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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
KNOXVILLE ROAD.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Montgomery =
baby is quite sick.
Mrs. Gusta Ellis and sister sold
some fine hogs today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Evans two chill
dren have been on the sick list this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark visited
Sunday at the O.. H. PARCEL home
Come again.
Mrs. Chas. Kentfield and daughter
Lou visited Saturday at the E. E
Kentfield home.
Miss Gladys PARCEL visited a few
days last week with her Grandma
Evans IN Beacon.
Mrs. Phillip Hyett visited a few
days last week at the home of her
laughter, Mrs. Walter Stevens.
We are sorry to hear that there
are few cases of smah pox ON this
road. hope all will be out again
soon.
@hAoS Il aJO GhOhISOiuSIy was uudUlS
to attend school few days last week
on account of a severe cold and sore
throat.
Mrs. DR.. Taylor of What Cheer re-
turned to her home Monday after a
very pleasant visit at the E. K. Tay.
lor home.
Mrs. viii PARCEL has been having
quite siege Of malarial fever, but is
some better at this writing. Her sis
ter, Miss Stella, is caring for her.
The preliminary contest at the
Brush Street school house Friday
evening for the Farmers Institute
was very well attended and all felt
well repaid for going, as there was
quite a program given by the little
folks of the school. Earl Dusenberry
gave a selection which was highly
appreciated. Miss Perkins of Penn
college also gave two numbers, rem
dered in her own finished way. Earl
Dusenberry was elected vice presi-
dnr fol the coming year.
Jan. 9. X. r. p.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
EDUCATION in PORTO RIco.

Mr.. Faulkner, superintendent of ed
ucation in Uncle Sans new posses
sion of Porto Rico, is in Washington
and he gives a undressing account
of the work.
"The greatest effort Of the govern.
ment in Porto Rico" says Mr.. Faulk
ner, has been the introduction of a
general modern system of free ele
! mentary education. At the American
occupation we found 551 schools with
about 600 teachers, and an average
daily attendance Of $4,000 pupils. We
now have 100 primary schools,
about 1900 teachers and an average
daily attendance of $4,000 pupils,
ranging from to 16 years old. AT
the occupation there was not a single
building in all the island constructed
for school purposes. One ancient
clearinghouse had been left as a
legacy TO the town of San Jerman-a
very good building, but not at all
adapted for school purposes. We
have continued to use it, however,
and it is now being reconstructed.
We have built 70 modern school
houses and have put modern equip
ments into many Others. We have
plans and locations for many more
schoolhouses, which we are building
as fast as we can get the money.
The insular government advances the
funds to the municipalities, which
pay back one-half the amount in a
few years.
1.-THE children of Porto Rico are
remarkably bright and eager to
learn. Their parents are keenly an
xious to have them go to school, but
we cannot accommodate them. We
ought to have a daily attendance Of
100000 children, but we can only ac-
commodate $4,000, less than han the
school population of the island. ThS
situation is not due to any fault Of
the people or the government, but it
is our misfortune to lack the money
to build the schoolhouses, and the
population is so scattered over the
rural districts that it is very difficult
to accommodate them. Nearly every
child in the cities, towns and villages
is under instruction. The $4,000
children who are not in school are
peasants in the rural districts. The
census of 1899 showed that nearly
seven-ninths of. the population of
Porto Rico are strictly rural and are
scattered over the island, so that half
Of them are difficult to reach. We
can take care of the children in the
towns, but we cannot afford to build
as many schoolhouses as are needed
in the country.
"Of the 1900 teachers now employ
ed in the schools of Porto Rico, all
are natives except 1875 Americans,
who are employed in the normal and
the high schools and as superinteni-
ents and supervisors"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

service In congress will end with the
adjournment of the Fifty.niath con,
gress on March A.. next. he Is deter
mined, if possible, to secure the en-.
actment of this measure
Under the provisions of the Lacey
bill, it Is proposed to set aside a
number of game preserves such as
Yellowstone National park, where
great success has been met with II
the preservation of elk and other
species OF game. AS the forest re.
serves are already government prop
erty. it is held that the proposed leg.
islation is only amendatory and that
it only sets aside portion of these
reserves as the breeding places OF
animals, birds or fish, within the linn.
its of which 1t will be unlawful to
hunt, trap or capture game. The SUI
perv' ION OF the reserves under the
proposed law is TO be under the direc.
ton Of the secretary Of agriculture,
who may. when necessary, order the
capture of animals, birds or fish for
propagation or scientific purposes.
Otherwise the game within the boun-
daries of these preserves is to be pro-
tectd and a heavy penalty imposed
for their unlawful molestation.
That Congressman Lacey is thor
oughly convinced of the necessity
for such legislation is apparent in a
recent statement in which he said:
"The general destruction of game
birds and fish has attracted public
attention and met with general con-
aemnation. Now that these forest re,
serves have come and come to stay
1t would be good policy to provide in
them places of refuge for some of
the small remainder of our once
abundant animal life. These reserves
would have breeding grounds from
which the surrounding country would
be re-stocked; thus an additional ben
eficial use would be added TO our gen.
eral system of forestry"
Those who are familiar with Con-
gresham Lacey's record in congress
know that he is not given to propo-
sitions of visionary character. For
years he has been chairman Of the
public lands committee and in this
capacity has become familiar with
the conditions and needs existing
throughout the country. The pro-
posed legislation would be a great
aid in preserving the game and fish
of the country and the passage of
such a law would be welcomed by
Coloradoans.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

behring's 1000 feet deep in New
Orleans have encountered nothing
more soliu than mud. sand and a
thin clay; hence the problem of max,
ing safe foundations for the piers of
gigantic railroad bridge which is
soon to be butt across the Missis.
sippi, near the city, is a hard one
for engineering science. The piers
will rest on timber caissons, each
measuring over 60 feet by 126, and
140 feet high. The bottoms of these
caissons will be 40 feet below the
surface of the river.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
THE PREFERENCE LAW
THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA
PASSES UPON THE OLD SOL
DIERs' MEASURE.

Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE supreme
court held in the Mcbride case from
Buchanan county that soldiers who
seek preference in appointment un.
der the soldiers preference law must
show that they are"equaIly qualified
for the place they seek with the civ.
ilian with whom they compete in o..
der to acquire any rights under the
statute.
The law Is construed by the court
Before making THE appointment
the board or officer who is required
to select Is bound to make an investi-
CATION as to the applicants qualifica-
tons. If these are not equal TO those
of the other persons under consider.
alton. he is not of the class of per-
sons previously defined and in whose
favor the preference was voted. If
Of equal qualification, however, he
would not necessarily be entitled 20
the position or Office for all might
prove to be disqualified and there.
fore to render his employment obliga.
tory and enforcibre. BY proceedings
in mandamus it is further exacted
that he must be of good moral char.
acter and able to perform the duties
of the position he occupies"
In other words, to get the aivan-
tage of the soldiers preference law
the veterans must not only be equal
ly capable with the civilian, but must
have a good moral character and be
able to discharge the duties of the
place.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
GET THE DESCRIPTION.
A Little Care Would Greatly FaeiH-
tate Payment of Taxes.

The office of the county treasurer.
George Thompson, is ready to re-
ceive the first half of the taxes of
1906 and payment is being made By
quite a number of people from day to
day. Deputy J. N. Endicott makes a
suggestion for the benefit of some
taxpayers that if needed will save
time and annoyance. The gentle.
man says: Bring your last tex re-
ceipt with you when you come to pay
your spring taxes. If you dc not
have the receipt, be sure you know
the description and the location of
your property, and especially in what
district it is located" A little tims
taken in finding out these point, Will
enable the taxpayers to Obtain their
receipts in half the time thar would
otherwise be requird.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
"A prominent financler claims

"A prominent financier claims to
know that John D. Rockefeller's in.
come is $6O,OOO,OOO. With this sum
as basis it has been figured out
that his income every day of the year
is 1854, 3S3.52. Every hour of the
twenty-four, waking or sleeping,p play
ing golf, or skating, sitting in church,
or experimenting the new house at
Pocantico, John D. Rockefeller is sure
that $6,S40.9S is accommodating for him.
This is STA minute. His fortune
accumulates at the rate of $190 every
time the clock ticks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The first case on record where a
boy voluntarily entered the Iowa state
reform school came to light this week
when John Heenan, the 16-year-old
son of Mrs. Fred Huffman of Ottum-
wa knocked on the doors of the in.
stitution at Eldora and requested 10
be admitted. Once before he had
been an inmate of the reform school,
but he had been released. His con.
duct has been exemplary since he
went home. but it was then the turn
of the boy to become dissatisfied ami
he decided TO return and be a state
charge again.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

and SO years of age, Judge c. c.
Cole. for many years dean of Drake
university law school, has received
notice from President Henry S.
Pritchard of the Carnegie foundation
that he has been designated as one
of the college professors who are to
receive pensions from the $4,000. 900
fund provided through the generosity
of the Scotch philanthropist. Judge
Cole has been granted an allowance
of $3.50 per year, payable monthly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
THE OPEN AIR CURE.

The state board of control Is having
plans made for the hospital for con
sumptives at Iowa City, which viii
be opened about July /.
One building, for administrative
purposes, will be erected. In add
ton what are called "shacks" will be
erected in the natural oak grove that
runs down from the north of the land
toward the south for the accommoda.
ton of the patients.
These shacks will be built of wood,
about six feet from the ground, with
all four sides on hinges so that they
may be lifted up and the air allowed
to circulate as freely through the
structures under the roof as if there
were no walls. In addition wide
porches will surround the structures
and the beds of the patients can be
run out on these porchss.
The theory of the hospital Is to give
the patients good, wholesome food In
regular diet, exercise them and com.
pei them to live in the open air. This
cannot be done in steam-heated brick
buildings. 1t can only be done in the
kind of "shacks" which have been Je-
scribed. t..
Some of the famous hospitals or
colonies organized for the cure cf
consumptives use tents, only, for the
patients. This the state of Iowa will
not attempt.
With good food and open air living
north Of Iowa City the doctors pc
lieVe that practically every incipient
case Of tuberculosis can be cured
And now 1000 people die every year
in Iowa from this disease.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.

Editor HFald:--In your issue OF
Friday night B. r. A. referred to the
magnificent hymn, Lead, Kindly
Light" as not distinctively Christian.
If he will but remember that in this
Christian era the light of the world
is Jesus Christ, he will NOT need to
explain by addition the meaning of
the lines of that great Christian,
scholar and poet, Cardinal Newman.
IN. r.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
.HAMDLETON FOR
SPEAKER PRO tenn
MAHAskA COUNTY MAN HONOR
ED BY LEGISLATURE.
KENDALL is CHOSEN SPEAKER.
Organization of House Is Effected
and Long List Of Employees
Named - Harmony Pre-
walls Over ALL

Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE house re-
publican caucus unanimously nomin-
ated N. E. Kendall of Monroe county
for speaker and A. F.. N. Hambleton
of Mahaska for speaker pro tenn. Inc
following organization was effected by
unanimous vote:
Chief Clerk-C. R. Benedict, Shelby
county,
Assistant crerk-Deunis OLeary OF
Pottawattamie
Reading clerk-A. E. Kepford of
Ida county.
Engrossing clerk--Mrs. NJ. Heist of
Wayne county.
Enrolling clerk-Gertruie Marshall
of Polk.
Journal clerks-E. j. Frisk OF Polk
and w. G. Watt of Linn.
File clerk-H. c. Byers of Hancock.
Assistant file clerk-Lars Nelson of
Cherokee.
Bill clerk-B. S. Record of Dallas.
Assistant bill clerk--C. HARDWOOD of
Montgomery.
Sergeant-at-arms-Mack Hellfnger
of Grundy.
Assistant postmaster-Ber Lam
bly, of Calhoun.
Chief doorkeeper-T. w. Hazelton
of Winnishiek
Assistant door keepers-T. d. Ross
of Boone, George Wheatley of Fay.
cite. w. T. Graham of Lucas, l. D.
Jones of Monroe, r. c. Kennedy OF
Guthrie, J. w. Plummer of Butler,
Henry Johnson of Emmett, James E.
Frashier of Marion, j. r. White OF
Hamilton, George ID, Thomas of Polk,
r. G. Sherry.
Legislative Gossip.
The senate republicans will held
their caucus this afternoon and the
democrats will also hold caucus at
the same time. There is some talk
that the democrats may not maks any
nomination against Mate Kendall
for speaker. This would certainly be
very graceful tribute to the coming
speaker and one which would I'M
doubtedly be appreciated by him as
Well as by his republican colleagues.
1t is said that the democrats will
nominate at their caucus eolored
man for the position of file clerk.
The successful republican candidate
is a brother of the recently inaugur-
ated attorney general and the colorei
man whom he defeated will, it is said,
be nominated by the democrats.
Senator Dolliver is expected to
reach the city tomorrow. S. T. Mes
ervey of FIT. Dodge, his manager, has
been on the ground for some time.
He says that the senatorial situation
is eminently satisfactory TO the
friends of the junior U. S. senator.
He admits, however, that there have
been attempts made of late to induce
Gov. Cummins to permit his name to
be mentioned as a candidate against
Dolliver. These attempts" said Mr..
Meservey, have come from both fac
tons of the republican party, but 1
don't believe that enough of the
friends of Gov. Cummins in the mem.
bership of the house and senate would
go back upon their expressed or i'm
piled endorsement of Senator Dolli-
yer to enable any scheme for sscu--
ing his defeat to make much head
way" j. w. Richards.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
HURT BY HAND-cAR.
Serious Accident Befalis Thirty Men
On Northwestern.

Marshalltown, Ia, Jan. 12.-Ben N.
Thoraman Of Cedar Rapids and 9TH
ers, all employees of the Hall Electric
Co., placing the automatic signal
service on the Northwestern, were
injured in hand car collision last
evening, Thoraman is the worst
hurt and is in the hospital. The
cars were racing to town when the
first was derailed. The others piled
up and thirty-two men n all were in
the accident.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
Knoxville Man Killed While Serving
Sick Friend.

Knoxville, Ia, Jan, 12.-While
hunting pigeons for sick neighbor
in the top of an old deserted elevator
near the Burlington tracks, w. H.
Frame, an aged and prominent citi.
zen lost his balance in some unac.
countable manner a1i crashed to his
death to the bottom of the structure.
His crushed and broken body was
found by his SON David, last night,
with the neck broken and head ter.
ribly mangled.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

-Colfax Clipper: At this time the
indications are that about the only
man we can nominate for president
with absolute certainty of electing
him Is Leslie M. Shaw. The republI.
cans of Iowa would, of course. be
glad to support him. He is the most
leyel-headed and brainiest man men,
toned for the place. We nope 20
see him nominated.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
LAcEY's BILL APPROVED.

Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftail: Congress
man JOIN F. Lacey of Iowa will make
a final effort to secure the passage of
a law during the present session for
the conserving and protecting of
game in the United States. Major
Lacey has long been an ardeat advo-
cate of such legislation. He Is au-
thor of the bill which was fayorably
reported last session by the house
committee, but which was put on the
calendar so late in the session that
its supporters were unable to force
it's consideration. AS Major Lacey's
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
There must be something dol

There must be something doing
in Brighton. The News jumps to its
feet to explain: "As repeating and
rehashing seems to be the order OF
the day. 1T seems proper for us to
say at this time that we have not
absorbed, soaked up, confiscated, pur.
Joined or otherwise appropriated our
first wifeAs children's share of their
mothers estate in order to keep the
News on its feet while under the
present management"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
-InformaIlon received b,

Information received by the
Presbyterian board of missions iadi-
Gates that the famine in China Is more
serious than at first thought. Owing
to the heavy rains 10000 suuare miles
were flooded in the northern districts
of Kiangsu ana Anhui provinces. The
district supports population OF Is,
100000 people, and nc crops have
been gathered this fall. Thousands
are living on one meal a DAY, aud
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The promising son who had been
elected to the legislature wrote the
following to the folks down on the
farm:
Dear Pop: Tomorrow l take the
floor"
Ind the old man replied:
Dear Bill: BRING it home. We
need kindling wood"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
MONEY FOR NEW ROAD.
Vinton Anxious For Competition In
Railway Service.

Vinton, Ia, Jan. 12.-At an enthu-
siastic meeting of the Booster club
of Vinton $4,000 was subscribed in
about thirty-fve minutes for the
building of new railroad fourteen
miles south of here. The attendance
was over six hundred, ami by reason
of the fast that the town has long
been hampered with only one rail-
road system. the Rock Island.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Secretary Shaw has just said OF
the government financial situation
that, besides the excess of revenues
over expenditures during the year, an
important factor in Increasing the
cash balance was the receipt of about
$31, 100000 from the sale of $30,OOO,,
900 per cent Panama bonds" I'm,
Gle Sans gilt-edged credit Stands
without a parallel. ....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Since Missouri first voted for
Bryan ten years ago bank deposits in
the state have increased $247,000,000
Last years gain in deposits was SIS,
100000. Missouri didn't get what il
voted for in 1896, but the substitute
ought to be satisfactory.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The person who can't get help
never advertised. 1t is seldom pos
sible that out of the population OF
four or five counties somebody can't
be found to do the work desired.
The only problem is to find the per,
son. ask everybody about it in a
small newspaper ad.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
According to the Press of tina

According to the Press of that
town, a Bussey merchant loaned a
man some money one day not lors'
ago. He went out and straight to
the depot to pay freights on mail
order goods from Chicago. Then the
merchant bought kicking machine
and put it out in the woodshed back
of the store. and he goes out every
day and turns 1t on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

In one of the churches in Clin-
ton the attendance at Sunday school
the Sunday before Christmas was
over 300. last Sunday it was only
ninety-two. The Herald charitably
suggests that perhaps the rain had
something to do with it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

-Iowa's mineral output equals that
of Alaska, yet a certain class of
Iowans rush off to that inhospitable
cline and endure all sorts of hard
ships in order to get what they could
obtain with less effort and more com
fort at home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Fourteen thousand baths were
taken at the Y. NJ. c. A. during 1906.
This" as DR.. Rodgers suggested,
shows that the Y. NJ. C. A. is doing
It's fun share towards cleaning up Os-
kalooSa"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

kindly advice to grocers from
the Keokuk Gate-City: Don't mon.
key with Uncle Sam by selling adul
terated goods in defiance of the new
pure food law. He has a hand al.
most as large as the hand of provi-
de1ce, and when he brings it down
some one is bound to get hurt"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Governor Cummins has offered a
reward of 5000 in cash for the arrest
of Haz Hedge, the former Burlington
negro who shot James Morton, re-
sulting in his death on December 81
at Keokuk, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The north pole is caid to be
moving southwark at the rate of
twenty miles a year, and there is u
growing suspicion that Walter Well
man intends either to wait tor it or
meet it ha,f way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The Macomb By-Stander has
made a good diagnosis of the case
1t says the trouble is that there are
only enough freight cars to handle
the business under a democratic al
ministratioa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Brighton Enterprise: The Oska-
loosa Herald has just bought a new
press which will print 6,OO0 sheets an
hour on both sides AMI fold them.
The Herald is a prosperous paper
and a good one.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The Keokuk Gate-City puts The
case exactly right. 1t says: "The
place where a man makes his money
ought to be a good enough place for
him to spend it."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The monthly mean temperature
for the state, as shown by the rec.
ords of lis stations, was 1874 de.
grees, which is OF degrees above the
normal for November.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The Muscatine Journal has o.
served that mans credit never gets
SO bad but what he can borrow All
the trouble he can take care of.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

More than 100000 Americans Wis.
tied Paris last year, which helps ex-
plain why so little of the big balance
of trade in favor of this country is
paid in cash.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Two French army officers fought
a duel the other day and one was
mortally wounded. 1t is not explain.
eed how tine accident happened.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
Rla Price Tor Earm.

William Cash, Of Hilton township,
Iowa county, has sold his farm for
$3.50 per acre. This Ia the highest
price ever paid for Iowa county Iaad.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Nov that railway passes have
been abandoned, Oskaloosa might
profit by securing a shoe factory.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

others are selling their children for
food, or killing them rather than see
them starve.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

Republicans should put up their
best man" for mayor this spring.
The exigencies of the case demand it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

st. Petersburg to Philadelphia,
Howl"