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The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

siderable decrease in the circulation,
which was afterward regained when
this class OF advertising was resumed
in its columns. A recent issue Of the
Des Moines Capital consisted OF
eighty columns of advertising and
thirty-two columns of reading mat
ter. The advertising was by far OF
greater Interest to majority OF the
Capitals readers, as In 1t was con-
tanned the delinquent tax list OF Polk
county. The fact that the newspaper
derives a revenue from its advertise
ments has resulted in great gain In
actual merit on the part of all legiti-
mate publications. Just imagine the
big daily papers reporting the Span.
lsh-American war on the colossal plan
that was followed by them. without
the sustaining revenues for adyertis-
ing. But while the publication Of adj
yertising is paid for, it is Just as le-
ultimately business news as the socie-
ty column Is society news or the per.
sonal column is personal news. Many
newspapers publish the weather prog
nostications of such numbering old
asses as Foster and Hicks and call
them news. In point of merit and of
actual value and interest they are
not to be compared with the an.
nouncement in the adjacent columns
OF the up-to-date merchant Let it
not be forgotten that advertising is
business news and is sought out by
the reader just as diligently as any
other kind of news. With this fact
correctly lodged in his mind the crit.
ic we have mentioned cannot 60
wrong.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
MAILING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Indications are that because of the
Astounding prosperity the number of
holiday gifts this year will break
all records. Many of these remind
ers of love and good will, it is rea-
sonable to suppose, will find their
way into the mails. In order to en-
sure safety in transmission and
prompt delivery certain rules and
precautions should be observed.
There is always tremendous crush
of mail matter during the days just
before Christmas. 1t would be well,
therefore, to select presents early and
mail them at once. In preparing
packages for transmission through
the mails, strong, fbrous paper and
stout twine should be used, the pack
ages securely tied and the packages
registered. Unless this is done the
package may go to pieces and the
contents be lost. The address
should be written plainly with black
ink and should specify town, county
and state. If the package is direct
ed to a city the street and number
should be given. If the addressee is
transient, it is good idea to send
the package in care Of some perma-
nent resident.
Full postage must be prepaid in all
cases. If this is not done the pack
age is held until either the sender, If
known or the ADDRESSED is notified
and the deficiency in postage is made
good. Letters are forwarded when
not fully prepaid but packages are
not. The sender should take the pre-
caution to have the package weighed
at the postoffice, The rate of post
age on fourth class matter, to which
packages belong, is one cent an
ounce. All packages should be regis
tered. This costs eight cents and
ensures safe delivery. The sender
gets a receipt for it from the post
office and also from the person re-
ceiving it. In this way the sender
has positive evidence that the mail
was delivered whether the person ad-
dressed makes acknowledgment or
not.
Money should never be sent in the
ordinary mail, either in the form of
silver or currency. Either register
the letter or buy a money order For
small amounts the money order is
cheaper, but each plan has its ad-
vantages. For money orders not
exceeding $3.50, the fee is three
cents; for orders exceeding 50. so and
not exceeding $500, five cents; for
orders exceeding $500 and not ex-
ceeding $1,000, eight cents; for or
ders exceeding $1,000 and not ex-
ceeding $4,000, ten cents, and so on
up to thirty cents for orders exceed
ing $500 and not exceeding $4,000.
To avoid exasperating waits at
the stamp window when the holiday
rush is on it is a good idea to stock
up with postage stamps in advance.
A liberal supply Of ones and twos, in
particular, should be secured. Atten-
ton to these details will do much to
relieve the holiday season of its I'M
certainties and strenuousness, as far
as the sending Of gifts through the
mails is concerned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Cal Rose
committed suicide in Des Moines, be-
cause he found that his wife was I'M
true to him. He was only an en-
ploye in a chop house and she worked
in a restaurant, but the tragedy OF
life is not monopolized by the 400 and
the fellow who works for seven dol
lars a week may feel the bitterness
of grief and sorrow and shame, just
as much as the fortunate one, who
has been born with a golden spoon
in his mouth, and the fellow who can
barely read and write, may feel dis
grace and disappointment even more
keenly than he who has dipped into
all the arts and is familiar win the
literatures of all the nations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
RETURNS. TO CHICAGO.
Former Manager Eokard of vaudette
Theater Gives Bonds.

VIM. Eckard.. the former owner OF
the Vaudette Theater on West First
avenue, and who made heels from
the city short time ago and was
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses and embezzlement,
was brought back from Chicago yes
terday morning. He was arraigned
before Justice Prichett and waived
examination to the grand jury. He
furnished bonds and was released, re-
turning to Chicago last evening.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

preached them through lne noble and
simple master medium"
In these morning hours OF the
twentieth century the man who SCOTS
at the Bible presents spectacle cal
culated to excite pity rather than con
tempt It shows sensibilities deaden-
ed to the most patent facts in the
universe. 1t betokens not the intel
lectuality Of the honest skeptic, but
the prejudice of the individual who
considers that his own narrow view
point represents the horizon of human
knowledge.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
LET FRESH AIR IN.

the late fall and winter months
are fraught with greater danger tC
health in our northern climate be
cause of the cold weather and the
disposition to shut out the fresh air
because it is COLI air." says Iowa
Health Bulletin for December. "Ev.
cry dwelling, school room and place
where people gather frequently or
only occasionally should be frequently
thrown wide open and thoroughly
ventilated. All shut-up air-eshecial-
ly re-breathed airs impure 4p6is.
onous. Bed rooms especially shouI Ia
be well ventilated. One or mon
windows should be open all night ~
the coolest weather. OF course the
bed should be so situated If possible
that its occupant should not be sub
jected to drafts of cold air, and yet
such drafts If there was a proper
amount of clothing could hardly be
as dangerous to health as shut-up
room. The windows might be closed
when dressing and undressing.
GAS a general thing churches are
poorly ventilated. For an hour be-
fore lue service in the morning every
door and window should De thrown
wide open so as to thoroughly change
the air by driving out the weeks pent
up air and substituting for it Gods
pure, oxygenized air. Such bap-
tism of fresh air will help the preach.
err and those in the pews as well.
Then after the morning service is
over before another service the
church should be similarly disinfect'
ed. We say disinfected because all
impure air is more or less infected.
These suggestions apply not only to
churches, but to all halls and places
where peop.e congregate.
Many store rooms are miserably,
if at all, ventilated. 1t is cruel, it is
extremely demoralizing and murder
Gus the way foul air Is tolerated in
many large store rooms-especially
the department stores. One has but
to go into one of these stores, espe-
cially in the latter part of the day, to
experience how sitting the air is, and
to see how jaded and thoroughly ex'
hausted the employees are.
1T was a humane act for the leg.
islature to require proprietors of such
establishments to have seats for the
accommodation of their help and
yet how few though ready to drop
with fatigue are allowed to have an
opportunity to sit down. The use OF
electric fans, which keep in motion
the imprisoned impure air, though
perhaps grateful, Is poor substitute
for what should be fresh, pure air.
"Invalids get an idea, too often
from the family physician, that a
foreign air is much healthier than the
home air. 1t is a great mistake to
send a person with pulmonary disease
to health resorts, however noted, I'M
less they have friends and the con.
veniences of home. Fresh air and
proper living at home are Infinitely
better than summer chimes or colder
climes away from friends and home
environments, with the added de-
pressing effect of association with in
valids and inconsistencies"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
CHURCH Bazaar.
Successful Supper and Sale at Penn
College.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Friends church held very success
full bazaar at Penn college Friday ar
ternoon and evening from to 10
O'Clock. A number Of articles were
contributed by the members, the
most important being aprons, which
were sold at various prices. The
proceeds go to the Auxiliary. Dainty
refreshments were served at. a small
price. The affair was success In
every way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

-"Having leased my farm" is a
familiar announcement in the newspa,
pers now. followed by long list OF
stock and grain and machinery "for
SALE" The Marion Register thus com,
ments: 1.-THE aggregate money they
will bring would have enabled a man
to buy one of Iowa's best farms few
years ago. Farming in Iowa has
made more men rich than the mines
o. the gold producing states ever
have or WILL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

President ]. j. Hill has explained
in few words and quite graphically
why the Mississippi river in its pres
emit condition does not suffice for pur
poses of water transportation. He
says the trouble with the river is that
the bottom is too near the top. Mr.
Hill favors a channel fifteen feet
deep all the way from st. Louis to the
gulf. Such a channel would accom-
modate wide. deep draught boats
that would handle traffic with an
enormous saving.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
THAT two hundred children of the

That two hundred children of the
school age in Oskaloosa are truants,
either VIA or without the consent OF
the parents, is a startling fact brought
out by the board of education. That
such conditions cannot longer exist
was the determination of the school
board, and that every boy and girl in
the cityTmust avail themselves of the
advantages of an education provided
at the expense of the public purse is
the righteous edict that has gone
forth.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

I'm the last four years at least g.
100000 adult workers have been add
ed by immigration to the population
of the United States. At the same
time there has been an advance in
wages. But as such growth can not
always last the suggestion that this
is time to cultivate the saving habit
Is good.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
Burlington Hawk,Eye: The der

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The dem
ocrats Of the Sixth congressional dis,
trict are to celebrate Jackson day at
Ottumwa on January s. While it is
acknowledged on all hands that there
is nothing else quite so tiresome as
the stiff, formal banquet, with its
toasts and set speeches, yet no doubt,
that is the form which this celebra-
ton will assume, for it has been ever
so long since anybody has suggested
an innovation, and whether it is a
simplicity blowout at so cents or 81
per plate or whether the cost range
toward SIS or more, there Is no dicer.
ence as far as the absolute dullness
of these affairs is concerned But
they will have them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Oskaloosa bank record for
this year is without a parallel in
Iowa, or any other state. One new
bank with a paid up capital of $780,
900 has beeen organized, and two OF
the other banks have increased their
capital stock $4,000 each. Another
has increased it's stock $4,000. Three
larged and elegantly furnished, and
four large steel burglar proof safes
constructed. The total capital in.
vested in improvements and enlarge
ments amounts to about $250,O00.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

learn whether a printer or layman
is editing paper. A printer win in
variably send out good looking pa
per, while the educated editor lets
several big blotches bury the mes
sages he is trying to send TO his read
ers. The school OF experience beats
theory all to pieces.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Register and Leader COM
plains because President Roosevelt's
message to congress is silent on the
tariff question. Why should 1t be any
other way? The tariff question has
long since been settled all over the
country, except in the Offices of the
Register and Leader and the Boston
propaganda.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

I'm the matter of property values
the leading states come in the follow
ing order: New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Califor-
MIA, Iowa, missouri, Minnesota, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Texas, Kansas and Nebraska. 1t will
be noticed that Iowa ranks high.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Scientists say that there is coal
enough in this country to supply its
needs for the next 5000 years, not.
withstanding the per capita consump.
ton during the past fifty years has in
creased by leaps and bounds ahead OF
the increase in population. The cen.
sus figures show that while the popu'
lation from 1850 to 1900 increased
230 per cent, the production of coal
increased 4,0S4 per cent. The idea is
abroad in the land that the tremend'
Gus consumption Of coal in the last
twenty-five years threatens to exhaust
the supply, and that in very few
years a new fuel will have to be in
vented or discovered to take the place
of this product, but those who should
know declare that all fears or ex'
haustion are groundless and that no
one need worry on that account.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The New Sharon Star breaks
forth in this psalm: IF the first three
days Of winter control the winter we
ought to have one that nobody can
complain about" Consult your al
manac, Br'er Vail, and you win notice
that winter does not begin until Dec.
on
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Harvey Eller, who died at Far
son a few days ago, was a man after
President Roosevelt's own heart. He
lived to thu ripe age Of SO, was never
afraid of work and remained active
to the end. He is mohrned by IL
children, 81 grandchildren and 81
great-grandchildren.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Il. Burnett, of Clayton county,
realized $500 from one and quarter
acres of land planted in tobacco. He
is so well satisfied with the result,
that he intends to put in five acres the
coming season.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The advance in silver has seri.
ously unsettled the coinage in coun.
tries where the metal is extensively
used for currency and not kept up to
the gold level. A double standard
works poorly when silver is declining
or advancing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

THE quarrel among Iowa repub-
licans has got to the point where the
combatants begin to readjust their
collars and reach for their coats, >
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
win Pack River Ice.

The local packing of ice for CONF
mercial use is not so extensive an IN
dustry in the city as formerly. but
quite a harvest will be taken out this
season for local cold storage plants
Many Of the farmers Of the county
are also preparing to put up a supply
for the seasons use. (.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

This is the notice posted in the
rooms of Partisan milliner: ITO Wis
it, to enter, to choose and to buy
this is the duty Of the woman. To
pay the bill-that is the privilege Of
the man."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Swiss Alpine Club has just
issued statistics Of accidents which
took place in the Alps last year. One
hundred and seventy-two climbers
persisted, but considering that the
tourists numbered 10000 the death
roll is regarded as low.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Muscatine Journal says that
removing the circle from the ballot
accomplished one thing which its ad-
vocates never dreamed of, and that is
it added to the cost Of elections in
every county of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The celebrated Nine. Theirs pearl
necklace, which was part of the leg
acy left to the French republic by
President Theirs, is said to be"dying'
in the museum at the Louvre. 1t is
well known that pearls will die
that is, turn black-if not often worn
next to the skin. The necklace has
las pearls and is valued at 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

The Centerville Iowegian has
reached the conclusion that he alone
is happy who has learned to extract
happiness. not from ideal conditions,
but from the actual ones about him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13
-George Fitch tells OF an Individual,

George Fitch tells of an individual
who once on time entered Hades
and sat around without showing any
signs of discomfort for eleven years,
Satan finally asked him how he liked
the place. tits fine,' said the spirit
'T was a travelling man and spent
most of my life waiting for trains at
small town stations"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

One grocery firm in oskaloosa is
credited with having sold $500 bars
of soap in two days. Cleanliness lie.
ing always next to Goodness. the cir
cumstance would tend to prove that
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

1T has leaked out that the Presi-
dent saved almost enough on the
Panama hat which he bought on the
ground, to pay the expenses Of his
trip to the canal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

1t is gratifying to the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil that Mr.. Rockefeller
still has time to attend church be-
tween indictments.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

big asbestos discoveries are re.
ported in the Klondike. But if it is
all the same to Santa Claus the Arc.
tic jewellers would like something that
will burn.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-12-13

Besides, the earlier you select
your Christmas presents the more
time you will have before the bills
come in.
The oasis., 1906-10-06

READERS of TIE OASIS should not fail to read the three platforms of principles now before the electors of Arizona, which are printed side by side upon another page this week. The democratic and repub lican platforms are as void of issues as was ever a political docu- ment of whatever nature, and they were written, evidently, by the same man. The one issue present. ed positively is that of opposition to statehood, and the two declara- tions are in the same identical words. Upon the other hand the platform of the statehood party presents issues It calls attention to evils under which the people of Arizona are suffering and asks Congress to remedy them, until such time as Arizona shall become state, and it advocates statehood under the conditions proposed by Congress as the best that can be sc cured, and as necessary to attain ing that self government without which no commonwealth is free American state.
The oasis., 1906-10-06
WILL NOT BEAR ANALYSIS.

Here is one reason which alone, we are quite sure, will be sufficient for nine tenths of the taxpayers of this territory. It is the difference between the tax rate of Arizona and that of New Mexico.
 The territorial tax rate of New Mexico last year was $1.50. The territorial tax rate of Arizona at the same time was .95. It will be somewhat lower this year.) We presume, though 1t Is a violent presumption, that the money raised by the New Mexican rate was economically and judiciously expended for the support of the territorial insti- tutions. We are certain that this money raised by our tax rate was so spent Bisbee Review.
 Like all the rest of the assump- tions of the anti-statehood news papers the foregoing from the Review, which is going the rounds of the anti-statehood press, will not bear analysis and considera- ton in the light Of cold facts.
 In the first place its but two or three years since the territorial tax rate in Arizona was $1.50, exactly the same as in New Mexico. At that time the assessment rolls of the two territories were likewise very similar in their footings. Arizona showed a total of about forty-two million dollars, and New Mexico about ore million more Since then the action of the terri toriaI board of equalization in rais- ing the assessments of the mines and railroads has greatly increased the total in Arizona, and reduced the rate. That Is all there is tC that. Without the raises made or the mines and railways the present disparity of which so much Is made by the Review, ct id Omne genus would have appeared not for then to prate about. Now except il the valuation for taxation of tht
The oasis., 1906-10-06

SOME of the Arizona newspapers are asserting again that Colonel Bird aspires to succeed Governor Kibbey. Colonel Bird has no such aspirations, and is not under con- sideration for the place But should he be appointed, within twenty four hours after he qualified, there would be about three hundred anti statehood men now in office in Ari- zona who would be made to walk the plank.
The oasis., 1906-10-06
For Delegate to Congress
 CHARLES F. AINSWORTH
Republican District Ticket
For Joint Councilman-
 K. w. DICKERMAN.
Hon. ChaS. F. AinSWorth

the Statehood Candidate for Congress, will discuss the issues of the day before the people of Santa Cruz couu- ty, at NogsIes, the time and place to be announced later.
The oasis., 1906-10-06

READ the blanks on statehood in both the republican and demo- cratic platforms, and guess who wrote them. Was it Mark Smith or Ellinwood? That the same man wrote them both is safe con clusion.
The oasis., 1906-10-06

meht i the Nov Mexico ebd of lie new Hte will exuecd that Iu ihe Arizona eud aud the lax mle will decfease so that the total nle will he less even thtn Y K iu Afi4 lona now Should thc New Mexico basis be adopted Che total taxable valuation of similar properties in Arizona would decrease but they would continue to bear the same relation to New Mexico valuations as shown by the census returns, and the burden of taxation would be no greater here than there. And there might be one advantage in adoption of the New Mexico basis. It would bring the assessed values of all properties in this end of the new state more near the assessed valuations of the great mines and railways. That might be a great advantage to the ordi- nary taxpayer; and this is an idea that has not occurred to anyone before now.
 In this connection it is not amiss to make mention of the cry heard so frequently, that the people of New Mexico would conspire to put tho burdens of taxation upon the Arizona end of the new state. ltis strange that anyone with the most ordinary knowledge of govern ment shall be so simple as to be- lieve that. It would be an imposl hilitv, and were. attempted there would be so many safeguards that 1t could not be successful. In the first place the constitution will pro- vide that taxation shall be equal and uniform. Then that instru- ment will create a board of equali- zation upon which body will be imposed the constitutional duty oi making taxation equal and uni form. Should that body fail in its duty, 1t would be the duty then of the aggrieved counties to hale into court the board of equalization, and compel it to perform it's duty impartially. But there will be nc danger of having to do that. There will be elected to the board high minded men from both ends of the state who will do their duty con scientiouslv and faithfully.
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ALLEN T. BIRD, Managing Editor. DANE ID. BtRO, Business Manager.