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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
A RECORD VERDICT.
John Garfield Awarded $4,000 DAM
ages For Injuries.

Marengo, Ia, Oct. 2S.-Probably the
highest award ever given in a person
al injury suit in Iowa, verdict for
$4,000, was given to John Garfield, of
Independence, in the district court
here.
Garfield was injured near lndepend
ence, Iowa He was riding on hand
car on the Rock Island tracks at a
time of dense fog when he was struck
by an extra freight train. He was
frightfuIly hurt and lost one of his
legs as result of the accident. He
brought suit in Independence for 500
900 damages, but the case was trans
fcrred to the district court here for
trial.
Up to the time of the verdict in the
case the highest damage verdict was
secured by A. p. Huggard, of Daven-
port, in his famous suit against the
Glucose Sugar Refining Company,
amounting to more than $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31


Charlton is talking hospital
There is not a city or town in Iowa
that does not need hospital, com
ments the Burlington Hawk--Eyo
And If she has one, she win usually
find room for another. Where there are
two, the need Of the third is made
manifest and so on. The good old
times may really have had some things
that We're good and that ought to have
been preserved. But 1t is only the
very recent times that have given us
one of the best things in all modern
and that is the up-todate,
tirstclass hospital, There are many
other institutions that city might
dispense With, If it became absolutely
necessary, but one that could not be
spared. is the hospital After Chart
ton has had her new hospital for a
while, she win be wondering how she
ever got along without it."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.

Recent imperial DEGREES in China
contain some remarkable utterances
bearing upon the future position of the
Christian religion in the Celestial
Kingdom. In two important provinces
whose aggregate population is reckon
ed at 60,000,000, the New Testament
has been introduced into all the gov
ernment schools These provinces
have been the scene of remarkable
and the order just mentioned is re.
garded as resulting to some extent
from missionary influence. The reas-
ons given for this remarkable measure,
however, are rather non-religious in
their nature. The celestial mind sees
the Bible as the basis of western civil
ization and strength, and consequent
ly desires to place it alongside the
Confucian classics. Besides this or
der, it is reported that an imperial de-
cree has made Sunday a legal holiday
throughout the empire. Furthermore,
the most influential mandarin in China
has written, published, and circulated
through the government establish
ments in his province a book in which
he pleads for a more courteous and
liberal treatment OF the missionaries,
and declares that they have come to
persuade men to the practice of virtue
and are entitled to greater respect
than China has hitherto shown them.
prominent missionary In China
reports that a conspicuous writer in
one OF the leading newspapers in Pc
king, himself a Buddhist, has written
a startling article In which he adyo-
Gates the establishment of what he
calls "the Jesus Church" In China The
writer's argument is thus outlined:
~He begins by calling attention to
the present trend toward radical re-
forms. Then he notes that all import
ant reform movements emanate from
the west, and that when traced they
are found to crystallize about man
or group Of men; that these reformers,
when they are studied as to the source
OF the ideas and Inspirations, are
found to be imbued with the Jesus's
religion And so the writer concludes
that the snrest way to promote re-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
COL. SWALM'S TALK.
Makes Some American And English
Comparisons.

Des Monies, Oct. 29.-Colonel AL
Swain, in an address delivered before
the Business Mems club at their regu.
lar meeting held last night in the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, said that the
English people consider Uncle Sam
to be the "greenest ever when it
comes to shipping.
AS an illustration he pointed out
the fact that the United States is un-
able to muster enough ships to carry
coal for the big fleet which is about to
sail around Cape Horn to the Pacific
coast. The government is forced to
buy ships from other countries to use
for Golfers and supply ships. Eng
land, on the other hand, can muster
1000 ships for coaling purposes, while
Germany can collect 800. This is the
difference between the three countries.
Colonel Swain took for his subject
Some Comparisons" He first COM
pared municipal conditions He spoke
of the excellent service of the public in
situations in England, where all off,
cials hold down their jobs as long as
they are efficient. The officials there,
he says, are much more faithful to
their duty than the American, but
this is due, he believes. to the merit
system which is employed there. AS
long as man is faithful he holds his
position, but as soon as good cause
for his removal comes up he is taken
down. This system keeps good men
in Office for long periods and results
in much efficient work being done.
The high character of the city coun.
ellis in the English towns also Impress
ed Colonel Swain. They wouldn't
think for a minute of dividing munich
pal contracts among themselves. Mem
bers of the council who are hardware
merchants would not dare to take in
a $50 contract for ordinary hardware.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Conditions In Chicago of Interest
To Iowa Producers.
Chicago. Oct. %.

Chicago, Oct. 20.
CATTLE-An excessive run of cat,
tie and the money panic in New York
last week caused a decline in values
of 20c050c per cwt. Last weeks run
of cattle was close to the largest on
record, over $4,000 head being figured
in the receipts. Today, with run Of
1000 cattle, a few early sales on the
most desirable kinds were made on
about steady basis but after the first
round, market became very dull and
in most cases, again lower than the
very low prices of last week While
the run would not be considered ex-
cessiye today, taking into considera-
tion the cattle that were held over
from last week, it was more than
enough to meet the requirements of
the trade. Receipts will have to be
very light before we can see the least
improvement in the market and we
advise all readers of this paper to get
into communication with the Iowa
Live Stock Commission Company so
we can keep you closely posted by
personal letter and prevent you from
offering any unnecessary losses.
HOGS-Since the last market report
issued, we have had one of the worst
hog markets that has been experienced
in the past ten years. Trade has been
very unsatisfactory and prices are full
ly 100 per cwt. lower than 10 days
ago. Receipts today were unusually
light; will foot up about $4,000 with
10000 carried over from Saturday.
Market opened steady, however very
slow. I he packers seemed to feel in
different, not caring whether they
bought hogs or not The situation
has been bad for week and it is hard
to tell Just when it will change. Elk
treme top today for fancy light, $625,
with the bulk of all sales 51Ac@610.
Provision markets all ruled lower and
we figure on a slow market for few
days at least. $40
SIIEEP-The sheep and lambs mar
ket has also had quite setback and
prices up to today were 25c@50c lower
than week ago. Today, with very
heavy run Of 10000, market was again
in very unsatisfactory condition and
prices showed further decline of 15c
d25c per cwt. We advise going slow
on all kinds OF stock until the markets
get in more settled condition.
Iowa Live Stock Commission Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31

forms is to introduce and foster the
Jesus church and faith.
"But he also concludes that the re-
form work can only be successfully
carried on in China by natives, not by
foreigners; and SO he logically argues
that some eminent man must connect
himself with the Jesus religion, under
stand all about IL, become imbued
with it, and then become the repre-
sentative head OF 1t in China; SO that
all that is good about the religion may
find in q native Chinese who has the
confidence Of tic empire and people
a proper leader"
Further adyiees are to the effect
that the profession OF the Christian
faith, instead of being hipdrance to
secular preferment Is becoming a
credentiaL 1t is said that since the
Boxer uprising, when thousands were
killed. there has been such change
OF popular opinion that Christianity
is becoming popular in many places.
A number OF facts are cited in sup
port OF this: That more have been
baptized into the church in the last
five years than in the first eighty of
Protestant work in China; that Chris
tian colleges. north, central, and south,
are crowded with the sons Of the up
per classes; that several educated
Christians OF good standing have beer
called into positions of influence under
the Confucian government and that
some OF the greatest offices OF the
realm are coming into the hands of
men who have been trained IN Chris
tian institutions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
WON FIRST PRIZE.
A Herald Advertisement Proves Best
In Country.

Some time ago the proprietors OF
the Muncie Underwear sent cuts to
their customers throughout the coun-
try advising them that prize OF $40
would be given for the best news
paper advertisement containing the
cuts. Advertising Manager Golden, Of
the Baldauf- Rosenblatt Co., blocked
out an advertisement for the Herald
and 1t was set up by J. w. Moreland,
OF the Herald force. A copy Of the
paper containing the advertisement
was sent out to the factory, as were
hundreds of other papers from all sec
tons OF the country. The judges,
however, knew good thing when they
saw it. and this morning Mr.. Golden
was advised that the Herald adver.
tisement had won the first prize.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31

and save all that expensive transpor-
tation? The water supply here is the
best on the line. 1t is cheap and con.
tains no destructive sediment. The
yards here are the largest on the en-
tire line and no grading would be
necessary to double their capacity.
In short. everything points to 0ska-
loosa and we believe If the owners OF
the road win Investigate the location
thoroughly there win be no further
delay. The shops win at least be put
where they win best serve the inter
ests of the road.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
IOWA cEnrRAL cAR SHOES.

The destruction by fire of the car
shops at Marshalltown is a severe blow
to the Iowa Central Railway and to
the city which has enjoyed the pros
perity they have brought it for the
past forty years. The blow to the
railroad is especially severe at this
time, as just now there is urgent de,
mand for every possible piece of roll
ing stock TO be had. The people all
along the line will regret the loss and
will be disposed to put up with neon
veniences to favor the company at
this time.
Naturally the question arises, Will
the shops be rebuilt at Marshalltown?
There is reason TO believe they will
net. For twenty-five years the compa-
ny has been handicapped by not hay
ing the shops more centrally located
and have all this time looked for
good excuse to move them. Several
times options on land for them have
been taken in Oskaloosa, but when the
time for final decision came the own
ers OF the road considered the cost OF
moving too expensive Now that the
property has been destroyed it will
be just as cheap to build the new shops
in Oskaloosa as it would anywhere
else on the system.
Oskaloosa is the most strategic point
to be found for location OF the shops
and for the operation of the Iowa Cen
trail department OF the great Hawley
system, including the Minneapolis &
ST. Louis, the Alton, and the Des
Moines and Fort Dodge. This. city is
the natural division point on both the
north and south and the east and west
main lines which cross here. Practi-
cally all OF the through business on
the entire system passes through Os-
kaloosa. and it is only question OF
time until the line from Newton to
Des MOines is completed. and then
Oslkaloosa win be the hub OF the sew
eraI lines controlled by the company.
Every man who has been connected
with the operative department OF the
road for the past twenty years has
urged that the shops. headquarters and
Offices be located in Oskar
loosa. in the interests of better SER
vice, Of more convenience in themaite-
an Of trains, and economy OF operation.
All the coal that is used on the road
and in the shops Is hauled out Of os-
kaloosa. Why not put the shops here
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
GAMBLING The CAUSE.

William Il. Curtis writing to the
Chicago Record Herald from New
York says: The trouble on Wall
street during the past week would
never have occurred if speculation on
margins were not possible. 1t was en-
tirely gamblers furry, and the cri-
sis was caused by gamblers whose
confidence in the prices of the stocks
they held was shaken by the collapse
of the copper conspiracy and the ut
terances of the President and who
proceeded to get rid of them at the
best prices possible. The lack of con:
fidence was communicated to the in.
nocent public. The gamblers went
around with long faces and despond-
ent utterances and predicted the ruin
Of the world. Without thinking OF
Heinze and mis- crowd they denounced
the President Tor destroying the pri-
vate credit of the country and for dis
turbing confidence when he did moth
ing more than declare that all dishon-
est men should be punished, rich as
well as poor.
The earning capacity of no estab.
llshment in the United States was at
fected; the dividends of no corporation
were reduced; there was no cessation
Of business IN any line of activity
throughout the entire country and
while the gamblers were forcing down
stocks on Wall street, the prices OF
wheat and corn and other agricultural
products were soaring to almost un
precedented figures. The runs on the
banks in New York We're due directly
to the lamentations of the gamblers
who frightened honest depositors and
sent them to draw out their deposits
After the collapse of the copper ring
and tine scandalous exposures as to
the methods employed by Heinze and
his associate promoters, no one could
be expected to trust them c.. to trust
the banks which they had been man
ipulating.
Ii Heinze and his crowd had moi
been permitted TO buy and sell copper
on margins the disaster that finally
overcame them would not have DC
Cured If they had been compelled
to pay the full value of every share
of stock they bought, or if they had
been compelled to exact the full pur
chase price of every share of stock
they sold, there could have been nc
such complications as those in which
they became entangled, and in which
hundreds of thousands of innocent
holders of stock in copper mines
throughout the country have been in
volyed. If it had not been for the
collapse of the copper ring the Knick
erbocker Trust Company would mo-
have been compelled to close its doors
and the panic on the stock exchange
would not have occurred.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
VARIED EXPERIENCES.
Frank Hayes Writes Of His Work
In The Far West.

Portland, Orc, Oct. PAL have at
last taken a notion to write you a few
lines to let you know how | am get
ting along and what have been doing
for the two years. Well, when l first
came out here | stayed with my broth
or for few months, and then on
March 10, went to work on a ranch,
but made failure of that, SO then !
went into the woods and stayed
month or SO. Then came to Portland
and shipped out to some railroad work
and stayed there month or so. Then
took the train to Umatilla, Ore, and
then went to Elgin, Ore, to more rail
road work, but before that last place
! went to | stopped at a little town
between LaGrande and Elgin to stay
Tor month and half to work for my
board and room. The room was in a
hay loft and the work was in the beet,
fields. Now, the way they fix the
beets is peculiar. They plant them
with a planter just the same as you
would plant corn, only the rows are
eighteen inches apart instead of three
feet. Then when they get out of the
ground they hire people to thin them,
as they call it. They go bent over on
hands and knees with little hoe and
cut them all out except one about ey-
cry sixteen inches apart. They gen
orally pay about 81 per acre for thin
ming them in that way. That means
to crawl about 2h miles on your knees
for $500.
Now to Elgin. l went to work at
some more railroad work. Now, the
railroad work differs quite a bit from
the beet fields. You go out on the
grade, take a pick and No. 3 shovel
and dig in rock, mud, sand, and all
sorts of stuff. Other times you have
to take an eight-pound hammer and
pound long piece of steel, otherwise
driller, they call it, for ten hours
| or so.
But l was lucky enough to get in
the kitchen, as turnkey, or dish
washer and waiter combined. | stayed
there for three months. Then | went
| from there to Joseph with a thresheT
outfit to gather wood for the engine.
| When got to Joseph, Ore, | went
| to work in saw mill and stayed there
for three months and then went to
work on ranch three miles west OF
town. / stayed there for month
Then went to work in grist mill in
town. | stayed for twenty days, then
went to work for the Mitchell Hotel
and stayed for one month. Then
went out on the range, and stayed fol
seven days, then back to Elgin to rail
road work again. l stayed for three
months and came to Portland, and from
Portland l shipped out to Moscopolis
| Wyoming, to work in another saw mill
went as fireman and got it, too, and
more than wanted of it for a few
days, but soon got used to it.
| | stayed there for two months, Their
went to Seattle to my brother again
He was in the window cleaning work
and he started me out. l stayed fol
| three months, then l went to work or
the steamboat Flyer" that plies be
tween Seattle and Tacoma only.
stayed for three weeks and then came
to Portland the 23d inst. Wishing al
to remember me, Frank Hayes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
some one having attributed Geo.

Some one having attributed Geo.
f. Roberts success to luck, the Des
Moines Capital refutes the fallacy and
recites the studiousness and industry
of the man as the secret of his career.
ut pays to think and to read. says
the Capital ut is worth while to
prepare. We call the attention of the
young mechanics to Roberts career
and we urge them into the night
schools that are now open and ready.
Luck never does anything for any
man, but work win do it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
Substantial increase in the wages

Substantial increase in the wages
OF Iowa teachers is shown by tne re
ports from more than sixty county
superintendent to State Superintend-
ent Riggs in response to a series OF
inquiries recently promulgated by
him. A large majority OF the coun-
ties report that in most Of their dis
tricts the average rate of wages paid
to teachers has been advanced. The
reports of the county superintendent
also show that there is not such a
shortage of the supply Of teachers as
the people have thought.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
New Sharon Star: The Des Moincs

New Sharon Star: The Des Moincs
correspondent that grinds ont political
rot for the Marshalltown Times-Repub-
lican has eliminated Hon. Nate Ken
dali from the list of congressional can
didates in this district AS sly as you
keep il. il win be discovered that Mr..
Kendall is not to be disposed OF In
that manner More than that, the peo-
pie Of this district win do the nominate
ing for congress. Hired political ruff
fans who roost elsewhere viii not be
consulted. and any interference on
their part win be resented. IT'S a
mighty good time for those who breed
strife at 50 much a line TO attend to
their ownsbasiness. il they have any.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
sustalns Broken Wrlst.

Johnnie Barnes, the eleven-year-old
son of Mrs. Mary Barnes, met with q
very painful accident Saturday morn
ing. The little fellow with a number
OF other boy friends was playing at
the home OF Mrs. Fannie Brown, John.
ME had climbed into tree and was
crawling out on limb. when 1t broke
throwing him to the ground and break
ing his wrist.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
MoIlcEl

In continuing the marble and gran
lite business in Oskaloosa the sons of
r. w. Mccall wish to announce that
they are fully prepared to carefully
handle all monumental work entrust-
ed to them and can promptly fill all
contracts, large or small The F. w.
Mccall Marble and Granite Works,
Louis H. and Charles S. Mccall.
d1w-tf.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31
OUT or the MOUTHS OF BABES.

Muscatine Journal: Wisdom is
commonly believed to be an attribute
of age knowledge alone does not
constitute wisdom. One to be wise
must besides being well informed, well
educated and well fitted for the bat
ties of life also be able to think. Phil
osophy seems certainly a part OF wis
dom.
And yet how often from the mouths
Of babes and sucklings' come the
words OF wisdom. Down in Ottumwa
there is youthful philosopher who
has turned his mind to the field of
politics. His diction may be unpoi-
ished, his construction crude, but
there is that ring of sincerity, aye and
of common sense, about the follow
ing letter from his pen that would do
credit to much more pretentious
writer:
Leslie Briggs, aged Is, is con-
slant reader Of the Ottumwa Courier's
Junior page. He is also a regular
contributor to its columns. 1t is not
often that the boys and girls who
write for this page use its space for
political discussion. Perhaps while
many of them write for the Courier
Junior page only one of them is bless
ed with philosophical mind such as
lis Leslie Briggs.
Says Leslie:
Major John T. Lacey is resident
of Oskaloosa, Iowa. He served as
Congressman in our district, the 9th
for sixteen years with great distinc'
ton. He was soldier in the Civil
War, and was member of the 33rd
Iowa regiment, of which my grandpa
Evans was also a member and they
were comrades and lifelong friends
While in camp he kept up with his
law reading. When he returned homs
he resumed his studies and became
leading lawyer in oskaloosa.
He is a fine orator, speaks witt
great clearness and makes friends
with everyone.
"He has beautiful home and is de
voted to his family, which consists o.
his wife and two daughters.
while in Congress he was known
as the Old Soldiers Friend
HE is being talked of now as
candidate for Governor and we hops
to see the day when it will be Gov
ernor John F. Lacey, of Iowa.
If one might assume that Lesli;
was a fair example of the youth o
the Sixth district, one might holi
brighter views for the future of tina
political part of the state of Iowa thai
would be justified by the action o
the voters in the district who last fal
defeated for Congress this same Ma
jor Lacey.
Seriously, however, outside of Col
Palmer, no man is more apt to b'
favored by the standpat faction of thu
party for the gubernatorial nomina
ton than Major Lacey. With veal
man as the progressive candidate, q.
now seems certain to be the case, thu
Majors selection is well within The
realms of possibility. Perhaps Leslie
as well as being philosopher, ma.
be a political prophet.
There are many voters in Iowa, es
pecially in the Sixth district, who
hope to see the day when it will bC
Governor John +. Lacey"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-10-31

The City of Austin, Texas, has
signed with New York contracting
company for the rebuilding of the
great dam across the Colorado river
at that point, which was washed away
by the floods several years ago. The
new dam, which is to cost s1.500,000,
win form lake thirty miles long and
half mile wide.