ebony and crooked at the up
per end. are the latest fashion In Lon
don, especially aleug Piccadilly and
Oxford street. says London dispatch
Several medical reviews claim that the
weight OF the new cane Is bound to de
velop the muscles OF the hand II prop
erly carried and that as weapon OF
defense the new stick leaves nothing
to be desired. The cane costs ? little
over n dollar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
THE JlJpcEsHIps.

AS the situation Is shaping itself In
this, the Sixth judicial district, 1t ap
pears that Judge Clements OF Newton
and Judge Preston CT Oskaloosa will
be re-nominated by reclamation, and
without any opposition. Judge Scot,
of Brooklyn has authorized the state
ment that he will not be a candidate
again, and the only anteconventior
contest therefore will be over his sue
cessor. Excellent names have been
mentioned in Washington and Keokuli
counties, and one or two in Poweshiel
county. BY way OF passing the hon
ors around" Keokuk county would ap
pear TO be entitled to the privilege OF
naming the third man. The last man
from that county to be given a seat
on the bench was judge Sampson, now
nearly thirty years ago.
But whoever the THIRD man may be-
It goes without saying that the republi.
cans OF the Sixth district will select
a capable and worthy man, and with
the spirit OF harmony and good fel'
lowship that has always peryaded this
territory, all three republicans will be
elected by good majofItfes,
with due regard 20 all the good
men Of the past, we sincerely believe
II can be said without hesitation that
Judges Clements and Preston have
never had, superiors In the office. With
the highest regard for the law always
In mind they have been considerable in
dealing with all classes Of people and
have been Just In their decisions
The guilty have suffered only as their
crimes have deserved and the limo
cent have been acquitted In digni
fed and reassuring way.
Following a precedent OF years
standing, Judge Clements should be
permitted TO remain on the bench for
the same length of time accorded to
his predecessors Judges Lewis, Blanch'
ard, Johnson, Dewey and Ryan, and
according to the custom established in
the district, Is entitled to re-nomi-
nation for another torn.
Judge d. w Preston will have
no opposition. He has served
but one term and his excellent record
in once assures for him a re-nomina.
ton and reelection. He Is worthy
the place and will I'LL II impartially
and well.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
roo MANY pApEas.

The business mems club OF Creston,
an organization whore membership
includes nearly all the business men
Of the town, held largeiy-attended
meeting last week AMI adopted rego.
Intions opposing me proposed start.
ing Of another paper there. Resoiu.
tons were adopted declaring that such
an enterprise would be iIl.adyised and
detrimental TO the best interests OF
the business men, for the reason that
another paper could not reach any
additional readers, and therefore bust.
ness men would be- compelled to I'M
dergo a greater expenditure 10 gecdre
the earne results a. 1T present.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mousIy. Many OF The business men
are not especially pleased with either
Of the papers now running, but they
considered the question from q busi-
ness standpoint, and they know from
experience the tax which another pa
per involves.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
osKALooeA KNOWS HOW.

oskaloosa seems TO Iave.a habit OF
doing things right. Her Young Mems
Christian association IL reported self.
supporting. IL added about one hun.
dred members during the past year,
and erected a fine new building. There
are other towns In Iowa that have not
done no well. No doubt, the efficient
Oskaloosa officers would claim O lit
tie credit for themselves and praise
the public spirit, the progregslyeness
which prevails In oskaloosa, which
viii permit no good enterprise to Ian.
guish or fail. II il in the atmosphere,
in some cities, and Ogkaioosa is one
OF them,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

ia ME fsNThlnA announcement IA
whleh Nm Mad Annwieaea. sl0yvsn0g
tMFfebtnM NtNA ws,4da nv she WlWuk
t'llY candidate nra expected IA have
Nfrnt wpleht Vi lhu rnhlpag iiuru
are hla vommpnls
IA have grpat falvh Ia M pefhlns
IN AL MY consrsts yeass aNo while III
nnhllc lite, fur tho people, ha ntood
wlsh ue. iie was sendy ID help III
every way and was h strurg and able
champion os their rAnan. have
known him for years and we have
been and psw intimate fricndss can
mos believe hs has rome Under any
influences which would cause him to
change N hts attitude towards the
great interest of me people which he
AZ that tlme supported.
''As said have known MIR. Perkins
thoroughly and nave never AZ any
time lost confidence N him. How.
ever, II had been mAtrustful, his
ringing editorial Of November 4th or
i1th---T believe that was the date
would have removed that distfust 4
do not believe that no would be the
tool Of any combination or Of the cor.
porations, and am suro that IL they
assume no would be they would find
they had caught a tartar.
II served with Mr.. Perkins in the
Legislature and learned at that time
TO think very highly OF his ability and
his integrity and his entire devotion
to the best public interests. Sixteen
or seventeen years ago when had
some part In a railway legislation con-
test, Mr.. Perkins Loyalty supported me
throughout. All the influence OF all
the corporations at that time. and they
were many, did not Swerye him in the
least"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
Rock Island Gets Coal,

Knoxville Journal: 1t has long been
known that fifty per cent OF the coal
mined In Iowa was used by the rail-
roads. During the last few years CT
combines" the railroad companies
have realized the Importance OF own.
ing coal The g, X. 1. & p. Railway
Go. at present seem 70 be figuring on
what could rightly be called the last.
chance deal, by investing In coal fields
southeast and southwest Of Knoxville,
The most significant investment for
the benefit OF Knoxville In years hap.
pened last week by the filing Of trans.
fers on about ten thousand acres Of
coal rights and options, principally
along English creek about Dallas and
the William Ravens 1000 acres In
northeast Lucas county. The princi.
pal transfer IL from The Whitebreast
Fuel Company OF Illinois TO the Chi.
cago, Rock Island ard Pacific Railway
Company, and tho consideration nam.
ed is s250,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

President IL. II. Secrley OF the
state Normal school has been appoint
ed member OF the oommittee 20 pro.
poso plan for the simpllfication Of
the spelling OF the English language,
Andrew Carnegie has set aside large
sum 70 carry forward the work of this
committee, which consists of the lead.
Ing educators OF colleges and universi.
ties In the United sites. No salaries
are attached but the expenses Of the
meeting are provided.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
st. james Parish News.

The first number OF Parish News,
published by Rector John William
Jones, in the interests OF st. James
Episcopal church, has been dlstribut.
ed among members and friends OF
the church. Padsh News combines
with local news "The Iowa Church
man. an illustrated publication de-
voted to the church in Iowa. The
combined paper makes a most well
come visitor to many homes and will
no doubt become n valuable aid In
helping TO upbuild the church and
keep alive deeper interest among
the members. BY a strange coinci.
Sdence the current number OF The
Churchnan contained a splendid ac-
count Of the Gol5en jubilee OF Grace
church at Lyons, Iowa. The present
rector OF Grace church IL Rev. Thom-
as Walker Jones, father OF Rev. John
William Jones Of ST. James church,
Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
MhY Mnra

Editor Herald Since having the
matter OF closing the grocery and
meat markets OF the city at $3.50 p.
M, except Saturday, spoken OF at
prayer meeting the otner evening, and
(at that time) did not think much on
the subject, yet since then I have
given the matter some thought and
that is what prompts me to write this
missive and hope that may be able
to influence those who do make q
practice OF purchasing after that hour
to cease from doing so. feel that
II is useless to say anything with ref
erence 10 the advlsabi1ity OF establish
ing an early hour Of closing, as no
detriment 10 business would be in.
CURED thereby, and no hardship would
be worked to the pubic. When we
consider how many OF the grocers and
their clerks, and the butchers and
their cutters there are In the city that
are deprived OF the privileges that we
as the public enjoy, say why not let
as use our influence and act in d.
rection that might be the means OF
making II possible for the vast mum.
Der OF merchants and clerks TO enjoy
their evenings as well as those who
are employed In other lines Of bust
ness In the city do
The fact that the dry goods, shoe
stores, and in fact most every other
line OF business besides the grocery
and meat markets IN entirely suspend
ed after o'clock needs no contradic-
ton, and why should II rot be so In
the grocery and meat business?
When we consider the number who
might possibly have desire TO attend
Divine services, and those who would
be delighted to spend their evenings
at home with their families, and those
who would be pleased to participate
in the various social functions which
all OF these they are utterly depriye1
OF under the present conditions, why
not call a halt and come to the relief
OF these people AMI rot be such a
hungry set OF people that we cannot
TcfsibIy orange our nanag laieut SO
that we could not purchase our sup
plies until FIVE minutes Of eight o'clock
and then send them up by special
delivery 80 that We might have a
breakfast.
The facilities that we most all have
for ordering our groceries and meat
are evidence that II Is useless for the
grocer and the butcher to walt for us
until eight o'clock TO call him up TO
order what might have been ordered
in sufficient time TO be delivered In
daylight.
Y I am pleased to hear that move Is
now on foot among the grocers to es-
tablish a $3.50 closing, and az we know
we have one butcher who already
closes Mt $3.50 except Saturday, why
not include the butchers In this as
well? sincerely hope that the move
ment will meet with universal sue.
cess, and In case Of dissenting voice
in either line OF business, let us use
our influence 10 try and induce him
TO fall In line and let us not hesitate
TO speak of our approval OF the move
ment TO the merchant, so that he may
feel that ne Ia not doing something
that would inconvenience usS-the
public. w. ID. b.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
TILE FARMrn,s FRIEyDs.

We were asked the other day why II
was that people in other lines OF bust
meas took 80 much interest In the farm
er and his fortunes; why he was made
the object OF 80 much solicitude and
the subject Of so much often unwar-
ranted advice. Nobody takes any in.
teregt In the merchant commission
man, land agent, preacher or teacher.
but there IL no end TO the number OF
people who know nothing about farm
ing who feel called upon TO advise the
farmer when 10 wean his calves and
plant his potatoes and sell his grain.
We think IL II accounted for partly on
the ground that the farm and the farm
or are the handspring OF all CONNER.
ciai prosperity, the only real creators
Of now wealth, all the other fellows be-
Ing mere traders and manipuIators Of
wealth which comes from the soil.
Thus these people are naturally inter-
csted In the farm, knowing that agri-
cultural prosperity means prosperity
all along the line.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

"a pittsbnrg nau hAa Just coaclud
ga h faHl covering a refiod of forty.
one days, III the absence of d apsclhc
reason foe the test the Keekuk Gate
City concludes that he IL preparing
himself 20 run Tor governor Of Iowa
ON the democratic ticlct against Hon
George ID, perkina. Major 4. w. Rath
bun, or some other staunch aud pop
uiar republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
LARRAnrE az pEaklns.

In an interview with Julian Rich
ardg OF Waterloo and cyrenus Cole Of
the Cedar Rapids Republican. former
Governor William I,arrabee declared
his faith In George %. Perkins OF Sioux
city, who has just announced his can.
dldacy for governor TO succeed Cor.
eknr cummins. Coming on the eve
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
= Henry Clews says thar mon

Henry Clews says thar monetary
conditions are gradually improving.
Currency is returning more freely
from the interior and bank averages
are rising. There has been q tremen.
dous increase In tie circulating me.
dunn of tho country, but this Ia still
actively employed ia legitimate bust.
negE transactions, both at the east and
in tho west. The same authority re-
ports that business conditions through.
out the country continue eminently
satisfactory.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

"A school teacher In Wathena,
Kan, asked her pupils: win some
one In the class give me better form
OF the sentence, Jofr can ride the
mule II he wants TORI One nrchin
responded: John cum ride the mule
II the mule wants him TO-"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

---Knoxville Express: Mahasska coun-
ty has the right kind Of farmers
institute. It had TO adjourn from the
district court room TO the opera house
because tho former would not contain
the crowd. q.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Beer kegs and cream cans represent
two distinct types OF agricultural civ.
ilization oil through the west, and the
desirability Of any town for residence
location can be accurately determined
BY ascertaining whether there are more
cans Of cream shipped out from tho de-
pot than there are kegs OF beer shipped
in.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

nnt men In hpi iaAf lAON yvpf
hul roNrst Ant Ne ensaeAhlnM hUims
van Az nNw onsannnem yelden van eNn
lnnd dat Npieft An vt0YwNse enn wen
bpkend "A RvwVens. schiint hli aen
cefssen uoNopalaR fabelachtlg. en- ioch
u Hulks sle guivero wAarhnld. "--At any
rate, that IA what phllAT weckblad
NMxm
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

The Campbell system Or 'Siry farm.
Ing" which N being most successfully
applied 10 the dry lands OF western
Nebraska and Kansas. IA making landa
heretofore rated m almost worthless
Tor agricultural purposes worth s2D per
acre Just for the growing Of winter
wheat
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

-oskaloosa made gain OF six
manufacturing plaafg last season.
Not bad showing fer the year. Let's
keep the good work moving along in
the same direction for this year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

A good many years ago. when the
country was new, we always made a
practice OF burning or piece OF wind
prairie during June in order to get a
nice lot OF young grass OF the second
growth for the late summer feed. With
the tame grasses the Same result Is OBJ
tanned by the moving for hay in July.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Andy Carnegie nses pipe organ
for an alarm clock, but 1t Is a mys-
terry TO the Quincy Herald why a man
worth two hundred million dollars
should want To get out Oh bed at all.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

The Christian home for orphans In
Council Bluffs has received $4,000
In cash as the proceeds OF the bequest
made several years ago by Mrs. Mary
II. Robinson, OF SEeboygan. Wis. The
money will DO used ia erecting dor.
mitory for boys and Fr Office building.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

THE Iowa City Republican has OBJ
served that II a suspicious character
takes anything that does not belong
10 him II ~ theft bur II the act is
done by a trusted employe" It Is cali
ga incubation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

A variety OF alfalfa specially adapt
ed TO dry lands is being developed IN
tho west and II success, ms II bids
fair 10 be, will be Of immense advan'
tage 70 that section. n matters but
little what other conditions may be. II
alfalfa can be grown successfully, right
there IN sure 10 he q rich country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

One Of the new and interesting facts
Of the year is that Europe takes 0,00o,
600 bushels OF macaroni wheat grown
in this country, tho FIRST wheat OF this
sort which has ever been exported from
the United States. Another good thing
about this IL that this wheat was raised
upon land In this country which was
not counted az for cultivation i've
years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

With tho exceedingly low price at
which most OF the best periodicals can
DO secured, no farm homo can afford 70
BIO without them. There IL no one thing
which enters 80 far into tho making Of
an educated and broad minded person
as the ready access to and use OF good
reading matter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
-1T,emember thg rural carrier

Remember the rural carrier
urges the Marshalltoyn Times.Repub-
lican. how he drives twenty FIVE miles
daily through drifts and the cold. And
remember also that you can do him
more good in twenty minutes with q
snow shovel than IN twenty.four hours
OF sympathetic sitting ~ the stove"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

1.-The Methodlstg Of Buxton have
caught the popular idea. In tho Ga.
zette OF that town they are carrying
the following advertisement: Want.
persons TO help in Sun.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

As to International republican plat
form, Il can DO sail of George ID. Per-
kins, ais Artemus Ward said OF George
washington: "He mover stopped over
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

--lt II said that the Pennsylvania
man who put dynamite into his CRATE
was 80 impressed with the way it
burned that he will never use any 9th.
er kind OF fuel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Tire vlsiMW NNMfNyihM M thN mNA1ew VI
ttss lMtN fMil and araAMM "a almost an
wasa fhinl W Che stkl gNas'n hay rgup.
nllll Ire W. Mvm Al sbiA and shem wUn
A. Why slier have ~ llMhl cscp "
hay
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

The government Fppogt on tla cora
crop w iues "A out ana mahea i grand
total og aFus .paa ,BAO bushulN. with tn
diana headline IN average yield pvF acre
.-AoS bushels, Ii IA ono cf the largest
corn crops ever pruAreed III the cUuh.
sfy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

The fact that a man works on a
farm Is no excuse for his going around
looking like a tramp. The standing OF
man IN bound to depend somewhat
on his personal appearance. otherwise
BIO would have been made like a mon
key.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Poverty with man and sterlllty with
woman incline them 10 dogs. The man
wants something 20 boss. and tho won.
an accepts the dog as poor substitute
for baby.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

"A modern cynio has promulgated
II ag an axiom that the moro faith
q woman has in her husband the more
he had better not try to test II.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

At the Geo. Ryan sale yearling heif
ers brought from $40 to $3.50; a 4
year-old mare was sold for s154; cows
averaged s37; corn brought ssh and
40 cents and oats an cents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Tho state Register and Farmer
declares that this putting on the lid"
systematically In little else than
municipal farce.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

THE very best way In the world
TO have good neighbors 10 to set the
example OF being a good neighbor
yourself" declares The New Sharon
Star. -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

During the period OF twenty-five
years when the present perfected farm
machinery was being developed there
might have been some excuse for
throwing aside q machine half worn
out for a new and better machine, but
today 1t 10 hardly possible to further
improve farm machinery, and better
care should be given to II to secure
longer life OF usefulness for II.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Tho introduction OF the farm sepa-
rator 10 working out a complete revolt
ton In the creamery and dairy bust
ness all through tho west. With the
farm separator IL In easily possible 10
secure a high grade Of cream from the
average farm, something which IL not
always or even generally possible
where the cream Ia raised by the gray
ity process. The new method has made
Unnecessary the organized creamery
company and the erection Of an expen-
sive plant and made possible the TAX
ing up OF tho dairy business by any
man anywhere who II within reach OF
a depot or d cream receiving station.
The shipment Of cream BY express TO
tho city creameries has become one OF
tho big lines OF business ana is grow
ing overy day. This Ia probably true.
However, the butter product Of such q
creamery Is not OF quito 20 high a
grade as where the milk IN delivered
at a local creamery and separated, but
because OF the plan being 30 very
adaptable in it, workings to 20 large
q number Of people II has evidently
come to stay.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Tho changed conditions which make
the farmer wholly dependent upon the
local butcher for his supply Of meat IL
all wrong. No man can afford TO sell
animals ut wholesale prices and buy
his meat at retail prices. Every man
should make his own salt and smoked
meats and by cooperation with two
or three neighbors supply himself with
all the winters fresh meat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Corn and alfalfa make the best com
bination OF any ration produced in any
country. Heretofore 1t has been as
sumed that only in very limited area
OF the country could these two crops
BIO grown on the Same farm, but 1t IL
being discovered that over quite a large
section OF the corn belt the alfalfa may
be grown II right methods are pursued.
The combination makes an almost per-
fectly balanced ration; hence its great
value.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

1.-The Burlington Hawk.Eye gives
thls recipe for rabbit stew: First get
the rabbit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01
PRoFTTs or ORANGE GROWING.

PROFITS OF oAANGE GROWING.
Many people In the east and central
western states have vague sort of an
idea that there IL great money In the
California orange business and would
IL they could HE them there and ind
life one long day Of golden prosperity
and italian sunshine. Here are a few
facts which ono such dreamer forged
out Of his experience. He writes us
that last spring he sold S81 boxes OF
the choicest navel oranges, which net.
ted him only s44.S1; that he sold all
told last season 1,4e0 boxes, which
brought him an average OF only 10
cents a box; that during the past three
years he has sold 4,546 boxes, for which
he has received S342.s2, or less than 8
cents box. AS II costs about 20 cents
to produce box Of oranges In that
country, he evidently Ii In the same box
we were once upon time when we
raised 1900 bushels Of wheat In new
country, paid 80 per day for harvest
hands, hauled the wheat forty miles
10 market and sold II for 40 cents a
buBhel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

Don't get the notion because You live
out In the country that II Is out OF
your limo to be an intelligent voter.
The country needs the votes OF its
best citizens, and the lack Of them
gives rise TO most OF the political rot
tcnness which curses the present age.
Your forefathers saved the country by
leaving the plow In the fields and car.
rying tho nusket TO war. You can do
a like service by leaving your piow or
corn husking and casting your vote for
clean men and clean political methods.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-01

It will often be found that tile drain
age will be almost as much benefit 10
some OF the billy farms as tho Dat and
wet ones, II being peculiarly Of the
rolling land that the water will be
found close TO tho surface IN many
places In seeps where the crop will SUI.
fer from wet feet Just as much as on
the low land. During recent trip Of
a hundred miles we found hardly a
single farm upon which more or less
tile draining could not be done to great
profit and advantage. #l