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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
and ladies donned for the occasion.

and ladies donned for the occasion.
The Philadora Club of the Christian
Church held their annual Halloween
social in the parlors of the church last
evening. Mrs. E. K. Taylor, Mrs. Geo
Boatsma, Mrs. Sam HendryX and Mrs.
Andy Wymore were the hostesSes and
very ably they filled their positions.
On entering the guests were received
in true Halloween style by a band
of ghostly spirits, who made it their
especial duty to>see that not one min
ute of time was wasted. Elegant re-
freshments were served and as we
left for our home everyone voted the
evening one of the pleasantest in the
history of the club, and as our
thoughts went forward over the days
to come we wondered if Mr. C. NJ. Por-
ter had really received help from the
witches in weaving his prophecies.
Who knows, dear fellow members,
perhaps it will all come true.-**+
Mrs. Albert hessler, Mrs. Jas. Fitz-
gerald and Mrs. Ella Stringer enter
tanned a company OF relatives number
ing twenty-one at the latters home,
7O2 C avenue west Friday evening in
honor of the birthdays of the three
ladies. The dining room was beauti-
fully decorated for the occasion with
chrssanthemums, roses and pumpkins.
An elegant three course dinner was
served at 700 o'clock. Mr.. Buffers
took fiashlight of the dining room
while the company was seated at the
table. The evening was spent in
dancing and social chat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION.

The 32d annual meeting of the Iowa
Dairy Association will be held at Wat
erIoo. November 10, 10 and 90. This
will be of more interest and import
ance to producers of milk than any
previously held. The volume of the
dairy industry in Iowa is not always
fully realized. One creamery paid its
patrons over 100000 last year. Half
of the creameries in another county
paid over $4,000. These figures rep
resent the proceeds from eight of the
900 in this state. The aggregate
amount of money put into circulation
this channel is tremendous.
There is probably no line of farm
ing that means more to the mer-
chants and, the banks than milking
cows. In spite of such flattering fig
ures. the dairy output is at least one
third less than it. should be. With
proper handling, care and breeding of
dairy stock, great advancement could
be made. y "u -.l--a,.'-.. "a a.,
The purpose OF the Dairy Cattle I'M
Association is to develop
an interest along this line, 1t exists
for no other reason than to help the
farmers cash larger milk checks. At
the meeting of the Dairy Association.
this branch organization will hold its
business session. ..s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
DRoRATE NOTICE.

L. To ALI Whom It May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there is
now on fiIa in the Office of the CLERK
of tho District Court OF Iowa In aud
for Mahaska County, a instrument
in writing. purporting to he the last
will and Testament of Maria King.
late ot aaid county. deceased, and
thst the l4th day OF November, 1908.
at l 30 O clock D. M, has been fixed
for the probate OF said viii, at which
time you can appear at the court
housein said county and show cause.
IL anv there be, Why said viii should
not ba admitted to probste.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal 81 said conrt OF Oskaloosa, Iowa,
this 31st day of October. 1908
,t. T. y Corlett,
lbw2 Clerk Districs Court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
TO BECOME CITIZEN.
Resident of Bolton Has Taken Neoes.
FRS u.gs sary Steps. l.r g.. . +

Having declared his intentions to
become an American citizen about two
years ago, John Fowler, of Bolton, Ma
haska County, Iowa, has tiled his APP
plication for naturalization papers
with the clerk of the district court,
which petition may be legally granted
in ninety day. MIR. Fowler was born
in Haswela, England, and came 10
America on August 8, 1899, settling
first at Philadelphia. His petition
has been set for final hearing Feb
huary 2, 1909.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
The Annual Tax Sale.

County Treasurer Geo. Thompson Is
busy making out the delinquent tax
list OF the county for the annual tax
sale which will be held at the court
house December 7th. The amount Of
property to be offered for sale will be
considerably less than that of last
year and there is yet months time
in which the owners can pay their
taxes and redeem their property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
Leap Year Waning.

The year is getting down into the
home stretch. Only two more months
left for you girls to speak UP and just
think how many of us good catches
are anxiously waiting for bit of en-
enlargement. Brace up, girls Get
busy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
Weather Omens.

Colder weather is evidently to
overtake us in the near future. Flocks
of ducks and geese are passing to the
south, nor do they tarry to give the
local shot guns chance at them.
Hunters on the watch for the game
get but few scattering shots.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Marshall o. leighton, chief n.y.
drographer of the United States geo
logical survey, will through the forth
coming report of the inland water
ways commission. recommend the i'm.
pounding Of the head waters Of the
Ohio river at a cost of $125.0OO, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Among 1880 Americans on the
isthmus only two deaths occurred in
August, both accidental Since 1905
the mortality among the negro labor
ers has fallen from seyenty-one per
Thousand to twelve 1t would be wise
foi the country TO stand pat on the
Panama management.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

-Phe oldest delegate to the w. c.
T. U. convention at Denver was Mrs.
NJ E. Pengelly of Kalamazoo, Mich,
aged SO. Mrs. Pengelly is an old-time
crusader, beginning at st. Joseph, at
teudlng the first annual convention of
the society at Chicago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

that will help and elevate all, and tend
to make life better and more COM
Portable
Here's the olive branch and the
hand of good fellowship to ALL
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Typhoid germs will live for
eighteen years, which, a writer in the
st Louis Globe-Democrat remarks, is
nearly as long as a dose of cheap per
fumery hangs on TO a sofa pillow.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The Keokuk Gate-City is pleased
TO note that the base ball batter has
retired for the season and the buck
wheat batter now occupies the center
OF the stage
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The irony of fate was most APP
parent when, at the National Irfiga-
ton Congress in Albuquerque. New
Mexico, the elaborate golden trophy
cup presented by William Randolph
Hearst to the best individual agricul-
tural exhibit. was captured by the ex-
hibit made by Pueblo. Colorado. from
the dry farming district Immediate
Iy northeast OF that city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

To the Merchants of Oskaloosa and
Vicinity:-We are the sole agents for
the justly celebrated HI Flour. AS
to quality we allow you to write your
own guarantee. You can't make IL
too strong.
laws III L.. Spencer Co.-Branch.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Notwithstanding tina. the govern
ment has beer giving ava land, the
81. Louis Times notes thar many can
didates have been losing ground
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
DISCUSSIONS BY UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.

of will
practical articles features of road building
consideration
relating
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The Washington Democrat has no.
ticed that when the children get into
trouble a mother always figures out
how it was her fault.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
WHAT is LIFE TO YOU,

To the preacher LIES sermon.
To the joker its jest;
To the miser life is money,
To the loafer life is rest.
To the lawyer life's a trial,
To the poet LIES a song;
To the doctor life's a patient
That needs treatment right along
To the soldier life's battle,
To the teacher life's a school:
Lies a good thing to the CRATER,
It's a failure to the fool.
To the man upon the engine ,
Life's a long and heavy grade;
It's a gamble to the gambler,
To the merchant LIES trade.
Lies a picture to tie artist,
To the rascal life's fraud;
Life perhaps is but a burden
To the man beneath the hod.
Lie is lovely to the lover. g..
To the player life's a play; A..
Life may be a load of trouble
To the man upon the dray, ..
Life is but long vacation
TO the man who loves his work;
Lies an everlasting effort
To shun duty to the shirk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

III Flour is registered in the U. S,
patent Office and guaranteed under
the Pure Food Law. Note this guar
antee on each sack. laws
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The mikado expresses an earnest
desire to be perpetually a friend and
good neighbor of the United States.
Mr. Hobson viii be disappointed in
MS hope to stir up something.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
Best Wire and Wood
en- Corn Clubbing sold at
KaIbach Lumber Co.
6OC692
Boy Claims Corn Picking LaureIs.

Marshalltown, la, Nov. Simon
Pierce, aged Is, son of w. N. Pierce.
farmer living north of this CITY,
claims the championship of Iowa for
corn picking for 15-year-olds. Young
Pierce worked six days last week in
the corn fields, putting in ten hours
a day. On every day he picked, husk-
ed and cribbed ninety bushels and
had to shovel each load from the
wagon. into the crib.
Only twenty-five days until Thanks
giving. .. ..,. .....a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The Brighton Enterprise insists
that a farmer who is always trading
horses never has anything on the
place fit to work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The long, tedious wait that is
sure to mark the returns from many
districts will suggest the benefits OF
voting machines.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The man who is continually walt
ing for something 10 turn up is usual
ly turned down. ...., .,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

THE Belle PLANE Union suggests
a Ladies' Aid Society for each OF the
parties to help in the financial depart.
ment
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
AROUND ThE CIRCUIT.

Saturday Globe: Leaving out all
the frills, intimations and interior
ences, and coming right down to plain
terms, it's the box of groceries with
the dry goods department, the dress
goods with the iewelry shipment,
suit of clothes along with the furni-
ture shipment, the family footwear
that comes with the drug shipment
and vice versa-that give ground for
much of the non-local loyalty talk.
Perhaps there are no specific cases
perhaps this all happened in another
town-we hope so. The Globe sug-
gests, however, that every Oskaloosa
man quit worrying about the lack of
loyalty of the other fellow and see to
it that the other fellow has no occa-
sion to find him commercially disloy-
al-this will come awfully near fix
ing it.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Oskaloosa is
getting a new $4,000 city hall, in
which there will be incorporated a
500, 900 fire station. That seems to
be a step in the right direction. There
has been some argument here and
there against putting the fire depart
ment into q building with other de-
partments. The argument was based
upon the smell of the boss" But
the model fire station is kept as
sweet and clean as a parlor, and there
is no smell" Oskaloosa is one of
the cities that are going ahead de-
spite the furry, and that are neverso
happy as when going ahead at a-rapid
rate. "
ferH "@' go. >
Abba Tribune: And now OsRa-
loosa and Ottumwa people are going
to build an hinterurban railway be-
tween the two cities There are no
towns in Iowa where they build so
many interurbans as Oskaloosa and
Ottumwa-but they are always built
on paper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The Omaha Bee notices that the
bs se ball fans are learning to talk
English again. g.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

To the heavens best romancer
Lies a story ever new;
Life is what we try TO make 1t
Brother, what is life to your
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Not too cheap to be good. but too
good to be cheap--I. H. Flour.
14wS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

Buy sack of HI Flour, .Hse half
of it, if not pleased, return Ihe other
half and get your money back. "a
lbs. of -four costs you nothing.
14WS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05
Keep your Windows
and Doors tight with
Weather Strips sold at
kalbach Lumber Co. W.
81" .3cf 5Od6w2 = .g.ri, +.
ANOTHER DAKOTA FARM
4. Chandler, of oskaloosa, is Lucky
, I ,d1r in Rosebud Drawing. ssi 3t.Ja

T. Another Dakota farm has been won
by an Oskaloosan.1, A, Chandler, of
South Eleventh street, has learned
that he is within the lucky list in the
Rosebud drawing, and he is feeling
quite jubilant over his success. ., a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-11-05

The Topeka Capitals idea OF
handy man around the house is one
that can dress the baby. n. ...f...
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Mitchell, Voted Extra Pay.

Indianapolis.-The convention Of the
United Mine Workers of America
Tuesday unanimously voted President
Mitchell six months pay, with all ex-
penses, including medical attendance.
Propositions sent to the resolutions
committee to employ Mr.. Mitchell af-
ter his retirement as president April
1st, as counsel at salary Of $1,000, to
place him at the head Of q national
educational board to work In connec.
tion with the national executive board,
and to levy per capita tax OF from
10 cents to SO cents were reported un-
favorably after Mr.. Mitchell had been
consulted and had refused to accept
any of them.
Mr.. Mitchell has announced that he
intends to take a long vacation to en-
deavor to recover his health.
Resolutions presented by the Social
lists were promptly voted down. They
were similar to those presented to the
convention each year.
A resolution to give the Western
Federation Of Miners jurisdiction over
all metalliferous mines and the United
Mine Workers Jurisdiction over all
coal miners was favorably commented
upon and referred to a commission to
be named later to bring the matter be.
fore the national convention Of the
Western Federation.
A resolution opposing government
by Injunction" was discussed by Secre.
tary Wilson and several Socialist dele
gates.
The convention Tuesday afternoon
endorsed the employers liability act
and ito hntnUntnc n tho Annr,
ican Federation OF Labor convention
to advocate a universal label. memor
ialize congress to create a bureau OF
mines and mining and instructed the
international organizers to go to
Washington to appear before the nee
essary committees.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Employers May Bar Unions.

Washington.-The constitutionality
OF the act of Congress OF June l, 1905,
prohibiting railroad companies en-.
gagged in interstate commerce from
discriminating against members Of
labor organizations in the matter Of
employment was called into question
by the case of William Adair VS.. the
United States. which was decided by
the Supreme Court of the United States
Monday favorable to Adair. The opin.
ion was by Justice Harlan and held
the law to be repugnant to the consti.
tuition.
The court held that Adair. as mas
ter mechanic OF the Louisville & Nash
willie Railroad Company. had right to
discharge an employe because he was
q member OF labor organization just
as 1t was the employees right to quit
such employment because OF his mem.
bership In such organization.
| Such course. the decision added,
might be unwise. but. regarded as a
mere matter Of right. there could be
no doubt. Congress could not under
the constitution authorize violation
Of contracts under the guise OF pro
tecting Interstate commerce.
Justice McKenna delivered q dis
senting opinion favorable to the law
in which he said the courts decision Is
along very narrow lines.
Justice Holmes also expressed the
opinion that the law should be con
strued as constitutional. He thought
that the right to make contracts had
been stretched to the limit by the
courts decision In this case. That
Congress had . right to SO legislate
as TO encourage labor organizations
was another suggestion OF Justice
Holmes
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Immense Steel garninas.

New YoFk.-The report Of the United
States Steel Corporation for the quar-.
tor ending December 81. 1907. expect
antly awaited BY the public ~ aa index
Of industrial conditions. was made pub.
lie Tuesday. The net earnings for ths
last three months Of the corporation's
year were e32.5s3.sss. The figures ex.
r. -. ssrnnss for ths he y:sr ear q 1851 10
vsrs 0iso, ,Ssl,177, tAs largest d -
oo@paAy's history. TIE unAlled orders
q haad q the ead oe The year amount
- - Ae3l.sS3 tons. The surplus Tor
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Packing Plant Burned.

Kansas City.-Fire OF unknown
origin started In the canning depart
ment on the second floor of one of the
twin main buildings of the $4,000. 900
packing plant Of Nelson Morris & Co.,
on the kaw river In Kansas City.
Kan, Tuesday night, threatened de.
struction Of the entire plant and
caused loss estimated at e150.000 be-
fore II was controlled.
All efforts to save the east main
building. in which the hre started.
and the box factory. were abandoned
within an hour after the flames were
discovered, and the hremen devoted
themselves to the work Of saving the
other buildings.
The building in which the hre
started contained the canning depart.
ment. the coolers. the dressing room,
the Wholesale department. and killing
beds and the contents supplied the
Ore with fuel which made tho flames
dimcult to combat. The nrs had
gained great headway before tho hro
department arrived and tho heat was
no intense that II wns impossible for
the firemen to make any progress In
checking II except to prevent ita
spreading. The box factory in the rear
Of the main building was entirely de.
stroyed. The flames also spread tu
the cattle chutcs. many Of which were
burned.
The other main building contains
the general oficcS and the engine
room and much salvage from the
burned building was carried into It.
The Morris packing plant was the new.
est In this city. having been completed
two years ago.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Cults AsaInss cemb,nss.

Deuver.-Further prosecutions f'of
combines and trusts may be expected
BY the attorney generals once whom
the present cases against the coal com.
bine. the grocsrs' trust and the brick
trust have been disposed OF. Attor.
ney General Dickson has been receiv.
Ing during The last few weeks com.
plants against the laundry trust, 30
called. and the plumbers' combine.
Thsas are being hled away end invea.
tigatsd and II any evidence 10 found
BY the attorney general after invest.
gAtioa that such trusts do exist he will
start prosscutioas against them.
Al present, however. Attorney Gen.
eral Dicksoa has 20 much work on his
hands ID carrying on the present suits
Instituted hy him that he will NOT be
able to reach any others. according to
his statement. before late II the spring
o. early su00ee.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
TRY II on the Piano,

Try II on the Plano.
There was a young chap in Des Nolnso
Who ordered bone sirloines.
Said the waiter: mot so.
Sir. unless you can show
A sufficient amount Of des coines."
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
Larss tssss q carIbs...

0eattle.-Ths largest herd q carl.
bon ever seea n The wilds ol Alsska y
BOW csooeiAG tAe Yukoa river o. IL
way eoethwArl - escape tAe friGiA
cold q tAe Arctic region. Prof. Joseph
.. Terry. Oeosog1st, and several men
w u AlastA have just ssst reports 70
s s.;c ns e.. ess g: s,s s:sa syins g e.
% 81 % a. string e. far as he sys
oon g.. L = eseinatsa that over 100.
60 oasl6es hAvo crossed tAo ofsoem
G ~ no0atolao 6 ~ iovoe Yuhoo
Goun&sy.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
UNITED NINE woRkEas.
President Mitchell, Wants no Further
MA Es ONCE.

t-- a a54N V"SSs
lndianapolis.-Pres,dent Mitchell an.
nounced to the convention Of the
United Mine Workers Of America Mon.
day that he did not desire to hold any
ONCE In the organization after his re-
tirement as president April 1st. This
will stop movement to have him
placed at the head of an advisory
board. -.
He asked that his friends give their
loyal and undivided support to his sue
cessor. saying:
While have been president l
have been president In fact as we'll as
In name and my successor will have
the same opportunities to carry out his
policies." ,.iN
w. d. Haywood. secretary-treasurer
Of the Western Federation Of Miners.
addressed the convention. He attrib-
uted all OF the strikes and troubles in
the Western lead, coal and gold mines
to he operators failure to keep their
contracts with the miners.
He charged the operators With the
destruction Of property by the use of
explosives. In order to prejudice pub
lie opinion and lay the blame on the
miners. He painted graphic pictures
of "the bul. pens" established by the
state and military authorities, which
he said have been subservient to the
operators.
Colorado" he said, "is as mean as
all the other states boiled down. Cor.
porations control the courts there, de-
bauch the Legislature and run the elec-
tions to suit themselves"
Mr.. Haywood pleaded for closer
relationship between the Western
Federation Of Miners and the Mine
Workers of America. He asked not
only for the financial support Of the
United miners but for moral support
as well. He asked that all coal min
ers have their contracts expire at the
same time, SO they can give each other
mutual support.
President Mitchell addressed the
convention after Haywood closed. He
declared himself to be opposed to SYM
pathetic strikes.
Il have watched labor troubles and
conditions as closely as any man." he
said. land have not seen any benefit
accrue from sympathetic strikes.
'Should the Western Federation Of
Miners ask US to go on a strike to aid
their strike, we would ask naturally
What will we get out Of II? What good
will accrue to us? do not see that II
would do US any good to have the met.
alliferous miners on q strike II We
coal miners were out on a strike. Coal
can be mined when gold miners are
not working, but gold cannot be mined
II there 10 NO coal"
Mr.. Mitchell admitted that in ex
trelne cases sympathetic strikes would
materially assist in the accomplish
ment Of labor purposes and In such
cases he would advocate It. He
thought closer relationship should ex
ist between the Mine Workers and the
Western Federation Of Miners and sug
gested Q commission to defns what
these relation should be.
Mr.. Mitchell urged the miners r
continue the contract system.
d. A. Sullivan. secretary-treasureI
Of the Ohio miners. and Alexander
Howatt, president OF the Kansas min
ers. were elected delegates to the In
ternational Mining congress. which
meets at Paris.