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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

New bank buildings, new hotels,
new opera houses, new business blocks
are being planned in Iowa cities" OBJ
serves the Burlington Hawk-Eye. THE
county fairs report increased receipts
over 1906. The schools, and especial
ly the higher schools, report record
breaking enrolment, There can be
no doubt of the fact that Iowa is even
more prosperous and happy. She has
right here at home the necessary ele-
ments that enter into the concoction
of prosperity"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
NO PARCELS POST.

Senator Dolliyer told a newspaper
interviewer in Sioux City the other day
that there will never be parcels
post in this country until the small
dealers all through the country make
up their minds to sacrifice themselves
to the big dealers. He added that the
subject comes up at every session of
the senate, and every time it is set
aside. 81 have done my utmost to de-
feat the bill" declared Senator Dolli.
yer, land will continue to do so un-
til otherwise instructed by the small
dealers in Iowa" He Is quoted fur.
Their as saying:
Il believe that the establishment OF
a parcels post will entirely ruin the
small business of the country, the
people buying direct from the large
mail order houses in the larger cities
The business belongs to the local deal.
or, and will never favor for a min
ute the transference of the business
to the big houses"
AS far as the express companies are
concerned, Senator Dolliyer said he
never knew of them making any siren.
uous efforts to stop the passage of the
bill, but the merchants retail asso
Citations all over the country are put
ting up a winning fight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
HORRORS AT HARVEY!

The editor of tne Harvey News is
excited, and the Japanese-American
situation, nor the telegraphers' strike
nor even the fearful base ball pen
nant race Is the cause OF his agita
zion. No, far from It. 1t is worse
than any of these: aye, even worse
than all of them together. Hear his
grief in his own language;
There is thing of which a
word or two Is called for. before an
other summer and before our town
becomes filed up with new people
accustomed to style aad city manners
lit Is the nabi- of some OF our citiz
en- of going barefooted on the main
business street. The rules of Ell
quette absolutely discountena7ce IT.
except as to children, who may wear
sandals. The custom for men to &c
barefooted was tolerated a century
or two ago, in fact the foot prints OF
man play prominent part in a
notable work OF fiction, entitled mob
inson Crusoe. But at this stage OF
the game, where men spring up AID
flourish as captains OF industry and
are Oslerized and consigned TO the
golf links, or a shady retreat on the
banks Of fishing pool, the bare
footed man in public life has no
place. except at the seasi e, where
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
TO HURT YOUR TOWN

Fight on the streets.
Mistrust public men.
Oppose improvements.
Run down your officers.
Run down your newspaper.
Run the town down to strangers.
Go TO some other town to trade.
Refuse to advertise in your home
paper.
Run down everything and everybody
but number one.
If man wants to buy your property
ask him two prices.
Do not invest cent; lay out your
money somewhere else.
If he wants somebody else's inter
fere and discourage him.
Be particular TO discredit the mo-
tives Of public spirited men.
Lengthen your face when a stranger
speaks of locating in your town.
Refuse to see the merit in scheme
that does not exactly benefit you.
Talk in the loafing places of how
bad times are. of how everything and
everybody is going to the "dennition
bow-wows. Shannon Reporter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
According to the Keokuk Gate.Cit

According to the Keokuk Gate-City
the attitude of republicans generally
throughout the country in reference to
the present tariff schedules is just
this: They are not looking for places
to begin tariff ripping, but If they run
into them they are not going to dodge
and shuttle. Their attitude is not a
reckless one. They are in no haste
wantonly to disturb the business inter
ests of 9O,000,00O people. They will
apply their best judgment to the sched-
ule as whole when it is proved to be
capable of improvement. The never
equalled prosperity of the last decade
is due, as far as law can aid nature
and man industrially, to the republic
can policy of protection, itself adopted
for the good of the whole people.
When a better system can be shown
and one of higher benefit to the Unit
ed States no pride of party will stand
in the way of revision.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
IA Limited ne Of the Bible In

"A limited use of the Bible in the
public schools is approved by the
Texas Court of Civil Appeals. 1t is
held that the constitutional guaranty
of religious liberty is not violated by
morning exercises in the public schools
consisting of the reading. without com
ment, of non-sectarian extracts from
King James version of the Bible and
by repeating the Lords Prayer and
the singing of appropriate songs in
which the pupils are invited but not
required to join. Decisions from Ken.
lucky, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, and
Massachusetts are cited in support OF
the courts holding.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
rHE lApANEsE ovEREsrlMATEp.

In wars the deaths by disease are
usually four times as numerous as
those by wounds. The cause Of the
mortality is the sudden concentration
of masses of men without proper
means of sanitation. Shortly ate:
the close of the Russo-Japanese war
it was reported that the Japanese
deaths by disease were only one
fourth of those by bullets. 1t was a.
once assumed that the Jap sanitar
ians were sixteen times more success.
full than our own military surgeons
and their record along this line was
highly praised. 1t appears. however
that undeserved credit has been given
them. An editorial writer IN Amerl
can Medicine finds from the publish.
ed reports of military attaches who
were with the troops in Manchuria
that neglect of sanitation was motor.
ious, and the absence of great cpl.
denies was due to two factors-'he
wide area over which the soldiers
were spread by necessity, and the fire.
quent moves they made. Moving
armies are healthy because they run
away from their own poison. The
writer says in this connections:
"A somewhat large percentage OF
deaths by Infection is unavoidable by
the very conditions of campaigning
The same or worse would occur in a
city If the use of water and sewer
pipes were suddenly discontinued. In
snort, bloody wars few have a chance
to be killed by disease; in long wars
or those of few bullets, such as our
Spanish war, few have chance for
death by bullets. Circumstances 9th
err than sanitation, therefore, vary the
relative numbers of the two kin is OF
deaths"
1t is said that the Japanese death
rate will never be known. inc
strength of the field armie' has never
been divulged and the total and pro
portionate numbers of sick and woun-
ded are so adversely and curiously
stated as to be incomprehensible. but
even the available statistics do not
bear out the early reports. The sick
record was not very good, and the
number of killed in action was APP
parently very high, so that no good
sanitation but Oriental slaughter, re-
versed the death rates. The writer
asserts tat physicians nave nothing
to learn from the Japanese war. Jap
anese surgeons merely copied the ele-
mentS of sanitation of the Occ.uent.
The reports of supernuman i1telli-
gence are pure myths. The deaths
by disease were practically the same
as in every war, but the killed Were
three times as numerous as in Euro
pean wars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
ELEcrRIEYlNe MEXICO.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Ameri-
can, who is fond of Dragging upon
what we have achieved in recent
years, ought to give an occasional look
beyond the border, and to learn to re-
alize, that there are others. The de-
velopment of Mexico, for instance, un.
der President Porfirio Diaz, sounds
like modern fairy tale, and If Uncle
Sam had not been an interested spec
tator, he would probably have re-
fused to believe that such things were
possible. There is nothing like it in
the history of the modern world, and
Diaz will always rank with one OF
the worlds greatest men. What has
been done there in the short period
of perhaps thirty years, seems more
like the work of an enchanter. And
still, 1t is but the beginning. Still
much remains to be done. And still,
there is much criticism.
On the other hand, it is noted, that
Mexico continues to attract capital
and the investor is not permitted to
do just as he chooses, the government
keeps close watch upon the interests
of Mexico Thus 1t is noted within
the past few days that combination
has been made between two powerful
groups Of American-Canadian and
British capitalists for the construction
and operation OF electric lighting. trac-
ton and power systems in Mexico, AS
an initial Investment s15.000.000 are
available. Money and enterprises are
pouring into Mexico from all sides,
and yet her labor is ignorant and the
country is undeveloped, wages are
low. but the low wage Is neither cheap
nor profitable for the employer and
the wages being low, the masses are
poor purchasers and do not cut much
OF figure as consumers.
And here Is the richest state in tho
world, with people who have money
and who would patronize almost any
thing. and somehow, Iowa finds IT diff
ficult TO get men to build interurban
lines for her. to induce people TO come
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

The twelfth annual convention OF
the Iowa Branch OF The Kings Daugh-
tiers and Sons, to be held at Dayen-
port, October s. 3 and 10. promises to
be one of the best in point of attrac-
ton in the history Of the organization.
The most prominent feature on the
program viii be the address on
Wednesday evening by Mrs. David
Laird, state secretary of New York.
who has become very popular as a
speaker at recent state conventions in
the east. A stereopticon lecture, IL
Illustrating the activities Of the order,
and showing the immensely OF the
benevolent work undertaken in the
name OF the society win be another
feature OF universal interest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

The supreme court of the state OF
New Jersey has rendered a decision
in regard to primary elections which
will be of much interest to the people
of Iowa The court referred to has de-
eided that if democrat writes the
name of republican on democratic
ballot and the same is placed in the
democratic ballot box, such vote must
be counted for the republican whose
name was written If this can be
done in New Jersey why can it not be
done in Iowa?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
washington Herald: There

washington Herald. lneTe dis
comparatively few expert engravers in
the United States, so it is not surpris
ing that George F. C. Smillie, an en-
graver in the bureau of engraving and
printing here, gets a salary of $4,000
year. He is considered one of the
three men in the United States who
rank at the top of this profession
He is an adept at portrait engraving
most of the portraits on government
notes, bonds, etc. being his work. II
is thought that he has no equal in the
United States in this particular line
He is descended from a family of en-
gravers and printers. His father and
his grandfather were experts at the
profession. There are twenty expert
engravers employed at the bureau OF
engraving and printing, and their sal
aries range from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

Consul F w. Mahin, of Noting
ham, reports that the value of refrig
Grated produce annually imported into
Great Britain is now close to 5000,
600, 1850. about half of which comes
from the British colonies. The United
States and South America each con
tribute some S3O,00O,OO0 worth. Rus
STA about s13,OO0,OOO worth, the re
mainder being distributed among sew
eral countries. The greatest value is
of butter and cheese, about $4,000,
900. Beef is next. nearly $50,000,0O0;
mutton, S30,OOO.OO0; eggs, over $40,
600 600.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
Rally Of kIndsraartnsrs.

A big meeting OF kindergartners is
expected at the Northeast Iowa Teach
ers' Association, to be held in Cedar
Rapids, Oct. Is. Miss Elizabeth Har-
rison, president OF the Chicago Kin
dergarten College. and world re-
nowned lecturer and writer, will adj
dress the main session Of the conyen-
ton. after which there will be round.
table discussion led by Miss Florence
e. Ward, of the Iowa State Normal
School; the playing of kindergarten
games led by Miss Catherine F. Port
man, of the Normal School; and a re-
ceptlon by the Cedar Rapids Kinder
garten Association.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.

New Sharon Star: Answering a
correspondents query regarding all
who are candidates for congress in
this district, we frankly answer, we
don't know. There are candidates
and candidates. Several have an
nounced their candidacy, others are
still under cover, or partly so. We
county, was first in the field; then
came Ellsworth Rominger, of Davis,
Representative Of1l, of Jasper, and
finally Nate E. Kendall, of Monroe,
and all are good men. Others, whose
names are floating on the breeze
throughout the district are Senator
Waterman and Cal Manning, of Wap-
clio, both men of fine qualifications;
Senator Maytag, of Jasper, looms
above the hazel bush and attracts at
tention; J. w. Carr, of Poweshiek, an
old soldier and fine gentleman, who
would have been glad to bear com.
mission to Washington years ago;
Tom Bray, yellowhammer statesman,
of Poweshiek's holy city, and Editor
Stallcop, the stormy petrol of Brook
Ign, would each be tickled to death,
or at least to the ragged edge of de-
lirium tremens If their names could
get into the seathing political caul'
dron. Keokuk county also has a
giant oak of Scotch growth and Yam
kee transplanting in the person OF
Jack Morrison, at Hedrick, in the
same county where resides Congress
man Hamilton, and could skin him
twice over on the hastings and at the
polls. Last, but not least, is Al Swain
of Oskaloosa, at present American
consul at Southampton, England, a
veteran of the war of the rebellion,
long time able editor, all wool and a
yard wide in everything truly Ameri'
can, a republican without factional
ism, q protectionist, without apology,
one OF the boys whose flag is never
furled whether in camp or on the
march That covers the held OF Gun
didates so far as the little birds have
reported at this office. And it's quite
string OF trotters and PAGERS 10 line
up on the congressional track. the
amphitheatre. grand stand and quar-.
ter stretch are crowded with people
to watch them score. May the best
man win.
And we tell you now, softly, serene
ly, yet emphatically, that whoever Is
nominated must have the solid support
Of all republicans. Factionalism, the
sin that doth so easily beset US, must
be banlshed absolutely without our
councils, else Hamilton will be re
elected TO congress. We have several
good men who can be elected by all
republicans voting for whoever is
nominated, but not one Of them can
pull through on divided vote. Re.
publicans voted the democratic ticket
part OF It, last year, murdered Lacey
and elected a democrat to congress
Our appeal Is for harmony. We have
no pets TO favor, no enemies to pun
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
RAE ELEcrRlc RAILWAY.

Less than twenty-five years ago at
Young's Hotel in Boston, party of
street railway men made proud refer
ence to the fact that there were at
that time Ais street railways in the
United States and Canada. These
railways owned and operated over 81
900 miles of track; employed $4,000
men; ran $4,000 cars; using 100000
horses, which annually devoured $780,
900 tons Of hay and II ,000,0 900 bushels
of grain. The item of horses alone
has been reduced and today but few
of the old "hay-motors" can be found
dragging cars in the city OF New York.
With the coming of electric traction,
the growth of the street railway indus
try has been truly wonderful. The
census for 1905 gives total of 1851
electric railway companies in the Unit
ed States, with over $4,000 miles of
track and operating 10000 cars. If
these cars were placed end to end they
would form a solid train from Boston
to Cleveland, Ohio 1t takes an army
of 100000 men to operate these rail
ways and nearly seven billion passen-
gers are carried each year-more than
eighty rides for every man, woman
and child in the-United States. If the
combined capital of these companies
was in one dollar bills it would make
a strip of paper money reaching to the
moon and half way back. Greater than
the development of the railway indus
try has been the development OF the
people and the country brought about
by this betterment in transportation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining uncalled for in the post
Office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the
week ending October 5, 1907.
Gents List.
Burkheimer, B e Marean, Fred K
Bowels, Geo w Murphy, Chas
Cooper, L W Mccoy, Andrew
Durham, w Payette, j
Morrell, Geo A Scoles, j o
Ladies' List.
Burman, Fred Mrs Howard, Daisy
Davis, Nettie Murphy, Alma
Ely, Agnes Mrs Miller, Margaret
Davey, Marie Nicholas, Louisiana
Taylor, Ida
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to adyer-
tised listsof this date. The above let
tiers VIII be held two weeks from date
and then sent to the dead letter Office.
CHAs. v. HoyFMANN, P. NJ.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

-Des Moines Capital: Speaker
Henderson is dead, Lacey defeated
the republican party is split wide
open, the population of the state is
falling off, valuations and taxation in.
creased number of state employees
multiplied. salaries advanced, loating
and idleness the rule by those paid
for work-this is a schedule of achieve
ment that ought to make any boss or
faction proud.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
nc IAcEr aAsEaAII

Des MONIES Tribune: Pull down the
pennant, pack the bat bag, stay the
noisy yowl of the wild-eyed fan. Gen
tly and tenderly draw the curtain on
the baseball season of 1907 This
evening, father vii come home at the
dinner hour On his face will be
printed the picture of absolute misery.
He will be at loss to kill the time
which, all summer he put in from four
until sometimes near seven O'Clock
watching the ball games or crowded
close in small and strong-smelling
cigar store waiting for the scores to
come in and the averages to be figur-
ed up. Nor issthere any balm in Gil
cad. Don't say football to the true
lover of our national game. To be
sure, there is excitement and blood
tingling in the rush and crunch of the
mass of whirlfng humanity. But where
is the sound of all sounds that sends
the blood surging to the head and
causes the bugs" on the bleachers to
rise to their feet-the sound of the
crack of the bat. Where is the slowly
drawn out "Stroik tew!" of the UNI
pire, the cry of the score card boy, the
pop man with his colored water, the
dead game sport with his dollar bill to
bet on the visiting team. Vanished.
All is gone and nothing remains but
the fond memories of the battles OF
summer days,
Tonight the children will crowd
around father and in silent awe gaze
upon his melancholy brow, Mother
misunderstanding his mood and not
keeping up with the sporting page,
will tremble with fear of some finan.
cial reverse that may put an end to
all thoughts of the new fall gown. 4
On the wall framed picture OF
Gehring catches fathers eye for a
minute, and with a sigh he mutters:
Alas, poor Hank; knew him well"
The cat is kicked out of the house.
The dog is chased under the porch,
the food is not cooked properly. Moth
ing goes right At the office the boy
is scolded and Miss Jones, the stenog-
rapher is careless. Even foaming
beaker of the sorrow dispeller" work.
eth not it's charm.
"The time is out of joint" Every
thing is wrong. viii the sun shine
on the morrow? Father wots not.
There will be no more happy days un-
til next May. After all, the poet was
right when he wrote about the beau
tiful May days. For with the spring
flowers comes also baseball.
Softly the clock ticks off the min
utes, but so slowly, so slowly. Some
thing must be done to pass away the
time. Father opens the book cases,
whose hinges have become rusty dur
ing the summer months. He is des-
perate. Carefully and with great de-
liberation he draws forth volume of
Gibbons Rome. Taking it to the big
chair, he arranges the cushions and
sinks back with resignation. Mother
tiptoes out of the room and puts the
children to bed. In about an hour
she returns. Father bends studiously.
But another look reveals the fact that
he is asleep.
Thus endeth the first day after the
season closed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
BIG DRAINAGE DITCH.
Fifteen Miles Let in One Contract In
Monona County.

onawa, Ia, Oct. THE Monona
county board of superintendent has
let the contract for the McCandless
drainage ditch in the northwestern part
of the county, for $50 cents per cubic
yard. The contract price is the low
est of five submitted and the lowest
that has been let in the country so
far. The district contains about TO-
900 acres of land Main ditch about
s miles King with two laterals, making
about Is miles of ditch.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
STUDENTS ARE ARRESTED.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. S.-Thirty-four
girls and boys of the sophomore class
of Drake university were arrested last
night at 1870 by Park Officer Joseph
Brauner, at Grand View park, caught
in the act of warming themselves by
a bonfire made from property belong
ing to the city. Park benches were
broken up and limbs of trees were
torn off. The officer alleges they used
the benches to make the fires.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

one can vote at the primary of the
party to which he is and has been op.
posed, and no challenge for this cause
is permitted. In fact, at the first pri-
mary any democrat may vote at the
republican primary, or any republican
may vote at the democratic primary
just as he sees fit, without any re,
straint. The Illinois decision con
dennis this feature of the law as un
constitutional.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

The Illinois supreme court has
held that the new state primary law
is unconstitutional on several grounds
One of the grounds is that the Illinois
law makes no provision to protect the
party primary against the unlawful
votes of members OF other parties The
Iowa law is subject to the same crit
icism because at the first primary any
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10
WANTS & FOR SALE.
8ARGAlN.--My Groom modern cot
tage on North Third street can be
bought at a bargain If taken this
week. Chas. S. Walling. 45tf
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are Ii,

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are the
sole agents for the Western Farm
Land Company of Chicago, Illinois,
for Oskaloosa, Pella AID viciaity,
selling lands in Sherman and Dali
lam counties in the Panhandle OF
Texas. Excursions are run every
two weeks in private car owned and
operated by the Company which fur
nishes first-class accommodations
in every respect. All Inquiries ad'
dressed as follows will receive
prompt attention. Paul Synhorst,
leighton, Iowa. Phone A U, Oska'
ioosa Line. Phone IS @, Pella Line
or w. p sandusky. Hartford, Okla.
homa, Via Texnoma All titles guar
anteed perfect OF no sale. soft
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

Answering traveller who asked a
colored man how far it was to Bos-
ton,1 the African said: Depends on
how you is gwine. If you is gwine to
walk it is bout sixty miles. If you
is gwine or hoss-back it is bout TWEEN
ty-fve, but if you is gwine on de cabs
you is most dar now"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

The mayor and the STRENGTHENING
department of the city council cannot
ingratiate themselves into the good
graces of the whole people any more
quickly or permanently than by hay'
ing the various alleys and side streets
thoroughly cleaned up before the win
ter sets in. Some of our alleys and
side streets are surely "frights."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-10

TO avoid railroad wrecks as the
result Of incompetent telegraph opera
tors, It is proposed in the state Of In
diana to subject all operators to an
examination as to their ability. The
tests viii be conducted under the aus
nices Of the state railroad commission.