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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
BRICK PLANT RUNNING
Fifty Men Start to Work On Open.
ing of Season.

The Oskaloosa Paving Brick COM
pany, Cae of the city's largest manu-
featuring institutions, is now in null
operation for the season and so en-
ployes are at present on the pay roll.
The machines are running to their
capacity and the nrst kiln of the sea.
SCH Is being burned. No contracts
for the supplying of paving material
have been taken as yet, but there are
excellent prospects. The demand for
building brick is strong and there is
prospect that the market will be still
greater within snort time. The
company intends to be ready for tae
emergency wnen it arrives and will
be in shape to supply the best goods
to be had in the state. The outlook
Is for the best season in the history
OF The company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
THE CITY ELECTION.

The Herald is not pleased with the
general results of the election, but
the majority has spoken, and it Is up
to the defeated to make the best OF
a bad job.
In the number of officers chosen,
holorj are about equally divided be-
tween the democrats and republicans,
but the best plums have gone TO the
democrats and if they win the tie in
the First ward they will be in com
plete control of the city administers
ton. This will strengthen their or
ganization for years to come, and Will
cut considerable figure in the next
county election.
Nick Moore, the republican candi-
date for mayor, made good fight ald
won many friends, but circumstances
operated against him. The citizens
movement drew a major part of it;
strength from the republican ranks.
When this became apparent, many re
publicans who did not want to see
DlohCo tltNNth any t'h
ton went over and voted for Cricket.
Caught thus between the blades of a
pair of scissors as it were, Mr.. Moore.
politically speaking, was beheaded
Thus again republican votes. which
ever way they went outside of
straight party lines, gave solace to
the enemy. ana elected democrats in
republican community. The Her
aid feared this situation and called
attention to it with all force possible,
But the Herald. Ike any general
who goes into battle. was prepared ior
the worst wnile coping for the best.
The blowing up Of the political maya.
zine is no new tn4ng in municipal af-
fairs, and we are still here TO work
for oskaIoosa frst last and all the
time, and to uphold lne principles OF
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

Roscoe Moore, who was found
guilty by the jury last Friday on the
charge of forgery, was given his sen
tence this morning by Judge B. W.
Preston. He was sent to the peliten.
tiary at Fort Madison for two years
Moore, employed as barber, last fall
stole a suit case by forging the OWL
er's name to a note ana sending
lad to the Stringfell0w saloon to get
it. He was arrested a short time al
forwards and two bills, one CT lar.
ceny and the other of forgery, were
found against him by the grand jury
The petit jury for the April term
OF the district court has been drawn
AID the jurors will report April Is
Following are the jurors drawn:
G. NJ. Ashton, Richland township.
Bert Beal, Prairie.
James Burrier, East Harrison.
w. J. Burtcnby, Second ward.
c. W. Bailey, Madison.
r. E. Barnard, Fifth ward.
Ed Bowen, Fifth ward.
d. NJ. Convey, East Des Meines.
Art Dixon, Lincoln.
]. w. Forney, West Harrison.
S. M. Hadley, Fifth ward.
Evan r. Lewis, East Des MoiIes.
J. H. Natter, Third ward.
Herman Meppelink, Black Oak.
]. G. Morgan, Scott.
w. A. Moore, White Oak.
James McSpadden, Pleasant Grove
E. U. Pomeroy, Cedar.
John Plum, West Harrison.
VIM. Powers, Prairie.
Wilbur Rice, Prairie.
]. II. Smith, East Des Moines.
A. L. Stutzman, Union.
VIM. collars, White Oak.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
JOHN :. LACEY

fort Dodge Messenger: There is no
mystery about Major John F. Lacey's
participation in the delegation caucus
at Washington, or about mis- landing
his man. The patronage was due for
distribution some time ago, but the
matter was postponed for one reason
and another until it was finally agreed
to settle everything during the last
week of the session. 1t would have
been done tnen but the death of Vic,
tor Dolliver called Senator Dolliver
to Iowa and made necessary another
postponement. Major Lacey was Civ
en- assurances then that this delay
should not affect his rights, but that
he would be permitted to participate
in the caucus. If the caucus had oc.
CURED before Congressman Hedge
went out Lacey's man would have had
another vote, as Kennedy voted with
Dawson for the Davenport man. So
did Senator Dolliver and Congress
man Conner. Lacey won solely on
his personal strength with the dele
cation. The members who have been
associated Win MIN have an admira-
ton for him as man and a legislator
which does not end with admiration
but becomes affection. There are no
truer, cleaner men than Joan F. La.
cey, and his departure is felt by tho
entire delegation to be an irreparable
loss.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
Hon = "a Vail oas been :,

Hon. H. ]. Vail mas been reap
pointed postmaster at New Sharon, an
honor he richly deserves. In his Star
this week he modestly says: 1T is
received with thanks from your truly,
and especially for the reason that Ii
comes just as the first one did four
years ago, without any opposition or
objection. We have tried to accom-
modate the patrons of the office AM
render faithful service along all lines,
and shall continue our efforts along
the same lines. A few weeks before
our first term expired we wrote Con,
gresham Lacey for his recommends
ton on the score of having tried to
properly discharge every duty, Sc
cured it, the senate endorsed it, the
postmaster general and President
Roosevelt signed it. That was all
there was to it. Thanks!"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
BOUQUETS FOR BOTH.

OF our town and the big coaven-
ton which will be here in May, the
Burlington Hawk-Eye kindly says:
"Oskaloosa is to entertain the Iowa
State Federation OF Women's Clubs,
May IS, 16 and H. The women could
scarcely have selected a prettier place
ia which TO hold their annual conven.
ton, nor a more progressive. Hence.
IL was the most appropriate place for
the convention. For while this may
be denied here and there, it is none
the less true that the most progress
i've organization in Iowa, is the Fed
CREATION of Women's Clubs. There
may be others, that advocate all sorts
of advanced" ideas. but If progress
i've means to go ahead, the women
surely take the banner. The most
progressive of the male progressiveg
have been very much on the standpat
order as compared vita the Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs. And the fed
GRAFTON has advocated nothing that
was not practical aud that was not at
tainabIe, and that at the present time
Instead of frittering away their time
ON a program, that included every
thing from the protoplasm. to irriga-
ton, and from the transmigration OF
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

provides that every hunter In the
state must pay an annual license OF
ST. 1t is believed that this will bring
at least $4,000 into fund for tho
enforcement OF the fish and game
laws and win DO away with the fee
system. which has always been fail
.ure. and served to make the laws in,
popular. An important amendment
has been made to the law as original,
ly drawn, providing that all license
fees shall be paid into the county
treasury where collected, and used
for the enforcement of the state game
and fish laws in that county.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

Mrs. G. H. Gibson, the plaintiff, wa.
formerly the wife. of Jack Grice, but
later Grice got decree of divorce
Judge Scott then holding court put
the child in the hands of Mrs. Polly
Swick, sister of Jack Grice, the IA
Their of the lad. NOW comes the plaza
tiff, Mrs. c. II. Gibson, and desires
the custody of the Child. John Nc
Coy and James Dewitt are the attor.
neys for tne defendant and Bolton &
Waggoner for the plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

The Newton Journal hopes that
when there is opportunity, that New.
ton will take a lively interest in the
projected interurban between Oska-
loosa and Newton. The new road
will tap thickly settled portion of
the county that has practically no rail,
road connections, and would be ma.
terially benefited in every way by the
road. 1t is IN sections, too, from which
our city has but limited trade, and
which could be secured if dependable
transit could be had. That the peo-
pie o. GasesbUrg and vicinity are in
earnest in the matter, and are ex-
ceedingly anxious that the road will
be built, a gentleman said in our
presence that he had quite a large
farm, and he would willingly give the
rignt-of-way through IL; and he knew
others would Dc likewise
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
SWINE PAVILION
At STATE FAIR
SENATE VOTES TO APPROPRIATE
$4,000 FOR BUILDING.
NEW INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
This Work Is To Be Separated
From Auditors offlce--House
Passes the c. o. D.
Liquor Bill.

Des Moines, Ia, March &c. = The
senate today passed a bill creating
department of insurance separate from
the state auditors office.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
new swine pavIlion at the State Fair
grounds also passed the senate.
The Galveston plan bill of city gov
eminent for Des Moines passed the
house today by the vote of 81 to 9,
with. lone but immaterial amend
ments.
C. o. D. Bill Passed.
Among the important bills PASSED
in the senate was one Wy Gillilland to
abate the c. 0. ID. package liquor LUIS
ance in dry" counties. Bill provides
that any corporation keeping a place
of business where liquors are held IN
store and the purchase price collect
ell for the owner from persons to
whom it has been conditionally SOLD,
shall be required to pay a mulct tax
of $500 per annum. This is aimed at
the express companies and 1t was
charged in the consideration OF the
bill that ia some of the dry" counties
the wholesalers of intoxicalts from
outside the state pay the express
agents a commission on the G. 0. ID
business. Senator Gillilland stated
that this bill after being decided upon
by the subcommittee of the senate
committee on judiciary, had mysteri.
ousIy disappeared. This fact was dis
covered, however, in time so that 1t
was possible to .re-introduce the bill
1t passed without opposition.
Hours Of Labor.
The senate passed the house bill
limiting the hours of continuous ser.
vice of any railroad employe to 16 cx.
cept sleeping car employees, and in
cases of storms or unavoidable acci
dents.
To Sell Camp Grounds.
Governor Cummins yesterday sent
a special message to the assembly ar
guing the sale of 100 acres national
guard camp ground Just north of the
army post and the Investment of the
funds in a rifle range for the guard
toward the purchase of which the ted
eral government through the war de-
partment will contribute.
The matter was referred to the mil.
itary committee ana, FAVORABLE. meas.
ure5 will be reported. The state paid
$125 an acre for the 100 acres ana
ought to get more for it and it can
get ground north of the cry for the
desired rife range and camp at $S5
al acre.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
The Last Session.

Tne old city council will meet in
final session next Monday evening,
and Will wipe out the unfinished bus.
mess of the year, allow salaries, al
jourl sine die and pass into history.
The new mayor and his officers will
be sworn In. together with the new
members of the council, which will
then be organized and begin its work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
A Better Way Possible.

The election boards, with the ex.
ception of the First ward, worked far
into the small hours of the morning
The state legislature at no distant
date will devise some means OF count
ing the ballots that will be easier on
the boards than the present out OF
date system. 1t will soon be impos.
sible to secure election boards If the
tasks Of counting remain as they now
are.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
-pes Molnes CAPITAL: Major Dol

-Des Moines Capital: Major John
F. Lacey mas retired from congress
and will resume his law practice at
Oskaloosa. Thousands Of his friends
win want him to stand as candidate
for United States senator as the sue
cessor Of Allison, when Aiison passes
away. This phrase must be used be
cause Lacey woul,- not think OF being
a candidate against Allison. With
Lacey in the senate. Iowa prestige
would be maintained.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
Announcement is maize Of the op

announcement is made of the op.
ening of navigation on the Mississippi
and boats have passed both up and
down along the Iowa SHORES. River
captains report the first passenger
traffic in excess of what the first boats
generally carry and they are looking
forward to busy season River trav.
el is becoming more generally popu.
lar with those who have the time to
spare.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

republicanism whether the family Is
divided or united.
While Mr.. Cricket win be our may
or, ne is not greater than public opin-
ion and he must as ne no doubt Will,
recognize the will of the majority In
all official acts. If he does not, he
will likely hear from the people in no
uncertain terms
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

The State college at Ames is IN a
prosperous condition and prospects
for the coming year are very promi $
ing. The enrolment for 1867 was
1881 after eliminating all duplicates,
and there is every Indication that it
win be stIn larger the coming year.
The situation AMI outlook are highly
gratifying to the friends Of the insti-
tuition.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
STAYS WITH MRS. swlck.
Judge Declines to Take Adopted
Child From Good Home.

The court this morning after deal
ing out the sentence for Roscoe
Moore took up the case of Gibson vs..
Grice for the custody of Jimmie
Grice.
After hearing several witnesses
Judg Preston decided tnat the child
was being well cared for. and there
being no good reason for making a
change. restored Jimmie to Mrs.Swick.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

the soul to bonuses for babies, they
took up few practical, progressive
propositions, and having disposed Of
them, will take UP others. II the
federation continues ais it has begun,
1t may soon be in order to start a
school for male politicians and EN-
bryonic statesmen and to let the fed,
Grafton officers serve as teachers in
that school"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
club women of Iowa are to hav their
biennial meeting in May at Oskaloo-
sa, and it is to be very important
convention. There will be four exhibi.
tions to come under the head of in
iustrial, educational, library and pure
food. A large manual training exhibit
will be part of the Industrial.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
Why Wood Warps.

An expert has advanced a new
theory to explain why the most care
fully kiln-dried wood sometimes
warps. lie says that when the sap is
dried out various foreign substances
remain IN the wood, and these absorb
moisture and swell, and thus cause
warping.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

Sixty years ago Pennsylvania
farmer cut down a chestnut tree on
neighbor's property. Last Satur-
day the heirs of the two farmers paid
the costs upon final decision of the
suit. The total expenses have been
$50 0Oe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

The Minnesota state board II
health nas decided TO do away with
small pox quarantine Jan. l, 1908.
Iowa might well do likewise, only do
it sooner. Quarantine expenses are
burden to the public and a menace
TO business.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
DROBATE NOTICE.

l. In matters Of the Last viii
and Testament of J. l.. Nelson,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that there
is now on file in the office of the
clerk of the District Court of Mahas-
ka County, Iowa, an instrument OF
writing purporting to be the Last
Will and Testament of j. L. Mel
son, deceased, and the same is set
for hearing on the 10Th day of April of
the next term of the District Court to
be begun and held in Oskaloosa on the
9th day of April 1907, at which time
objections can be made to the APP
proving of said Will and it's admission
to probate.
Dated this 18th day of March 1907.
34w3 l.. e. CoRLETT, Clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
1 pMINIsTRAToR,s NOTICE.

"a Notice Is hereby given to all
persons interested, that on the 10th
day of March A. D., 1907, the I'M
dersigned was appointed by the Dis
trict Court of Mahaska County, Iowa.
administrator of the estate of Sarah j..
Ruby, deceased, late OF said Ma
haska County, Iowa.
All persons indebted to said estate
will make payment to the undersign-
ed, and those having claims against
the same will present them legally
authenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated March 10, 1907.
FRANK L. NASH,
Administrator.
34w3 l.. e. CoRLETT. Clerk.
By G.. w. PATTERSON, Deputy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

President Roosevelt mas accepted
the invitation of the National Pack
ers' Exposition to open the big ex-
hibition in Chicago on May 1st. He
will be unable to be present at the
opening, but he will start the machin.
cry by pressing 4 button at the White
House.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

There are number Of interesting
Indian mounds near Newton where
some excavations have been made re
Gently with gratifying results, Among
the discoveries was a rock bearing
peculiar inscriptions. Scientists arc
Interested
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
Representative Brandes of Potta.

Representative Brandes of Potta-
wattamie county says the primary
election system viii cost the taXpay-
ers of his county $4,000 to $4,000 eacn
time it Is used and the taxpayers OF
the state 100000 on a conservative
estimate. Everything the taxpaye.
gained in biennial elections will be
swallowed up in the primary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
-our A. FN. Hambleton seem

Our A. f. N Hambleton seems to
be as effective in the Iowa house as
our John F. Lacey is in the national
assembly. Both men are hard work,
ers,who generally get what they want,
for il at first they don't succeed they
go right along as though nothing had
happened and finally make things
come their way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

The Keokuk Gate City thinks the
date of Thanksgiving day should be
changed from t1e last Thursday in
November to an early date in April.
The latter follows more closely the
adjournment OF the legislature.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

Make .Oskaloosa a home market
by trading at home. Every dollar
you spend with home people furnishes
the means for the home people to
spend money with you.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

ALEX Miller has noticed that every
new business man who comes to town
gets lot of customers that nobody
else trusts.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

With two big shows headed its
way the Keokuk Gate-City exclaims:
Thank heaven there is no Jaw for
bidding circuses granting passes!"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

Many man who is not posted on
the price Of Caster hats will soon get
the information
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

The house has passed the Mars.
ton state nunters' license bill, which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-25

Of the service shall. To save their own
time and "Ccntral's," look numbers UP
before they call the operator All told,
upwards of Il million copies Of the New
England company's different directories
are distributed every twelve months
The records of new subscribers OF
removals, of changes of number and all
the other details that affect the make
up of the directory are corrected each
day III every ono of the 4SS exchanges
in the system. and once in so often
these corrections are forwarded to the
catalogue department. as it is called,
where they arc transferred to proof
sheets of the standing type Of the next
issue of the book Thus the list is Kept
"up to the hour all the time practi-
cally to the moment of going to press.
When a new exchange is opened or a
revision of numbers in an old one is
necessary, special supplements are
published so that the public may have
correct information without waiting for
the next regular issue of the telephone
book to come around.
Sometimes a telephone user is unable
to look up the number Of the person
he wants to speak with. Maybe he has
mislaid his directory, or the man he
wants is new subscriber whose name
does not appear in the last printed list
In such cases you can always learn
instantly the number you want by ask
ing your operator to connect you with
the Conformation operator The Gin
formation operators in every ex-
change have special directories ar
ranged by name. by numbers and by
streets. so that no matter what in
uuiry is made about subscribers num-
hers they can answer it Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-25
Big PUBLISHING "sTuH1"

With the possible exception OF one
no other book published runs mo sucii
large editions as the telephone dircc-
tory Neither does any other represent
the same amount -of inccSsant labor,
ami none is more accurate. 1h"uSh
mistakes arc liable to creep into every
human production in spite of every
prccaution. the telephone directory is
Acknowledged to be more free from
them than any ether list of names
complied
The telephone directory is one Of the
most important adiuncts to good tclc-
phonc service. As the telephone system
grew, not only in the number of people
who made use of it but in the number
Of times each person employed it,
obviously il became impossible for
operators to keep the run of subscribers
by name To attempt to do so would
not only make all sorts Of chances for
errors but would seriously reduce the
quicknass Of the service.
So. for the convenience of the large
body of telephone uSers-therc are a
quarter of a million regular subscribers
alone now in the four northern New
England states-and for the sake Of
uniformly good service. the New Eng
lana company was compelled several
years ago to establish the practice
among its operators that they should
Lot undertake TO do their work by
name. so to speak. but must be told the
number of the telephone with which
connection was wanted.
With 10000 telephones added to the
Now England system each year, it is
more necessary all the time that users