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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08
COME AND FIND Me. BY Elizabeth
Robins. The Century Company, of
New York publishers ST 5O.

Robins. The Century Company of
New York, publishers. sl.5o.
Into the construction. characteriza-
ton and setting OF her new novel Miss
Robins mas thrown all the forcetulness
and power that renders her so en-
thralling as a writer of books.
Underlying the dun, 1nonotonoua
round of a routine life in common
place home, at the beginning of Come
and Find Me-" is the passion OF a
strong nature held in leash, but al
ways listening to the call of the uncN-
plored and always strainlng against
the thraldom of circumstance that
binds a man to inactivity. while other
men press on to the goal of his desires.
Throughout the whole story the pas
sion for the North that is like nothing
else on earth In the way of land love-
Is the dominating note. The spell of
the Far North rules the lives of every
one of the very real men and women
who hear the call Come and Find
Me- and who follow that call. in one
way or another. all their lives Mar
and Cheriot Jack Gaibraith and Hide
Earde. 1T different times and for diff
ferent reasons. reach the frozen beauty
and the Turing cruelty of the Far
North: and all their lives are remolded; |
but it 10 those who stay behind who
feel most deeply the Great Norths I
cruelty.
The very real. though long crusted-
over love of a hard woman for her
husband. the nero worship of two
girls for a man never seem the rare.
true friendship of these girls as they
grew into womanhood the l9ve of one,
passion mad for the North, for a pref
r. face: the love of strong man for
splendid girl, enduring to the end
all these things become part of the
readers own life as he reads: he, too.
is made to feel the grip of "that pas
sion for the NORTH: to feel. too. with
Hildegarde. There s nothing like that
wonderful North light for making you Il
gee truly
Miss Robins the author of GONE
and Find Me-, says Jeanette Glider in L
the Outlook. has spent the last eight
or ten years IL not longer, in England,
making London her home. She is an
American. born in Louisville. Ken
lucky, and educated at Zanesvile.
Ohio. She was married when she was
quite young TO George Richmond
Parkes. an actor of some note who
died several years ago. She is de.
voted admrer of Ibsen's work and
prefers playing his characters to any
others. And yet she is in no sense
morbid woman. Indeed She seems
know the joy OF living. The ma
jority of women. when not talking Ii
for publication. will tell YOU that there
is not much III life and it makes little Il;
difference to them when they leave
1t. Not so Miss Robins. ! have heard
her say that she would rather be a
crossing sweep than not TO live and
breathe and be of this world which
she thinks so beautiful.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08

The Fish Commission, Washington.
l. C.. Yes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08

The numbers commonly relied on are
1,e7s,1so; Masons. 1872
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08
A Probe M.

1-EOUIeW Ill.,
Please solve for me this problem:
A man gave two-ffths of his money
for farm, one-thlrd of what remained
for repairs, one-third of what then re-
manned for stock, one-haIf of what
then remained for utensils, and had
$3.50 left What part was left and
now much had he at first?
WYTHEVILLE.
After the first payment he had three
hfths of the original sum left; after
the next. two- thirds of three-nfths;
after the next. two-thirds OF two
thirds of three-hfths: after the last.
one-half of two-thirds of two-thirds Of
three-hfths. This reduces to two-hf-
teenths. Hence he had two-hfteenths
of his. original capital left. This being
$3.50. fifteenth is 1925 and the whole
is s4.s75.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
OriuinaI Notice.

To Este Briggs and Ed Briggs, An
ME Williams and Henry Williams, Nit.
tie Wisdom and Guy Wisdom: 5'a.
You are hereby notified that on or
before the 4th day Of March, 1908, a
petition of f. c. Nelson and Il. C. Mel
son, Admir-, will be filed in the office Of
the clerk of the district court of the
State of Iowa, in and for Mahaska
county claiming of you the partition
Of real estate in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
county, Iowa, and that same be sold
and proceeds divided as provided by
law. For full particulars see petition
on file.
And that unless you appear hereto
and defend before noon of the second
day of the April term. A. d. 1908, of
said court, which will commence on
the 18th day of April 1908, default will
be entered against you and judgment
and decree rendered thereon as prayed
for in said petition.
j. F. & w. r. Lacey,
32w4 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
4 BIG ORDER FOR
BRICK IS PLACED
GREAT DEMAND FOR osKALoo.
SA'S NEW PRODUCT.
WORK HAS BEEN COMMENCED
Payment On Bonds So Near Com
pleted That Company Decides
10 Go Ahead With install
iation of Plant.

The first assessment on the bonds
OF the new brick plant is being paid
as promptly as the men in charge
could desire Subscribers paid Satur-
day and again today until all but three
or four of the amounts will have been
paid in and the total is assured. So
confident is Mr.. Allbrook of the out
come that he is going ahead with his
plans and will use all possible dis.
patch in getting the plant in opera
ton. The plans for the power plant
and the buildings have been practical
ly completed and the work will be
hurried along as rapidly as the sew
eral departments can be handled.
The Demand Begins.
The demand for the product of the
plant has already commenced. Mr..
Allbrook was somewhat surprised
Sunday to receive a call at his apart
ments from w. o. Kutsche, represent
ing the B-K Brick Company of Den
YER Colorado. The gentleman left
his order for no less than $60,00000
worth of the goods. This looks big
ard it is big, but it is fact. The
Denver firm wants one hundred Jhous-
and of the brick as soon as they can
be turned out The representative
heard of the OskalOosa plant through
newspaper article and came to the
city to make Investigation. He has
to go to Maryland as the closest point
where his orders can be filed He
left the order with the Oskaloosa COM
pany to be filed as soon as possible.
In the meantime his immediate wants
must be supplied from the east.
This is not the first order that has
come to the company, however. The
Twin City Brick Company of Mime
apolis and st. Paul wanted TO place
an order for the enameled brick, two
hundred and fifty thousand, a quarter
OF a million, to be delivered i'm June
This was out of the question and the
order could not be considered. These
facts tend to show that the product
OF the factory will not be a drug on
the market. There is an enormous
demand for this class of goods and it
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
MONEY ON BONDS
ALL COLLECTED.
SPLENDID SHOWING MADE BY
oSkALooSA BOOSTERS.
ONE PAYMENT BY TELEGRAPH
American Supply Company is official
ly Notified That the Terms of
Contract Have Been Com
piled With.

The American Supply Co. was off
cially notified in writing today that the
100000 worth of bonds for the new
enameled brick plant had been sold II
Oskaloosa and that the first payment
OF IL per cent had been collected anc
, that the full amount of $4,000 was IL
the hands of the trustee, Mr.. j. s
Hayes.
Action providing for this notice
was taken by a meeting of the board
of directors of the Oskaloosa CONNER
cial Club, held last evening and at
tended by every member who was in
town. The committee on collections
reported that the last of the first pay
ment had been made on Monday, just
one week after the call was issued
This is a remarkable showing and
speaks well for the enterprise of os
kaloosa boosters.
One of the last payments to come in
was that of N. l.. Towle, on the ten
bonds which he subscribed for. II
was not Towle's fault, however, that
he was among the last, as he was out
on his trip and the call did not reach
him until he arrived in Indianapolis
Ind, on Saturday, He Immediately
telegraphed to the Frankel State
Bank to pay the amount, and the
1920 was turned over to the trustee
early Monday morning.
Next Steps to be Taken.
The contract provides that now, the
American Supply Company is to de.
post with the Iowa Loan & Trust
Company Of Des Moines, Ia, the sum
of Ten Thousand ($10,000) and also
show to the satisfaction of the party
of the second part that the remain
ing Thirty Thousand boilers (S3O,-
000) of bonds has been sold and the
first payment of IL per cent (12)
collected in and amount of said pay.
ments deposited with the Iowa Loan
& Trust Company, then party of the
first part is to execute and furnish
to the party of the second part a
bond satisfactory to the said second
party to insure the compliance with
the stipulations of this agreement
herein named. and when such de-
posits have been made and condi.
tons complied with, then the party
of the second part shall forward to
the Iowa Loan & Trust Company the
sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred
Dollars (S3.600) for deposit to the
same account, and the total amount
so deposited to be forwarded to os-
kaloosa for deposit as per the tenor
of this contract"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
HEART WAS ovEReRowN.
Autopsy Held over the Case Of Mrs.
Alma McClain.

A post norton examination was
held Monday afternoon upon the body
of Mrs. Alma McClain, of Beacon, at
her late home. Death had come afta"
a lingering Illness and during period
of eighteen months suffering had
been more or less intense. Medical
treatment seemed to give no relief
and the case had been extremely puz-
cling. When death occurred physi-
clans were given permission for an
autopsy. Nine physicians from this
city and Beacon were present. The
cause OF the death was found to be
from an unusual enlargement of the
heart The organ was found to be
fully twice the normal size. The
trouble had been correctly diagnosed
by one physician, but recommended
treatment was unavailing. The de-
ceased was about sixty years of age.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
SERVICE IS FORCED
Warrant Issued Some Time Ago
Was Served Yesterday.

Mrs. Adela D. Davies was arraign,
ed in Justice Bacon's court Monday
afternoon to plead to a charge of
lewdness in a warrant issued upon
information of Constable George An,
drews. The warrant names two
parties, John Doe and Mrs. Davies,
but the latter was the only one to APP
pear.
Arrangement of the defendant was
ordered by her attorneys S. v. Rey-
nolds l.. t. Shangle and John Mccoy.
Defendant pleaded not guilty and
bond for appearance at preliminary
hearing was fixed at two hundred and
fifty dollars which was Immediately
furnished. A conference of the defend
ants counsel with the County Attor-
ney John c. Williams resulted In the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
IOWA IS An roe oF LIsr.
Leads Western States in Corn, Oats
and Potatoes.

Omaha, March 24.-The statistical
bureau OF the Union Pacific passenger
department has issued a statement
compiled from the government re
ports showing the value of tie pro
ducts of the farm in the seventeen
states west of the Mississippi in 1907
to have leen billion and ninety-one
million dollars. Corn leads in produc
ton, being valued at nearly half bill
lion dollars. with winter wheat next
valued at two hundred million dollars
Hay rye, barley and potatoes follow
In the order named, The report Il
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
CHAS. KENT PROMOTED
Elected to Good Position in Schools
Of Chicago.

Prof. Charles A. Kent, former
resident of Oskaloosa, who served as
county superintendent and principal
of the Whittier school several years
and who later moved to Charles City,
Iowa, where he accepted the superin.
tendency of the Charles City public
schools, has resigned his position and
leaves at the close of this week to &C.
cept the principalship of one of the
largest schools in Chicago. The posi-
ton is a promotion. measured by high.
er possibilities. and the salary, which
to start is $1,000 per year.
Mr.. Kent was chosen to the position
last Thursday, when the gentleman
received a message from Superintend
ent Cooley requesting his presence
at the meeting of the big citys schoo
board. He was unanimously elected
to the position.
The announcement of his promo
ton will be good news to his Osha
loosa friends. The gentleman was
well known during his residence here
having spent his boyhood days in
Oskaloosa. Soon after graduating
from Penn College and taking up the
principalship of the Whittier school
he was elected by the democrats as
county superintendent and served one
term, 1898 to 1902. He was then
called to the schools of Charles city
The gentle man was a promising ap
plicant for the Oskaloosa superinten
dency two years ago.
Mr.. Kent since his removal from
Oskaloosa to Charles City has made
rapid rise in educational work and
his loss will be keenly felt there He
has brought the schools of the latter
city to a high standard and he leaves
them as a monument to his excellent
work. He has been prominent in
general educational work over the
state and was one of the organizers
of the Charles City chautauqua
Mrs. Kent and the three boys will
not accompany the gentleman to
Chicago at this time, but will remain
in Charles City until the summer.
o.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

date for the preliminary being set for
Monday, March 30, at nine o'clock
1t appears that Constable George
Andrews demanded entrance to the
apartments of the defendant in the
Wightman Block some time ago. max.
ing an official call in the night time.
No arrest followed The lady secured
counsel, and Mr.. Andrews was asked
upon what authority he made the
visit to-the rooms. He stated that he
had warrant. Investigation at the
office of Justice Bacon revealed the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
WIND AND RAINS
RAGING IN SOUTH
LOUISIANA, ALABAMA AND MIS-
slsslPPl SUFFER.
ONLY ONE DEATH REPORTED.
Buildings and Wires are Blown Down
and the Railroads are Crippled
by Numerous Wash
outs.


New Orleans. Mar. 24.--As q result
OF heavy wind and rain storm which
has ragged in portions of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama during the
last So hours, much property has been
destroyed, many persons have been
injured, and at least one person has
been killed.
Hurricanes have been reported from
East Feliciana parish, La, and Jeifer-
SON Davis county, Miss, while much
damage has been done In the neigh
borhood Of Flomaton, Ala, by heavy
rains. Washouts along the line OF the
Louisville & Nashville railroad north
OF Monile have seriously delayed traf.
fic. All telegraph and telephone wires
in the sections visited by the storm
have been Frustrated and details re-
garding the damage done are in many
instances lacking.
Bad in Southern Mississippi.
Southern Mississippi, which already
in the past six months has suffered
from two bad cyclones, appears to
have been the storm center again
Monday, but while much property
damage was done no loss of life has
been reported. At Silver Creek, Miss,
four stores were partly destroyed and
about 20 other buildings were defaced
and otherwise damaged. One mile
from Silver Creek the cyclone did a
characteristic trick to the Butler resi-.
dence, which was reported as partly
blown away. Several members of the
household were painfully injured. One
mile west of Silver Creek the Lauridge
& Bright sawmill was destroyed.
Several physicians from neighboring
towns started for the vicinity of Silver
Creek in carriages on a difficult and at
times dangerous trip over washed out
roads, INSTRUCTED in places by fallen
trees. The physicians had no informa-
ton Of any fatalities, but expected to
find many persons suffering from cuts
and bruises.
All wires on the Mississippi Central
railroad we're lost early In the day,
cutting off communication with New
Hebron and Grange. Miss.
Washouts Near Gulf Coast.
Near the gulf coast, in Mississippi
and Alabama, several washouts have
been reported on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. Unusually heavy
rains we're reported, IL inches of rain
falling here in an hours time about
noon. There was serious damage in
the vicinity of the city.
Wind storms OF cyclonic intensity
were reported in several parts of Lou.
isiana, being worse near the Missis.
sippi river. At Norwood, in East Fell
ciana parish, a man named Rollins was
reported killed during a wind storm
which badly damaged the town.
Railroads Are Crippled.
Mobile, Ala, Mar. 24-The heavy
rains OF the past two days have Grip
pied the railroads running into this
city and caused three wrecks and sew
eral washouts. A wreck occurred Mon
day morning on the Mobile, Jackson &
Kansas City railroad, five miles from
the city, freight train going into the
ditch.
On the Louisville & Nashville 20 cars
attached to freight train went into
the ditch at Dyas. Thirteen rails were
washed out at Saraland in this county
on the Southern railway and passen-
gers are being transferred The rain
continues to fall heavily in this sec.
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
LIVED AT FORT DODGE.
TolIiver Was Barber Before Going
to Buxton.

It has Just been learned that John
Tolliver, who was murdered in one OF
the company barns at Buxton Friday
night by VIM. Massey, who is now in
custody in this city awaiting hear
ing on the charge of murder was for
merly a resident of Fort Dodge, resid-
ing at 1902 Fifth avenue south, He
was employed in barber shops at va
rious times as porter. His wife is
a daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. W. II.
Jameson, who reside in Fort Dodge.
at 1929 Third avenue south. The
couple left that city about year ago
and have since then been residents OF
Buxton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
win Improve Plant.

The Sewers Manufacturing com.
pany is to make extensive improve
ments at its buildings on First avenue
west in the way of changes and bet
terments and additional equipment.
The improvements will cost fully five
thousand dOllay,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

The present week will witness the
closing down of the Hoover distilIery
for the summer season. The last
mash was made Saturday morning,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

compared with the previous year and
Indicates an increase of is per cent
in the value of the crops, and this in
crease is credited to irrigation. iowa
ranks first in corn, oats and potatoes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

fact that warrant had been issued
for the arrest of John Doe" and Mrs
Davies but had not been docketed as
no service had been secured upon the
parties, no arrests made and conse-
quently no return had been received
by the Justice. The attorneys there
upon demanded service and arraign
ment and Mrs. Davies was summoned
to the Office where the warrant was
read to her and the action followed
as above related
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

looks like Oskaloosa has drawn a
capital prize"
The Power Plant.
The cost of the power plant alone,
exclusive of machinery for working
the clay and making the brick, will
represent an outlay of ten thousand
dollars. The power plant will con-
sist of two large high speed and high
pressure engines of the Corliss type,
II by Is cylinder, operating at two
hundred and seventy-fiye revolutions
and developing about five hundred
horse power. These engines will be
backed by a battery of three high
pressure boilers. Each boiler will be
about twenty-five feet over all in
length and each will have independ.
ent draft and stack. AS a compile
ment of the power plant and included
in the same there will be steam OPP.
Grated pump of sufficient capacity to
supply the three boilers and a water
heater. THIS will receive the exhaust
steam, and the hot water, after circu-
lating through three thousand feet of
radiation in the drying sheds, will be
raised to the boiling point before it
lis pumped into the boilers.
h Work Is Commenced.
The Sewers Manufacturing Compa-
ny, which has the contract for en-
gines, is busy place making ready
for the work that is to be turned out.
The foundry and the machine shops
will soon be engaged in the work of
building the engines and boilers. The
preparation of patterns was commenc-
ed this morning and by this evening
some of the pieces will be in sand
and ready for casting. The Sewers
foundry was not quite ready for the
work and to save any loss of time
while preparations are in progress,
the first casting will be done by the
iowa Manufacturing Company, where
the first patterns were taken. The
end of the week will witness consider
able progress made on the machinery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

Realty was lively Saturday, that is,
there was a heavy movement induced
by the excessive air currents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
FARMERS NATlnAlL BANK
W. l, Beans. President.
W. II. Pike. Vice President.
r. X. Davis. Cashier.
CAPITAL STOCK. 100000
Paid In Full.

Directors: W. I. Beans, What
Cheer: Charley Victor. Lacey; W.
H. Springer. Eddyvllle: Thos. J. VII.
SON. Beacon; r. W. Moore, Cedar;
W. C. Reed. oskaloosa; w. H. Pike,
Rose Hill; Paul Synhorst. Leighton;
Geo. s. Prime. oskaloosa: r. X.
Davis. oskaloosa; NJ. s. Downey. La
cey.
City Business Solicited.
Complete set OF Safety Deposit
Boxes. The 100 stockholders are all
Mahaska county farmers.
Farmers: Make this your head
quarterswhile in the City. levitt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26

OSkal0OSa Natl Bank
Union Savings Bank.
Capital and surplus, sIIO,OOO
OePositsS 100000
OFFICERS
w. II. Kalbach, President
d. I. Spencer, Vice President
Y. +. Lohand, Cashier
DIRECTORS
w. 81. Kalbach. F. O. Lofiand.
II. l.. Spencer. j. III. Green.
o. e. Lofland. o. 3. McCulloch,
j. w. McMullin.
CORRESPONDENTS
First National Bank. New York
First National Bank. Chicago
Iowa National Bank ---..-.Des Moines
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-26
The Power Plant.

looks like oskaloosa has drawn
capital prize"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-28
BACK WATER ON
COASTWISE LAW

A letter was read from Castle &
Cooke, agents of the Matson Navigation
Co., respectively at the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association
meetings yesterday, asking for action
in reversal of the former position TAX
en- by those bodies in favor of suspen-
sion of the coastwise law for the bene-
fiet OF passenger travel between Ho-
nolulu and San Francisco.
Since that position was taken, the
letter stated, the Matson company had
put the steamer Lurline on the route
and, within the past two months, had
taken steps toward the construction
Immediately of modern steamer with
accommodation for 125 to $50 first
class passengers. 1t was mentioned
that this company had now three
steamers running between San Fran
cisco, Honolulu and Hilo, besides which
there were on the San Francisco-Ho-
nolulu route the Oceanic steamer Ala
media and the Pacific Mail steamers
Korea, Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria
and China, all of American registry.
An appeal was made to aid the mem
oralists in their efforts in maintain
ing the present regulations and sta
tutes of our national government,
framed and passed for the protection
of our American merchant marine,
rather than the enactment of legisla-
ton inviting competition of foreign,
and possibly more cheaply operated
marine.
After discussion in the Merchants
Association it was voted to cancel the
former resolution tentatively, the mat
ter of a substitute resolution being
left to a committee for report later.
In the Chamber of Commerce the
proposal was opposed by F. ]. Lowrey
and w. R. Castle, and supported by
e. I. Spalding, E. d. Tenney and Rich
ard Ivers. 1t carried in the form of
resolution stating that while the
emergency at the time the former ac-
ton was taken-March, 1907-may
have been such as to justify the cham
Der in its action, we believe that now,
when an American line proposes to
employ its resources in developing
transportation facilities between these
islands and the Pacific Coast, it should
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-28

Hawaiian Wireless Telegraph 6
Telephone Co. is receiving orders now
for automatic phones at Waterhouse
Trust Co. Be one of the first to get
your name on the list.
receive every support and encourage
ment from our commercial organiza-
lions, and we further believe that this
chamber, in general way, should be
guided by broad national policy of
restoring the once proud prestige Of
our merchant marine, now nearly
swept from the seas by aggressive for
eign competition"