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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

IL Mr. rvftlne Announcement Il
Whlah ~ haA knuxleago, glnyNmNg
lAffAleNN MsAsl Nurdn for the Nlonx
civ candidate ara expected ID have
kFeat wtlHht III thp eontent, there
AfU Vie vommcnsa
u have grpat faith IN Ar. Perkins
Ia. al my uonspeta years Ago While III
public life. for tho people, he stood
with nie. No was weAiy 10 help in
every way and was 4 strong and able
champion of their cause. have
known him Cor yeara and we have
bern aud ore intimete friendN can
not believe he has come under any
influences which would cause him 10
change IN bis attitude towards the
great interest Of tha people which he
AZ that time supported.
"As said have known MIR. Perkins
thoroughly and have never az any
time lost confidence Ia him. How.
ever, II had been miHtrustfui. his
ringing editorial OF November 4th or
1fth--I believe that was the date
would have removed that distrust. /
do not believe that ne would be the
tool OF any combination or OF the cor.
porations, and am sure that II they
assume he 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 railway legislation con-
test, Mr.. Perkins Loyalty supported me
throughout. All tho influence Of all
the corporations at that time, and they
were many, did not cwerve him in the
least"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
Rook lnland Gets Coal.

Knoxville Journal: It 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 c. II. 1. & p. Railway
Co. 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 codnig. The princi'
pal transfer Is from The Whitebreast
Fuel Company OF Illinois to the Chi
cage, Rock Island ard Pacific Railway
Company, and tho consideration nam
ed Is s250,00O.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

President II. II. Seerley OF the
state Normal school hns been appoint
ed a member OF the eornmittee 70 pro
pose a plan for the simplifcatlon Of
the spelling OF the English language
Andrew Carnegie has set aside large
sum TO carry forward the work of this
committee, which consists OF the lead
ing educators OF colleges and universe
ties In the United Sites. No salaries
are attached but the expenses OF the
meeting are provided.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
TnE FARMnn,s rnrrrna.

We were asked the other day why II
was that people in other lines OF bust
ness took 80 much interest IN tho farm.
or and his fortunes; why he was made
the object OF 30 much solicitude and
tho subject OF so much often unwar-
ranted advice. Nobody takes any In
terest In tho merchant, commission
man, land agent, preacher or teacher.
but there is no end TO the number OF
people who know nothing about farm
ing who feel called upon 10 advise the
farmer when TO wean his calves and
plant his potatoes and sell his grain.
We think II IL accounted for partly on
the ground that the farm and the farm
er are the handspring OF all CONNER
ciai prosperity, the only real creators
OF new wealth, all the other fellows be-
ing mere traders and manipulators OF
wealth which comes from the soil.
Thus these people are naturally inter-
ested in the farm. knowing that agri-
cultural prosperity means prosperity
all along the line.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
WHY NoT9

EultOT heralu.--Slnce 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
Cat that time) did not think much on
the subject, yet since then 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 a
practice of purchasing after that hour
to cease from doing so. feel that
IL is useless TO say anything with ref
erence to the advlsabi1ity OF establish
ing an early hour Of closing, as no
detriment to 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
aus use our influence and act in d.
rection that might be the means OF
making II possible for the vast NUN.
Der OF merchants and clerks TO enjoy
their evenings as we'll es 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 Is entirely suspend
ed after o'clock needs no contradic-
ton, and why should II not be so in
the grocery and meat business?
When we consider the number who
might possibly have desire to attend
Divine services, and n4ose who wot.ld
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 deprived
OF under the present conditions, why
not call a halt and come to the relief
OF these people anil rot be such a
hungry set Of people that we cannot
rcfsibly grange our uanag 'ment SO
that we could not purchase our sup
plies until FIVE minutes Of eight o'clock
and then send them up by special
delivery SO that We might have a
breakfast.
The facilities that we most all have
for ordering, our groceries and meat
are evidence that 1t is useless for the
grocer and the butcher to wait 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.
I am pleased TO hear that move Is
now on foot among the grocers to es-
tablish a $3.50 closing, and as we know
we have one butcher who already
closes at $3.50 except Saturday, why
not include the butchers In this as
we'll? 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 TO 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 is not doing something
that would inconvenience us,--the
public. w. q. B.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
Henry clews says that monetl

Henry Clews says that monetary
conditions are gradually improving.
Currency is returning more freely
from the interior and bank averages
are rising. There has been a tremen-
dous increase in tie circulating me.
dunn Of the country, but this Is still
actively employed In legitimate busi-
ness transactions, both at the east and
in the west. The same authority re-
ports that business conditions through.
out the country continue eminently
satisfactory.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

"A rlttsburg mau has Just coneind
ed a fast covering a rariod Of forty
one days, Ia the absence of specific
reason for the test the Keekuk GATE
City concludes that he Ia preparing
himself 20 run for governor Of Iowa
ON the democratic ticket against Hon
George u, Perkins, Major 4. w. Rath
bun, or some other staunch and pop
ular republican.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Beer kegs and cream cans represent
two distinct types Of agricultural civ.
ilizatlon all through the west, and the
desirability Of any town for a residence
location can be accurately determined
by ascertaining whether there are more
cans Of cream shipped out from the de-
pot than there are kegs OF beer shipped
IN.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The Campbell system OK sNary farm.
ing." which IL being most successfully
applied 10 the arg lands OF western
Nebraska ana Kansas, Ii making lands
heretofore rated as almost worthless
Cor agricultural purposes worth SOS per
aero Just for the growing OF winter
wheat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

s.s'i,al men N hss iaat 1000 yucs
hes vmfns t0t ac nnlaskhlnu hums
van de nUa unsepnnen yelden ven zen
land aat seaerg Az vruRNsle een wen
hekend Ia neweest, sckilnt hii aen
eefnleh oceopslAg fabelachlls. en toch
Il Kulkn de snlvera wAafllnld. .--At any
rate. that II what pallas wcekhIad
Anxa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
LARRAREE ON PERKINs.

In an interview with Julian Rich
ards Of Waterloo and cyrenus Cole OF
the Cedar Rapids Republican, former
Governor William Iarrabee declared
his faith In George ID. Perkins Of Sioux
City, who has DUST announced his can
dldacy for governor to succeed Gov.
efnor Cummins. Coming on the eve
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Knoxville Express:Mahaslxa coun-
~ has the right kind Of farmers
institute. It had to adjourn from the
district court room to the opera house
because the former would not contain
the crowd. $3.50 81
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

"A school teacher in Wathena,
Kan, asked her pupils: "Will some
one in the class give me better form
OF the sentence. 'Jorp can ride the
mule IL he wants tor" One urchin
responded: John can ride the mule
II the mule wants hin to-"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

-Oskaloosa made a gain Of six
manufacturing plaats 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. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The Christian home for orphans in
Council Bluffs has received $4,000
in cash as the proceeds at the bequest
made several years ago by Mrs. Mary
Il. Robinson, Of skeboygan. Wis. The
money will be used Ia erecting dor
mitory for boys and tr Office building.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
.,rlemember tIie MURAL carrier,

Remember the rural carrier"
urges the Marshalltoyn Times-Repub.
loan, 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 a
snow shovel than In twenty-four hours
OF sympathetic sitting ~ the stove"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Corn and alfalfa make the best COM
bination Of any ration produced in any
country. Heretofore It has been as
sumed that only in a very limited area
Of the country could these two crops
be grown on the same farm. but It Is
being discovered that over quite 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 fits great
value.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The Iowa City Republican has OBJ
served that IL a suspicious character
takes anything that does not belong
to him It is theft but IL the act is
done by trusted employee" 1t is call
ed REGULATION.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The Methodists Of Buxton have
caught the popular idea. In the Ca
zette OF that town they are carrying
the following Advertisement: Want
ed. Suitable persons to help in Sun
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

ANDY Carnegie nses a 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 On bed at all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

One OF the new and interesting facts
Of the year Is that Europe takes 0,0o0.
900 bushels Of macaroni wheat grown
In this country, the first wheat Of this
sort which has ever been exported from
the United States. Another good thing
about this is that this wheat was raised
upon land In this country which was
not counted at for cultivation Ave
years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 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 It Is hardly possible to further
improve farm machinery, and better
care should be given to 1t to secure a
longer life Of usefulness for It.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

A variety OF alfalfa specially adapt
cd 60 dry lands II being developed II
the west and II a success, as II bid
fair TO be. win DO OF immense advan
tage TO. that section. n matters but
little what other conditions may be. Il
alfalfa can be grown successfully. right
there Is sure 10 be rich country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

lit is said that the Pennsylvania
man who put dynamite into his CRATE
was SO impressed with the way 1t
burned that he will! never use any 9TH
er kind OF fuel.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

As TO International republican plat
form, II can be sail of George d. Per-
kins, ais Artemus Ward said of George
Washington: "He never stopped over"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The cloae rAstutinR Nf lha lnUhdaw m
Ire ls1s FAN sna essfng u almost a..
wAty fAsal 70 she nest pears hay cFup.
still lnis ~ men A. thsa and then won.
ass why they have - ileht ctpp VI
hMy4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Poverty with man and stcrllity with
woman incline them 20 dogs, Tho man
wants something 20 boss. and tho won.
an accepts the dog as poor substitute
for baby.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

With the exceedingly low price at
which most Of the best periodicals can
be secured, no farm home can afford to
be without them. There IL no one thing
which enters so far into the making of
an educated and broad minded person
as the ready access to and use OF good
reading matter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The government report On the corn
crop ~ 1905 IA cut and mAhuA 4 grand
total ~ a,Tof opa.eao bushels. with IN.
diana leading Ia average yield per acre
LOT bushels, II n onN % the largest
corn crops ever produced IN the couh.
try.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

"A modern cynio has promulgated
II as an axiom that the moro faith
a woman has in her husband the more
he had better not try to test Il.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The fact that a man works on
farm e no excuse for his going around
looking like tramp. The standing OF
a man Is bound to depend somewhat
on his personal appearance. otherwise
no would have been made like a mon
KEY.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 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. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

A good many years ago. when the
country was new, we always made q
practice OF burning or piece OF Wild
prairie during June in order to get d
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. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

AT the Geo, Ryan sale yearling heir-
ers brought from $40 to $3.50; 4.
year-old mare was sold for $154; cows
averaged s37; corn brought Ss1k and
40 cents and oats S135 cents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Tho state Register and Farmer
declares that this putting on the lid"
spasmodlcally is little else than a
municipal farce.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The changed conditions which make
tho farmer wholly dependent upon the
local butcher for his supply Of meat IL
all wrong. No man can afford to sell
animals at 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. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Tho Burlington Hawklfyc gives
this recipe for rabbit stew. First get
the rabbit
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

II will often be found that tile drain
age will be almost as much benefit to
some OF the billy farms as the fat and
wet ones, 1t being peculiarly Of the
rolling land that the water will be
found close TO the surface In many
places in seeps where the crop will suf-
fer from wet feet Just as much as on
the lew land. During recent trip OF
hundred miles we found hardly q
single farm upon which more or less
tile draining could not be done to great
profit and advantage. Eh
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Don't get the notion because you live
out in the country that It 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
tenness which curses the present age.
Your forefathers saved the country by
leaving the plow In the fields and car
rying the musket to war. You can do
like service by leaving your piow or
corn husking and casting your vote for
clean men and clean political methods.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
pRoFITs or ORANGE GRowNo.

NhhUHNNb VI WhhAN&M 1hMVWhN@s
Many people In the east and central
western states have vague sort OF an
idea that there 10 great money In the
California orange business and would
II they could hie them there and find
life one long day of golden prosperity
and Italian sunshine. Here are few
facts which one such dreamer forged
out Of his experience. He writes us
that last spring be sold 8S1 boxes Of
tho choicest navel oranges, which net
ted him only s44.S1; that he sold all
told last season 1,400 boxes, which
brought him an average Of only 10
cents box; that during the past three
years he has sold 4.540 boxes, for which
he has received $342.a2, or less than 8
cents a box. AS II costs about 70 cents
TO produce box Of oranges In that
country, he evidently Is In the Same box
we were once upon time when we
raised 1900 bushels Of wheat In a new
country, paid SO per day for harvest
hands, hauled the wheat forty miles
to market and sold II for 40 cents a
busheI.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Tho introduction OF the farm sepa-
rator IN working out a complete revolu-
ton In the creamery and dairy bust
ness all through the west. With the
farm separator Il Is easily possible to
secure a high grade Of cream from the
average farm, something which is not
always or even generally possible
where the cream Ia raised by the grav-
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 the dairy business by any
man anywhere who Is within reach Of
q depot or a croam receiving station.
The shipment Of cream By express to
tho city creameries has become one Of
the big lines OF business and Is grow
ing every day. This IL probably true.
However, the butter product Of such a
creamery Is not Of quito so high a
grade as where the milk IL delivered
at a local creamery and separated. but
because Of the plan being 20 very
adaptable I'm its workings to 90 large
Q number Of people IL has evidently
come to stay.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The cornneld has a good many pests.
though probably not any so destructive
as the bllghts or rust which often
deyastates the oat and wheat fields.
There are, to start with, tho gopher, tho
crow and the cutworm, which three
will often work TO greatly injure the
stand Of the corn. Then there are the
wire worm and the root worm, the
crow again as the corn begins to hard
en- and the bad work OF the field mice
after corn Is shocked. Tho blackbird
pest has, however, mostly disappeared.
Then there IL die work OF rats and mice
in the cribs, ne fact being that some
thing or othsr Is after part of the
corn crop nearly oil the time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

Now that the crop season Of 1905 is
over It will be good idea to look over
the years experiences and see where
the mistakes were made. Perhaps II
VIII be found not enough care was TAX.
en- to secure good seed corn, and the
cornheld shows only 60 per cent stand
when II should show UP So or 90. Per.
haps the sod land upon which 1t was
planted was not plowed at the right
time and the cutworms thinned out
tho crop. Perhaps II was corn after
corn for too many years and the root
worm got In its work, Perhaps 1t was
cutting the clover hay crop too late and
80 losing In two ways getting poor
quality Of hay and spelling second crop.
Perhaps It was In trying to work too
many acres; more likely to be this than
anything else. Anyhow, II will not be
hard TO look back and see where one
might have done better. The wise man
win do this and profit by his mistakes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

The question OF ylgcr in seed corn Is
a matter 10 which little attention has
been paid, wfstle as a matter OF fact II
IN Of just asmuch Importance as ID the
same quality In tho breeding Of our do
nestle animals. There Is lots OF seed
corn which will terminate, but which
IN 30 lacking In strength and vigor that
IL can never under any circumstances
make a healthy and productive stalk
Of corn. Such seed produces those
stalks which never mature an ear Of
corn and which are as a matter OF fact
tho worst weeds In the cornheld, for
they rob the more vigorous stalks Of
moisture, light, fertility and sunshine
and besides scatter lot Of their
worthless pollen toyfnrther degrade the
field Seed corn which can only Just
barely make live Of II IN even worse
than that which will not terminate at
all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01

With the Introduction Of modern
labor saving machinery, such as the
riding piow, the complicated self
binder, the separator, the gasoline
engine, ETC., the old conception Of the
farmer as a simple tiller OF the soil.
such az 10 so eloquentiy pictured By our
poets and authors, must pass away, for
the successful farmer OF this age Is
anything but simple In his ideas. He
must be mechanic OF no small ability
and farsighted manager. With the
modern system Of marketing stock and
grain must come a clear grasp Of bust
ness methods and an intelligent knowI-
edge OF current events. In short, farm
ing as profession has passed entirely
from that stage where its followers can
be recruited from the ranks Of those
who have failed In dozen other call
ings and are ready to turn to the filing
Of the soil az last resort. He who
makes success Of modern farming
may take his place among the success
full ones In any Of LIES numerous caIl.
lngs.