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Evening journal., 1906-12-01
Women's Separate Skirts

In panama. serge, cheviot, mixed
and plaid materials; an elegant
showing, S3.75. $500. $3.50, $500,
5000, $500. $500, 5000. $1,000.
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ChiIdren's Coats

You can buy coats for your chill
dren for less here and our showing
is complete in all tn: new materials.
$500 up TO $500.
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PefficOats

Made of genuine Heatherbloom,
a cotton material resembling silk in
every particular, even to the rustic,
and wears longer. very special price,
$3.50. $500 and 81 so.
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Wilmington. Light Power 8 Telephone Co..
MAKERS OF THE LIGHT THAT NEVER FAILS
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Six Petticoats

Silk plaids in new patterns, S..
5000 and ST. 00.ns
Black and white silk waists. $3.50
to $500.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.

Some Of the brightest and most sue
cessful men whom we know obtained
their early education at the district
schools in the country. 1t has always
been a mystery how it was that these
schools, often poorly taught and al
ways short on facilities and apparatus
and often slimly attended, somehow
seemed to lay better educational founda-
tons than many Of the more modern,
more largely attended and better
taught city schools. We are inclined
to think that the boy in attending the
country school was at the same time
getting very valuable education along
the line Of hard work, self denial, train
ing his powers of observation and learn
ing to reason from cause to effect.
There is much of benefit in an outdoor
education, far more than we usually
think. This sort of training is practi-
cally denied the city boy, who, finding
everything ready made to his hands,
does not develop that self reliance, that
inventive genius and that independent
habit of thinking which come as COM
pensations to the country boy for
what we call lack of opportunity. The
fact seems to be that the country boy,
given later on the advantages Of the
modern city school, Is almost inVaria-
bly, able to hold his own and very often
frequently surpasses his city taught
comrade,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
rhe Ladies q ths G. a, 3.

The Oskaloosa Ladies or the G. A
r. have accepted the invitation Of the
state department to be present at the
annual encampment of Grand Army
veterans at Boone in June, and to ex
emplify the ritualistic work. It is :
high honor to the oskaloosa ladies
and one that is greatly appreciated.
The first anniversary of the found
ing of the oskaloosa Circle will be
celebrated by giving big party OF
Thursday, April 5.
Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Brill were TAX
en- into the Circle.
The meeting closed in social o.
an informal nature, at which congratu
laricns upon the success Of the Circle
and its splendid advancement wen,
aronno.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
NEW SHARON SCHOOLS BIG OTTUMWA FIRE.
TROUBLES OF SEVERAL YEARS
STANDING ARE NOW APPAR-
EMILY PEACEFULLY AND
QUIETLY SETTLED
QUARREL BITTER.

New Sharon, March 24.-New Shar-
on has been having trouble in her
schools for some time; in fact, for
several years, and bitter factions have
resulted. 1t was earnestly hoped at
the beginning of the present school
year that the storm period had pass
c5, 5utt It It .wsis soon discovered thaI
the dove Of peace had no ark Of ref
uge. The work was only fairly begun
when Principal P. M. Hersom admin
istered a severe fiogging to rebel
lious pupil. The irate father threat
ened to clean up the situation by any
convenient method or carnal warfare,
but finally subsided. Then came a
brief lull in the stormy situation, fol-
lowed by other outbreaks. Finally
the assistant principal resigned, thor
oughly worn out, and another was Sc
cured. She managed TO hold the fort
several weeks and also resigned. Then
it was known of all men, women and
children that all the teachers in the
school were out of sympathy with the
professor, holding that he put too
much work on them and ''meddled"
with what they insisted was not his
business. An earnest effort was made
to bridge the trouble, but the school
board was as badly divided as the peo-
pie. Finally vaction was declared
and arrangements made to meet and
fight it out. Friday night was the
time set, the school building the place
selected. Mayor Reynolds, Of New
Sharon, and Mayor Williams, of Oska-
loosa, appeared as counsel for the
warning factions. Happily, before the
ball opened, settlement was reached
whereby Prof. Hersom resigned ana
all charges against the teachers were
withdrawn, a result that was hilarI-
ously greeted by the great crowd On
people assembled.
The board then went into executive
session, provided for one more week
of vacation, and adjourned. Search
is now being instituted for material
for a principal and assistant, and may
God have mercy on this turbulent and
rebellious people who so love peace
that they are happy only when fight
ing for it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
TART REPLY FOR LAWSON.
Butte Miners Union Not Afraid That
Wages Will Be Reduced.

Butte, mont, March 24.-The fol-
lowing reply of the Butte miners has
been sent to Thomas w. Lawson:
"The Butte Miners union takes no
tice of your warning that plans are
being made to reduce the wages ot
miners in Montana only to say to you
that the miners of Montana need no
stock jobber or bucket-sAop lnanipu-
lator to take care of their interests.
The Butte Miners union has for TWEEN
ty-seven years maintained a satisfac-
tory scale of wages for its members,
and at the same time has maintained
friendly relations with the manage
ment of the companies, and at the
present time the management has the
entire confidence of the members OF
our union. In your effort to deprecl-
ate the value of Butte properties by
your attacks on companies employing
10000 miners in Butte and on the
banks of Butte you will not be aided
by men who are today, as they nave
been for over a quarter of century,
getting steady work and fair wages,
with the friendliest of feeling between
companies and employees.
Butte Miners Union,
Frank O'Connor, President.
William Malloy, Secretary.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
The Late Hardin Tice.

The following resolutions were
passed by the house of representa-
tives at Des Moines and copy is
now in possession of the family In
this city:
Mr.. Speaker:-Your special COM
mittee appointed to draft resolutions
to commemorate the life and charac-
ter of the late Hon. Hardin Tice, an
honored member of the sixteenth
general assembly as a representative
from Mahaska county, respectfully
submit the following:
Whereas, We learn with sorrow
that Hon. Hardin Tice one of the
pioneers of Central Iowa, passed from
this earth to his reward beyond on
July IS, 1905, at his home in Oskaloo-
sa, Iowa, and
Whereas, The life and character OF
the deceased unqualifiedly entitled
him to the respect and esteem of all
who knew him and his attainments
and success were an incentive to all
men to be upright, pure and just, aud
his services to his country and his
commonwealth were of such chardc-
ter as to demand the confidence and
gratitude of his fellow citizens, there
fore be it
Resolved, That in the death of this
patriotic citizen and legislator the
state has lost an influential and wor-
thy citizen, the family loving hus-
band and klnu father and the COM
munity the example OF a christian
man.
Born in Montgomery county, Vir-
ginia, Oct. 27, 1929, removing in his
youth with his parents to Sangamon
county, Ills, with but a common
school education, he emigrated IN
1852 on horseback, locating in the
county in which he afterward lived
and died and which honored him and
which he honored by his conscientl-
GUS devotion to duty. And during its
pioneer days as well as in the later
development of this great state, won
an esteemed position as a successful
business man an experienced and en-
terprising horticulturist as well as an
honored legislator. With an OK team
he broke the virgin sod, erected a log
10x14 residence and by industry,
economy and honesty acquired COM
petence and died respected by his
neighbors.
Resolved, That we extend to his
family our sincere sympathy in their
sorrow, and that the CLERK Of the
house is hereby instructed to trans
init an engrossed copy Of these res
olutions to the bereaved family and
to enter the same upon the journal
of the house.
A. 4. N. Hambleton.
(signed) ]. F. Morris.
A. B. Washburn.
George w. Clark.
Speaker of the House.
G. r. Benedict.
Chief Clerk Of the House.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
THE CONVERSATIONS OF WINTER.

THE CONGREGATIONS OH WINTER
While northern winters bring severe
cold and deep SHOWS and are reckoned
by some people as serious drawback
to life in northern ATTITUDES, still the
winter brings large compensations.
For one thing, the soil Of the north
country is securely locked up for
Period of four months, during which
time there can be no depletion Of fer
tility by erosion. In the south country
the reverse is true, the ground not
freezing to any depth, the heavy rains
taking the place Of the northern SHOWS.
All cultivated land is subjected to con-
tinuous loss by erosion during the win
ter. Again, cold though the weather
may be In the north, travel is not so
badly impeded by the SHOWS as 1t is In
the south by the almost bottomless mud.
Then we notice that wherever there
are marked and radical changes in the
seasons and a wide thermometric
range there is certain type Of alert.
ness, ambition and energy character
izing the people which Is largely want
ing In regions Of a milder climate. 1t
comes this way: A man In the north
must work as hard as he can during
the summer in order to keep from
freezing and starving In winter, and
inasmuch as men do not like to work
hard. they will not do it unless COM
PEELED to. Now, it is SO ordered that
the harder a man works the more of a
man he viii be physically, morally and
intellectually, and thus it comes that
the cold winters of the north country
are really a blessing in disguise.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
THE BIG LEADER STORE is COM
PLETE LosS-o Their STORES
AND STOCKS ARE BADLY
INJURED - DA M AGE
AMOUNTS TO $4,000

Ottu1nwa, Ia, March z4.-Flre broke
out in the Leader dry goods store Fri
day evening about ten O'Clock, and in
comparatively short time the entire
store and stock had been destroyed.
The fire communicating to other build
ings in the vicinity caused serious
damage and gave the fire department
the hardest fght they 4avc ..2.cS .2.S Z,
years. The fire did not get beyond
control, however, and the Leader
store was the only one completely
wrecked
The total loss will be about one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, with
the greater portion covered by insur-
ance.
The fire started in the rear of the
first floor Mr.. Skase, one of the own
ers, and several employees were in the
store at the time getting ready for
Saturday. The fire was noted and
the men started for the rear. The
flames broke out with a suuuen nerce-
ness that spread to all parts of the
floor, catching the light trimmings
and burning very fiercely. Mr.. Skase
attempted to get back to Ais office to
close his safe, but was not aDie to
do so. The workers mad no extra
time to escape by means or the front
door. Before they had time to give
the alarm the entire moor was nike a
seething furnace. Almost with the
start of the flames there was what
semed like an explosion IN the rear
of the building and the wall fell down
and the fire burst out INTO the alley.
The fire spread to the First Nation
al Bank building on one side, and to
the McElroy restaurant in the rear
and across the alley from the Leader.
The damage to the bank building and
it's offices is considerable. The McEl-
roy building was badly damaged, but
the fire did not gain much foothold,
and was easily managed.
Considerable damage from smoke
and water and some fire was sustain
ed by the w. ]. Donelson dry goods
house.
The S. c. Cullen cry goods house
across the street from the Leader
sustained considerable damage.
The fire was the most disastrous
that has visited Ottumwa in years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
A HOG MENAGERIE.

We noted in Il pasture the other day
"a regular hog menagerie, about hun
dred pigs which had been crossed and
recrossed until they were sight to
behold. There were black hogs, white
hogs and red hogs, white hogs with
black spots, black hogs with white
spots, red hogs with black spots and
black hogs with red spots which made
them look more like lot of guinea
pigs than anything else. Some men go
crazy upon this crossing business and
absolutely neutralize all the benefits to
be derived from the keeping Of i'm
proved breeds of stock by their stupid
ity and lack of intelligence in mixing
breeds up. This thing always results
in one way, and that Is in the degen-
Grafton of all breeds used and the Gre
alton Of lot of pedigreed scrubs. The
best way is to take one breed and stick
to it always, seeking to improve it by
the selection Of the most perfect and
best bred breeding stock. One will see
this same thing in lots Of poultry yards,
where Leghorn, Langshan, White Brah-
ma and Plymouth Rock have con-
Quoted a cooperative society in the
production of the most ordinary and
improbable kind Of scrub fowl. 1t
does not matter much what breed Of
animals or birds you may select If you
only keep them pure and strive to i'm
prove them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
GRINNELL WINS.
Five from the college Town Win
from the Oskaloosa Y. M. c. A.
Five in Basket Ball

The basket ball five from the Grin
nell Y. NJ C. A. last evening won
from oskaloosa's Y. NJ. C. A. bunch
winning by score of 80 to %, be.
cause of their staying qualities.
The local boys started in with a
brilliant game and put up a good
fight, winning the first half by a
score of 10 to II, but fell down at
the close and Grinnell took the sec.
ond half by fine work at score OF
13 to 8. AS curtain raiser o. H. s.
was defeated by Penn's second rye
with score of IA to IL.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
REFoREsTING THE WASTE PLACES


There are millions Of acres Of land in
nearly every state which could be
more profitably devoted to the growing
Of timber than any other thing. We
have been busy for a hundred years
despoiling the primeval forests, and
they are practically gone, the people in
even the most heavily timbered sec
tons Of the country being forced to
burn coal as a fuel. All land, no mat
ter where located, which is too steep
and hllly for cultivation should be put
to growing trees. We do not begin to
realize the benefits and profit which
would accrue throughout the country at
large If all such rough land were devot-
ed to the growing Of the conifers-the
pines, spruces and cedars. Such plant
ing of waste acres would have more
than a mere money value. 1t would
greatly beautify the Landscapes; It
would temper the force Of the winds,
and In general way do very much to
conserve the rainfall and prevent the
disastrous floods which are becoming
so common in the cleared and billy sec
tons Of the country. Now that the
government has got the irrigation prob
lem practically solved and well under
way, we would like to see 1t do some
thing as effective with reference to pro
noting the reforesting Of the waste
land Of the country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The raising Of 100 bushels of corn on
one acre Of land is by no means so DIFF
f1cult a proposition as many men think.
OF some twenty or more boys, mere
lads, who formed a corn club to see
what they could do in raising each
one-fourth of an acre Of corn none Of
them raised less than at the rate Of
100 bushels per acre and many went
much above this figure, one raising as
much as 137 bushels per acre. The les
son afforded by this experiment is that
men who raise but thirty or thirty-five
bushels per acre can easily double their
yields If they win put more work on
less land.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

We are wont to associate the idea Of
education with schools, colleges, pro-
fessors, teachers and text books, but
really a very large part of the most
valuable education attainable is to be
obtained entirely outside of such In
strumentalities. The education which
one obtains as result of observation,
by keeping the eyes and ears open, by
the reading Of newspapers and books,
the reasoning from cause 10 effect is
Of itself an education Of the highest
type. Perhaps one fault of our mod
ern methods Of education lies In the
fact that this last mentioned training
Is too much ignored.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

While we most heartily favor the
teaching Of the elementary principles
Of agriculture in the country schools,
this largely by object lessons, we do not
favor making 1t one Of the regular
studies, for the reason that most Of our
country schoolteachers, being young
women. are not competent for this
work. Then the other studies are al
ready enough to tax both pupil and
teacher, but largely as a sort Of recre-
ation little time may be most profit
ably spent each week In taking up the
study Of many Of the practical and
common things which enter into tho
Life Of the child in the country In the
lins Of nature study in its many foEms
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

An eastern farmer viii pay dollar
a load for manure and haul 1t ten or
twelve miles, while out west we have
known men to move their barns to
get rid Of the accumulation Of fertilizer
and in one case to clean up feed
yard with four horse scraper and
dump the scrapings into the creek near
by to be washed away.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

One of the funniest things we have
come across lately was the case Of a
prominent breeder of Jersey Red hogs.
He had some pedigreed hogs Of this
breed on exhibition at state fair, and
some jealous rival made the discovery
that red paint had been literally used
to cover up some color defects in the
animals. 1t is needless to say that this
breeder will never hear the last of this.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29
SHERIFF'S SALE.

GHERIFF'S SALE.
- Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of special execution to me d.
rected by the clerk of the district
court of Mahaska County, Iowa,
against the goods, chattels, lands,
tenements, etc., of Dan and Elizabeth
Howarth, ,defendantsi in favor of Thorn
as Long, plaintiff. will offer at public
sale to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the door of the court house, in the
City of Oskaloosa, County of Ma
hsska, Iowa, on the I4th day Of
April, 1905, all of said defendants B
right, title and interest in and I'd
the following described real estate,
situated in Mahaska county, to-wit;
Lot No is in Longs addition to the
city of Oskaloosa, Iowa, except thu
East seventy (70) feet thereof.
Sale to commence at the hour of p
o'clock p. M. of said day.
Witness my hand this 12th day of
March. 1905.
e. L. VALENTINE,
34w2 Sheriff, Mahaska County.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

We have a friend who rented a
large farm last year on share rent, he
to have two-ffths Of the corn crop de-
livered in the crib as rent. He told US
the other day that his share Of the corn
returned him SO per acre. While this
is good rent, there Is one bad feature
about 1t. He thinks il is such good
thing that he wants all Of his farm
planted to corn this year. He has only
got to follow this up for very few
years and the land won't return him
81 an acre.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

Where the large dent varieties Of
corn are grown it quite often happens
that the cribs will be empty along in
August, when supply Of corn is need
ed to finish of lot of hogs. We have
friend who cleyerly provides against
this contingency. He plants a few
acres Of the early Yankee corn as early
in the spring as he can and has this
crop all ripe by the fore part Of August,
just when he needs 1t, nearly two
months in advance Of the maturing Of
his field crop. This plan is well worth
trying.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

We are all aware that there has been
Of late a very marked advance in the
price Of leather. The hide Of a beef
crltter is worth more than twice as
much today as 1t was four years ago.
A reason for this is to be found in the
great demand made upon the leather
supply by the automobile trade Of the
country and the further fact that Amer
lea is now not only producing shoes for
our own people, but is capturing the
markets Of the world. The hide Of the
old canner is now worth as much as
the meat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

Alfalfa and corn make perfect COM
bination and perfectly balanced ra-
ton. Only small part of the country
Is able to successfully grow both Of
these crops. 1t is more successfully
done In the states of Kansas and Ne
braska than anywhere else.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

One Of the most successful stock men
whom we know got his start twenty
i've years ago as result of his father
giving him calf. 1t is proper to note
here that when the calf grew into fat
steer the old man did not sell it and
pocket the money. A good many gen.
erous fathers do things this way, and
their sons do not grow up to be success
ful stock men. There ought to be law
to give boys their rights In matters Of
this sort.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The mission conducted at st. Ma
rys Catholic church last week was
one of the most successful ever held
in this city. The Protestant frienus
of the church manifested much Inter
est in the discussions.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The beet sugar business is developing
rapidly through the irrigated sections
OF the west. but is not meeting with
much success where 1t comes into com.
petition with corn, cattle and hogs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

This is the season Of the year when
the hired man gets his fingers trimmed
up In good shape with the corn shelter
and shredder. Some men are totally
unfit to have anything to do with ma.
chinery, being either so careless or so
fooIhardy that It Is a wonder that they
are mot ali killed oil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

There will be but little improvement
In agricultural methods the country
over until In some way the one year
renter is disposed of. From the very
nature Of things his methods and prac-
tices place ban on all good farming.
Being here today and gone tomorrow,
he can play nothing but skin game.
and he always does it to finish.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The cut over jack pine sections of the
north country are not apt to prove a
very good investment for the farmer.
The soil is almost always very thin
and sandy and about two decent crops
are its limit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The yellow refrigerator car which Is
so common sight on all our railroads
represents one Of the greatest eco
nomic changes which ever came to the
country and at the same time repre-
sents the concrete economic rascality
Of the country as well. 1t represents
the wealth and greed Of the trusts and
the financial hides Of the little ship
pers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

We notice that most Of the special
lists who go into the squad raising
business soon give 1t up. 1t seems to
be one Of those things which figure out
well on paper, but rarely pan out div
idends.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

Some men claim that four quarts Of
clover seed is ample seed for an acre
of land. 1t might be if it could be
sown exactly right, but with our usual
methods Of sowing it is not Many
clover raisers lose half the value Of the
clover rotation by scrimping on seed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

The Jap has learned to live and sup
port family on two acres of land OF
less. The time is coming when men in
the United States can do no better
than to learn how to do the same
thing on ten acres Of land. The possi-
bilities of securing good living in con-
nection with the scientific and intel
ligent culture of small piece Of land
are only just beginning to be under
stood in this country. Too many Of the
American people are trying to live off
each other.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-29

We noted a field Of corn the other
day which did not yield to exceed
twenty-five bushels an acre, and one
corner Of the field had been used by a
city Of 1000 people as dump ground
for the offal and garbage of the town.
1t seemed queer that with this abun-
dant supply Of fertilizer right on his
land the man did not have sense
enough to use it to feed his poor corn
crop; but, then, there are lots of men
who own land who do not know
enough to last them overnight.