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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
in RED RIVER VALLEY
Letter From a Bank Cashier to An
Iowa Man.

Borup, Norman Co, Man., Aug. 7.
Mr.. j. M. Heron, Atty. 0skaloosd,
Iowa. Replying to yours Of recent
date, we note what you say. that
some people seem to think that this
country gets too much rain, or rain
enough to practically make 1t a
swamp. viii say, that in rs years of
farming nere by some of the old set
tiers, they claim that out of The 20
years, one season, namely two years
ago. mas been too wet. AS rule they
say, it is rather too dry here in place
Of TOO much moisture. This is a fact
as the writer has been a resident here
for eight years, and all years except
two years ago, it has been rather dry.
We are going to harvest bumper
crop, and lands in crop viii pay from
s12 tos2O per acre this year, and still
We nave only an average fair
chop not a large crop, but
only fair. People must see this
luntry" to appreciate wlat it is.
Rumors, or stories are nothing AID we
find it is the Canadian LAID agents
advertising our country as swamp
We own over 1000 acres of the Ca1-
adian gold mine land that W. bought
2 years ago at 1880 per acre and We
would be we'll satisfied to ges our
money back. They have practically
no crop there this year. We are ac-
quainted with very large area OF
Canada and bought near Long Lake
north from Regina, a country n
Canada that should get more moisture
tnan any part of w stern Canada;
but yet from drought they have no
crop. Now we are thankful of being
lucky enough TO locate in country
that has the reputation of getting too
muc1" rain in place of mot enough.
With too much rain, feed Is always
plenty, pasture good, hay crops big,
but in the dryed up countries of west
ern Dakotas AID Canada, they get alb
solutely nothing in such years.
When a country like ours can raise
plenty Of feed, clover of any kind, blue
grass, timothy, June grass, red top,
winter grain and spring grain, even
corn up to DO bushels per acre mark
etable" which we do not boast of, 1t
seems to us we have the country that
any farmer ought not to fad fault
with. II piece of ilani Is wet and
needs drainage, we have me fall,
namely from 6 to IL foot per mile due
west or from to Is foot per mile due
northwest and the cost of drainage is
very small, usually from % celts tol
So per acre TO Grain.
1t is much cheaper at any price tol
drain water of the lands, than to put
the water on the lands. We nave thel
richest soil in the west; we have the
coming country. People will see their
in the near future by buying
elsewhere. Our lands are generally
crawling up in prices and it will not
be many years before 500 will be the
average price per acre. The writerl
is an old Iowa "Winnebago" Co. man,
and as far as soil is concerned, wet o.
drought, crops, ETC., would not ex-
change acre for acre for most of the
lands there.
Bank of Borup,
By E. L. Berg, Cashier.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15

all that nodded from a distance.
Marion, Monroe, Lucas and Mahaska
counties were pretty well represented.
Rev. H. ]. King and Rev. Rogers gave
us good talks. Rev. Ernest Rankin
gave prayer and most of the Mad
iy brothers talked awhile. The boys
had a nice game OF ball. There was
fried and baked chicken. cake. pie
and all such things that go to make
a grand dinner also lemonade and ice
tea by the tub fulls.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
TORNADO STRIKES
La CROSSE, WIS.
FACTORIES, RESIDENCES AND
CHURCHES WRECKED.
SHADE TREES ARE UPRooTED
Pleasure Seekers Thrown Into Mis-
sissippi River When Their Crafts
Are Swamped-Reports
of Drowning.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 12.-The
worst tornado ever experienced in La
Crosse, swept through the city at
eight o'clock Sunday morning, and in
is minutes had done an enormous
amount OF damage, SO great. indeed.
and widespread. that no accurate esti-
mate of its extent can be made, but it
will run into the tens of thousands Of
dollars in the city of La Crosse alone.
There have been greater storms In
this vicinity within the last few years,
many OF them causing loss Of life and
great damage to property, but until
Sunday the city was untouched. The
storm worked great havoc to factories,
residences, churches and electric com
panies, and brought to earth thousands
of the most beautiful shade trees,
making the streets and walks in
places impossible. The tornado was
accompanied by a furious rain.
Pleasure Craft swamped.
The day was fair and warm. with
no prospect of weather disturbances,
and hundreds Of people were already
upon the river for the day, or had
gone into the country on picnic par
ties.
The greatest alarm was caused when
the savage, twisting wind struck the
water and the frail pleasure craft on
1t. In many cases the boats were
swamped, the inmates being thrown
into the water and obliged to swim &c
shore. In other cases. the occupants
OF the boats, unable to get to shore
with them because Of the wind, aban
doned them and, leaping into the wa
ter, swan for shore. There are re
ports of drownings, and one witness
claims to have seen boat containing
two men overturn and go down with
its passengers. but there has been nc
confirmation Of these reports.
Factory District Damaged.
All along the river front the storm
swept, doing great damage to the fac
tory district At the Listman mill
where the Foster Construction com
pany Of Milwaukee is erecting big
plant, the superstructure Of the mill
went down.
Among the plants which suffered
most was the new Mitchell brewery,
now in process of erection. The huge
steel and concrete chimney, So feet
high, was torn of close to the ground
and crashed IL a mass of ruins across
the street. In its fall the chimney
tore the siding from the store Of VIII
liam Grams, and hEd 1t been a few
feet longer 1t would have crushed this
building like an eggshell, killing the
people living in the fats in the upper
story. This chimney alone represents
a loss of $4,000. The new brewery
building proper also suffered, part Of
the walls going down.
The storm then crossed the street
and ripped portions Of the roof from
the old brewery building. At this
point also a huge cottonwood tree
two feet In diameter, was torn out by
the roots and hurled over the cottage
of John Fuller, crushing the building
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Engineer Is Killed and Fireman "a.
tally Injured.

Springfield, Mo. Aug. 12.-Passen.
ger train No. 1Os. the fast Memphis
Kansas City train on the st. Louis &
San francisco railroad was wrecked
near Mountain Grove. Mo-. 70 miles
from here, Sunday. resulting in the
death OF Engineer James McKenna,
Of this city, and fatal injuries to Fire
man James Overland. OF this city.
The train was running at high rate
OF speed when. II is supposed. a de-
fective rail- ditched the engine. The
mail car was also derailed. None OF
the passengers was killed. but all were
badly shaken up. A relief train carry
Ing physicians went from here to the
scene Of tne wreck. The mail clerks
we're bruised but not dangerously hurt.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15


II Is something out of the ordinary
for a ball player to make five hits
during any game. and especially in
that many times at bat Many have
played all their lives and have not Sc
cured five hits In game. Others are
satisfied to say: Well, made five hits
of so and so at one time" and then
retire. But to make five hits twice in
one season, or TO be exact, twice in
side OF month, is record that few
will ever boast Of. But Honus Wag-
ner, "the Flying Dutchman," of the
Pirates. holds that record, and 1t is a
question If 1t has ever been beaten
not during the past 20 years-at least,
the records will not produce them.
Wagner made his first five hits on
May 10, while Pittsburg was playing
at Boston, with Young, Dorner and
Boultes pitching. The big fellow
cracked out trio of singles, double
and home run, total nine bases, while
his second quintet of hits was made
In Pittsbugg against Stricklett, OF
Brooklyn, when he hammered out
three singles, double and triple, a
total Of eight bases.
When 1t is taken into consideration
that but four players in the two major
leagues, three In the, National and one
in the American, have made five hits
In a game, 1t can be seen that Wag-
ner's record stands high. ~
In a game against Boston, with
Young, Pfeffer and Boultes pitching,
Seymour, the middle fielder of the
Giants, cracked out two triples, a
home run and two singles. making the
seasons record tor IL bases.
Phil Lewis, the Pittsburg boy, who
covers short for Brooklyn, is the other
player who has made five hits in
game. This he accomplished against
McGinnity and Wiltse in New York
on June 8. Phil made pair of singles.
the same number of doubles and one
triple, a total of nine bases.
The only other player in the major
leagues to accomplish this perform
ance Is Stovall, of Cleveland, who on
LILO oCtOuu udy VI llO bCdoOhJ
Cleveland met Detroit, the Maps first
sacker cracked out five singles
against Willetts and Jones.
Besides making FIVE hits twice this
season, Wagner has also four hits to
his credit on May rs, when the Pitts
burg team was in st. Louis, against
Beebe, Karger and Brown pitching.
Wagner made three singles and dou-
BILE, 30 that he not only leads the
country in five hits in game, but he
has the distinction of being the only
player who has made four hits three
times. The nearest anyone comes to
the big German is Bates and Beau
mont, of Boston, who have each made
four hits twice; Lumley, of Brooklyn,
who has twice made a quartette Of
hits, and Rhody Wallace, the Millvale
Scott" of st. Louis, who has also hit
safely four times twice this season.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
FIRE IN DIES MONIES.
The Gee Wink Factory is Completely
Detroyed.

Dies MONIES, Aug. 12.-Fire Of I'M
known origin yesterday noon com
pletely destroyed the plant OF the
Gee whiz Manufacturing company at
1415 East Eighteenth street. The
loss Is about $4,000 and the insur-
ance win total between $4,000 and
$1,000. probably About fifteen peo-
pie are temporarily thrown out Of
employment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
eoMPEas is SILENT.
Labor Leader Refuses to Discuss OPP
orators Strike.

Des Moines, Aug. Ia. President
Samuel A. Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor ignored the tele-
graphers' strike during his address at
the Epworth League Chautauqua at
Colfax yesterday afternoon and he
refused to discuss 1t after he had fin
ished.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned from Pull
pit and Sanctuary.

The United Presbyterian church
joined in a union service with the
First Presbyterians Sunday morning
and Rev. T. v. Dugan preached. The
United Presbyterian church is now
undergoing repairs and as the work
is not yet completed only four classes
of the Sunday school could be accom-
modated in the parlors. Rev. Dugan
took for his subject 1.-THE Sure Foun-
dation," and delivered a most inter
esting sermon. Mr. II. P. Davis rem
dered a vocal solo.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
divorce Il Denied.

One more couple has been turned
down when applying for marriage
license because OF the new divorce
law. The lady in the last case was
only divorced last January and must
wait until that time next year before
she can accomplish her desire. /.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
NO HELP AVAILABLE.
Hotel at Summer Resort Is Closed Of
Necessity.

Sac City. Ia Aug. l2.-Because
help cannot be had at any price. the
only hotel In the town OF Lake View
has been closed to the public. The
task OF serving meals to those who
flock to the lake resort town is greater
than Landlord Haggin and his wife
can handle.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
Friends, ouarterIy Meeting.

Saturday was the day for the quar-
terly meeting of the Friends church,
and the meetings were held in the
Yearly Meeting house northwest of
the city. Service for worship was
held at 10 o'clock n the morning, at
which there were about fifteen minis
tiers from this vicinity and number
of short addresses were made. A
basket dinner was served on the
grounds at 7oon and afterward fol-
lowed the usuel business session. AS
1t was the last quarterly meeting be-
fore the yearly meeting Of the Friends
denomination, the business consisted
principally of the reading of the re-
ports of committees, statistics of the
work accomplished during the past
three months. The attendance was
large during the whole day and an
enjoyable as well as profitable time
was had. The yearly meeting will be
he'd at the same place beginning on
the 9th of this monti1.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
Man Al His Best.

Loginus; We most resemble the
gods when doing good and speaking
truth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
The Union Service.

Rev. E. r. rurdy, of the Friends
church preached on why We Should
Be Christians at the union church
services in the evening just north of
the Presbyterian church. The time
of meeting has BEEN placed fifteen
minutes earlier, at p M, in order
that dismissal could be made before
dusk. The meeting was largely at
tended and a most helpful service
was enjoyed by all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
WAGNER HOLDER
OF ONE RECORD
FAMOUS PIRATE sHoRTsToP HAS
TWICE MADE FIVE HITS
! IN ONE GAME.
FEATs BY OTHER PLAYERS

Seymour and Lewis In National
League and stovaIl In the AmerI-
can Have Each Knocked Out
quintet Of Satellites In One Game
This season--Men with Four to
Credit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15

Eddyville has attracted quite q
number OF oskaloosa boys there the
last week on account Of the carnival.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15

The Standard Bearers, the young la.
dies. missionary society Of the Cen
trail M. E. church, held their regular
meeting Saturday afternoon at the
nome of one of its members, Miss
Franc Vernon, $40 High avenue east,
The attendance was not large, only
ten members being present. Plans
were made for raising of money TO
assist tneir missionary, Miss Kate Og.
born, in her missionary work among
the Chinese. A number OF readings
were given. Following the meeting
light refreshments weTe served by
the hostess.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
You Never Can Tell.

rou never Can Ieil.
Love your enemies and let them
know that you love them. They may
get rich.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-08-31
GL|DDEN'S WAY
~NNN~O~O~00

Mabel went into the library and found
the old gentleman sitting there will
his newspaper She perched herself or
the arm of his chair and, as he looked
particularly stern and forbidding, be-
gan to twist his near whisker around
her slim fore6nger, which was a little
way she had. Upon which, the old
gentleman, with Il sigh of resignation
and evaporation blended, dropped his
paper in his lap and said:
"Well?"
"Oh, nothing" replied Mabel, contin.
ulng the curling process.
Then what in nation Don't dc
thar, girl! You're pulling me-"
Mabel tossed the newspaper to the
floor and slipped into Its place. "By
the way, papa she said, land apropos
of nothing on earth. what did you quar-.
rel with Mr.. Glidden about?"
The old gentleman's thick pepper,
and-salt eyebrows drew together In a
frown. "None of your business, miss, u
he answered.
"But l want to know"
"Well, II you want to know, 1t was
over political matter"
IL didn't know you ever went In for
politics. Tell me about It."
There's nothing to tell. I wasn',
directly Interested. You're giving me
Il cramp In my knee. Pick up that pa,
per and give 1t to me and skip. Isn't
there any place l can go without your
coming along and bothering meY"
"Not any l know Of" replied Mabel,
calmly, "and | don't believe I'm hurt
ing your knee, either. 1t was about ten
years ago, wasn't it?"
That's right" said the old gentle
man. ut was In the presidential cleo
ton Of '06 Time Bryan ran against
Mckinley"
"Was Mr.. Glidden for McKinleyY"
"He said Mckinley would win. I
don't think he was ever for anybody
but Glidden."
"Well. he was right, wasn't he?"
Certainly he was right. oh, GER
tainly"
"well!"
''Well, he made some darned imper-
tinent remark. that's all, and not for
the first time by many. He-well, that's
all there was about It Now. run along
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-08-31

Do you remember the story Of the
sot who was picked up in the street,
taken to the dukes house, put into the
dukes bed, and found himself, when
he awoke, surrounded by a bowling and
obsequious throng? He stared at them.
He could not understand. There were
silken clothes lying on the chair His
morning meal was being handed him on
a gold tray. He fell back In bed and
exclaimed, "Oh l am dreaming! This
Is not me! 1t cannot possibly be me !!
1t must be somebody elseW Why did
he think this? 1t was not altogether
because he knew he was not a duke.
The real reason for his astonlshment
lay deeper than that. He thought so
little Of himself that he knew nobody
else could think very much Of him. At
heart, the poor sot had no self-respect.
People never think any more of you
than YOU think Of yourself. This does
not mean that you are to pretend, or
that you are to be proud, and go along
thinking only Of what superior per-
son you are. But 1t does mean that
people will never take off their hats to
you unless you hold up your head.
Don't apologize for what you are. One
Of the saddest spectacles In the world
Is that of man who Is too humble to
demand respect, or too apologetic to-
command attention, or too much of a
moral weakling to assert his rights
The world will never search you out,
and drag you into the limelight and
say, Here he is We have been want
ing to find him, so that we could show
him respect, and reward him, and give
him all the Difference and honor he de-
serves" No; the world will let you
stay in your obscure corner, and will
give Its honor and rewards to the man
with half your ability and twice your
self-respect Say, 81 know what | am.
| know what l can do. | know how
good my work is. | know, too, that l
am struggling daily to make myself Il
more complete man, to increase my field
of effort, and to do better work. l
will not be puffed up with false pride,
but | viii not be obscured by mock
modesty. l am not the best man in
the world, nor yet the most able man,
or the most skilled workman; but am
what l am, and no one shall dare to
take from me one smallest portion Of
my self-respect, or fail to give me the
fullest measure of the recognition that
is mine"
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and with the use Of what Is commonly
called Inside information" for the
financial benefit of directors 1t was
voted. after some discussion, e"that no
member of the board shall buy or sell
any stock or shares of the company
without previously announcing his in
tention to the directors, or shall have
any Indirect holding of the stock or
shares without disclosing the fact to
the board" 1t was also declared that
no director having special knowledge
of the company's trading results should
buy or sell shares until such knowledge
Is in the hands of the general body of
shareholders. The evil of the use by
directors, for their own profit, of in
formation which Is theirs. by virtue of
their position Is not confined to Great
Britain. 1t is a wholesome sign that
the injustice Of 1t is beginning to be
noticed. There is another side of the
matter in which the public is directly
Interested. In the meeting Of the Eng
lish corporation referred to, there was
a reference to the fact that q recent
considerable advance in the price Of
the stock had taken place with no ap-
parent reason and without justification
by the present business or future out
look. The inference was that inside
information" had been allowed to get
out which was not Information at all,
but misleading statements put forth for
the purpose Of enabling some one to
make turn in the market Private
tips" cannot be trusted. Such action
as that taken by the British corpora
tion would prohibit no legitimate trad
Ing by any person, whether a director
or not, who, by the maintenance Of
corps of Informing agents or a staff of
correspondents, or through any other
outside channel, becomes possessed of
Information which Is likely to affect the
price of shares. That method Is honest
and above board, and entities man
to the profits Of his energy and fore
sight.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-08-31

Beaten by Frenchman in the dis
covery of substitute for butter, the
American has now far outstripped his
scientific rival across the sea in turning
that discovery to commercial uses. One
result is that American manufacturers
are shipping hundreds Of tons OF oleo-
margarine back to the land of Its ORR
gin every year, and are selling 1t there
cheaper than the Frenchmen them
selves can make It. Chicago is now the
center OF the oleomargarine industry OF
the world.-Technical World Magazine.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-08-31

When n young woman's heart Is
broken by tickle sutor she is consid-
cred justified in claiming damages In II
good round sum for the breakage. With
superior masculine business instinct n
young man In New York has started a
precedent by handing in an itemlzed
bill of the expenses of courtship when
the fair one proved false. The male
heart may be tougher in Its breakage
than that Of the more susceptible sex,
but the money plaster Is quite as etil-
caclous In the one case rs In the other
and 1t does seem that II is hardly fair
to leave the unlucky swain with an
empty purse as well as with denuded
heart.
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The engineer who the famous Rocket Of George
Stephenson, the first passenger locomotive to draw
passenger train in the world Is still alive in good health
and celebrated his nlnety-second birthday few weeks
ago at his home in Des Moines Iowa. Edward Entwstle
is the of the man who has this unique claim to
distinction.
Every effort made by numerous exhibitors in the
transportation department of the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position to have Mr. Entwiste 60 to st. Louis, he
had gone to Philadelphia at the Centennial Exposition
Large of money offered to him, and the temp
tton was great for the old engineer far from being
wealthy Owing to his extreme age, however and the
fatigues of 400 mile railroad Journey the offers
declined. Thirty years ago Mr. Entwistle had been
officially Invited to attend the Philadelphia Exposition
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-08-31

foot long with square holes cut In the
base Of it. some larger than others.
You stood off and shot at the holes.
If you got through the very biggest
hole you got your own marble back and
another one; If you got through the
next biggest you got three marbles, and
so on. The highest you could win was
twenty, but you could just barely get
through that. All the marbles that
missed going through any hole-and
most OF them did-went to the owner
of the board See?"
"I see," said the girl. "Sort Of a slot
MACHINE"
Not at ALL" corrected the old gen.
tleman. There was no gambling about
It. 1t oil depended on the skill Of the
players. There was one boy who al
ways shot at the biggest hole and he
won every time, until barred him out
for a sure-thing sport Well, while the
boys were shooting Glidden came up
and watched and presently declared
that no known marbles could go
through the twenty hole unless II was
hammered through. l called him liar.
Of course. and offered to fight him, but
he sald that fighting was wrong. which
is right. of course, and that he was
right. which he was / had been run
ming the game In perfect good faith.