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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
NAVIGATING THE DEs MONIES.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The project
of making the Des Monies river nav
igable is attracting some attention.
There are those who believe that
there is no hope, no prospect that
Sof IRE Kind viii .eFeff be
done. And there are those who do
not believe that the project would be
feasible, III the plans were put into
execution. And again there are many
who are far-sighted and who grow en-
thusiastic over the project. There is
absolutely nothing in it that presents
great difficulties. In the early days,
when steamboating wassin it's infancy,
the river was nayigable and steam
boats did run to Des Moines and even
to points farther inland. With the
modern improvements in boats and
boat building and in the means tor
propelling craft. with the modern ma
.chinery for improving rivers, and
with the proper spirit back of the
enterprise, the river could not merely
be made navigable, but the Des
Moines could be made one of the
most beautiful of the inland water
ways of the United States.
But, of course, Iowans are not going
to invest large sums in river simply
for the, purpose of beautifying 1t.
There hga be more ilracticsl srPasons.
PAhd there win be no lack Of these.
Some day the Des Moines river will
be improved, and it will be not mere
" a great avenue for pleasure seekers,
but It wilP,be crowded With craft for
freight and all sorts of barges will
carry the products of the valley to
land fro. -rAts 80 pas TsSs{g n y ~
In all likelihood, something definite
may be accomplished in the near I'll,
ture, if only the people who, are inter.
ested in the proposition will get to.
gether and organize for the purpose
There ought TO be something to get
together upon and something that will
combine the beautiful with the useful
the ideal with the eminently practical
OF course, Des Moines would gain i'm.
mensely, perhaps more than any other
city In the state. But II she takes
the lead and gets this proposition be.
yond the mere argumentatiye state
she will be fairly entitled to the credit
and to all possible benefits that she
may reap out of it. For, after all
when she profits. by an enterprise OF
this kind, the whole state viii be the
gamer. And the whole country will
be the gamer and it will attract and
delight tourists from all parts of the
habitable globe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
,THE nLYTHE RueAaoo.

Washington Democrat: We wonder
If ii ever occurs to the politicians. who
are fighting j.. w. Blythe that they are
making ridiculous spectacles OF them
selves. You hear him lambasted and
bounded and abused as il he were a
pickpocket or a cut throat. who would
rob your houses at night He might
be common chicken thief and not to
be counted more OF menace. Doesn't
II seem unreasonable at times? Ii
does TO us. What encouragement is
there for a man to try to amount to
anything in the world, If his lot is TO
be abuse and contumely and Islander
the balance OF his days?
We holdno brief to plead for Blythe.
We care nothing about him. We never
saw him and probably never win. He
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

may be all they say OF him, bu. we do
not believe it, Did you ever hear a
farmer or merchant or professional
man say that Blythe had set his house
on fire or had poisoned his stock or
had robbed his hen roost? We never
did. All we ever heard against Blythe
has been from the politicians. The
politicians do a great deal of roaring
that there is nothing in. But they
have to have issues and If they can do
no better, they make them. M. s
Blythe is airailroad attorney and we
presume he is a good one. But he is
useful citizen. He has done well in
the world, He is straight and trust
worthy as far as we know. He has no
vicious habits that we eyer heard OF.
But he has been successful and now he
must pay the penalty. We know sue
cessful men right there in Washing.
ton,, who are abused great deal. 9th
ers less successful say of them that
they are crooked. They say they are
selfish If they belong to church, they
say they use 1t for cloaklt they give
to public benefactions, they say it is
done for advertising. II they refuse
to give, they say of them that they are
stingy and niggardly and orenry.
But we never hear failures criticised
Nobody abuses them. If Blythe were
a professional failure he would be a
good fellow in the ewes of his assail-
ants. If Blythe dare so to a political
convention, it is heralded abroad as a
sign that he is going to destroy the
state. If he does not so, they say he
has'ne politics except his railroad. We
saytthat 1T has come to alprctty pass
in our country when successful man
must hide his head in shame for fear
of thet loud mouthed, leather lunged
politicians. who brawl around over the
the country pretending TO be the only
friends of the Common people, ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
THE LOCAL STRIKE
ALI Il Quiet Along The Line Of The
'"-. f. Iowa Central. ";"' e',s

Nothing new has, developed in the
strike of. the Iowa Central machin-
lists, boilermakers, helpers, black
smiths and car repair men. The men
sent here by the company are WORK
ing and have not been molested by
the strikers, who congregate around
the depot One macninist sent here
from Chicago to break the srike knew
nothing of disagreement between the
company and their men until after
he arrived here. He told the strikers
about the matter and he. worked long
enough to secure funds to return to
Chicago. He left on the three O'Clock
train yesterday, afternoon. J. STRAIT
ton, business agent for the lnterna-
tional Machinists Union, passed
through .Oshaloosa yesterday and held
a short conference with the striking
machinists. He was on his way back
TO Marshalltown. from Monmouth, ILL,
where he was called TO look. after
the interests of the striking macnln-
lists. One of Inc s strikebreakers at
Monmouth hit. one, William Jones. one
Of the men brought from Minneapolis,
to guard the companys property here
at the round house, and to protect the
strikebreakers. got intoxicated. He
was arrested by Constable AL Jones
and was arraigned before Squire
Woodruff. but his condition was such
that no hearing was held and he was
taken back to Jail, until Mr.. Wood
rufus return from Mount Pleasant.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
ALAsKA's FISHERIES.

Some interesting facts regarding the
fishing industry OF Alaska are given
in report for the last year, which
has just been issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. A cap
ital of $10,000,00U has been invested
in this industry for steam and sail
boats, seines, nets, traps, spears and
other paraphrenalia. The total value
of the product secured last year was
$40, 160,1S5, an increase of $1,0S9,O93
over that of the preceding year. Inc
total weight of the product of the fish
cries in 1907 was 17S,35S,S01 pounds,
an increase of 10,949,S48 pounds over
the product of 4J06.
The industry gives employment to
nearly 10000 people. Salmon consti-
tute the great bulk of the fish indus
try of Alaska, the catch last year be
ing 81 9000,068 fish, an increase of
more than 100000 fish over that of
the preceding year. The pack of red
salmon was the smallest for several
years, but the pack of ''humpbacks
increased very materially. The prices
last year ranged from 5 to IS cents
higher per dozen cans than the prices
of 1906.
The first three months of the year
the demand was very light, but in
April the transcontinental roads put
into effect reduced freight rate to
Eastern points, which very speedily
resulted. in the movement of about
800 900 cases which the packers ilad
left on hand from the season Oh 1906.
In addition to salmon, there were
caught in Alaska last year nearly q
60O,O0O pounds of herring, 4,5OO pounds
of trout, $500 pounds of clans, loo
pounds of crabs, $4,000 pounds of cod,
10000 pounds of euchalon, 4,5OO.OOO
pounds of halibut and 800 pounds of
reddish.
The most important by-product OF
the canneries was fish oil, of which
over 100000 pounds were obtained
from herring, salmon. shark and
whale, the oil being valued at about
$25 900. Nearly 100000 pounds Of
fertilizer were manufactured from
salmon and herring, worth about $780,
600. .,..--. ,-,-A. aA,-.,.aa M ,sr,r
. Included in the governments report
of the Alaska, fisheries is the catch Of
10000 pounds of hair and fur seals,
valued at $4l,649; 8,1S9 pounds of
walrus, valued at 100000, and 25,677
pounds of ,whalebone, valued at $1l4,-
240.,.. At one time the walrus was very
plentiful in the; Bearing sea- but at
present tnere is to be found only one
small herd which haulsl out on the
small islands off Port Heiden, on the
Alaska peninsula.
The whaling industry is at low ebb
only eight whales being secured last
year by the station at the lower end
of Admiralty island OF the seal the
government report says: The fairly
common and quite generally distriout-
ed animal is probably the most useful
aquatic product the natives hunt, Tor
from the flesh and oil is secured a
considerable part of their winter
food"
The demand for sailed salmon OF
Alaska has greatly. decreased since the
Russia-Japan war. as the Japanese.
who we're the chief buyers, are now
able to secure nearly all they desire
from the island OF Sakhaiin and the
Amur river in Siberia. The Increased
Japanese tariff on dry. sailed fish.
which has become effective since the
war. has also seriously affected ex-
ports from Alaska.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
REFEREES SALE.
E. c. Nelson ct al,
Notice:

VS.. Notice:
Onie williams, ct al.
Notice is hereby given that II. W.
Gleason, sole referee, will sell at pub
lie auction at the, door of the Court
House, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County,
Iowa, Lot twenty-five (22) Lacey's
Addition to Oskaloosa; and Lot Four
%, Burnside's Subdivision of Block
Five 80, of Montgomery's Second Adj
.dition TO Oskaloosa, all in Mahaska
County, Iowa. .au
Said sale to be made by virtue of a
decree of the District Court Of Ma
haska County, Iowa, entered April Is.
1908, in the above named case. said
sale to take place at the door of the
Court House of Mahasta County. Iowa
Saturday, May %, 1908, at two o'clock
p. M, and will be at public auction.
The terms of sale will be cash in
hand on delivery of the deed, which
will be Immediately. Sale is made
subject to the approval of the Dis
trict Court of Mahaska County, Iowa.
H. w. GLEASON,
Sole Referee.
J. f. q W.. r. Lacey, Attorneys.
WA
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
CHESHIRE ON ALISON.

The Register and Leader in this
mornings issue. does not call any
names, bht it denounces the action Of
the men who assail the character and
record OF Iowa's best beloved states
man. Senator Cheshire's attack Ii
not approved by Harvey Ingham. We
quote from Rhodes History OF the mi
ted States, Vol z, page Is. what he
says about Allison and the Credit Mo
bilier.
Blaine, Garfield. Coltax Kelly, Daw
es. Bingham and many others had been
attacked. AS to Senator Allison. he
says:
The American peoples love OF yer.
acity and stfsdghtforwafdnessi was
illustrated In the testimony OF VIM. b.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

Edwin A. Nye, a former editor OF
the Des Moines News, has succeeded
DR.. 7. Dewitt Talmage, as spectral
writer for the American Press associa-
ton. Mr.. Nye is peculiarly forceful
and incisive writer, and will contrib
ute human interest editorials to the
big association. 1t is understood that
the salary is unusually good, and lis
Iowa colleagues all agree that he de-
serves it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
Ordered Taken to Hospital.

d. B., Long, or Doc Long, as he Is
known, was taken before the board OF
commissioners for the insane at the
court house Monday afternoon and
this morning and searching exam
ination made into his mental condi-
ton. The board decided that the
man was suffering from form of in
sanity and that he should be taken to
the hospital at Mt. Pleasant for treat
ment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
MEETING AT EVANS.
True and Bray Address cummins
Assembly.

George True. of the Iowa Central
General Solicitors Office. and ]. r.
Bray, of Grinnell were at Evans last
night and addressed Cummins meet
ing. Through the efforts of Taylor
Duke goodIy number were present
and permanent club organization
was formed.
John y. Mccoy. leader Of the Cum
minis forces in the county. was ex-
pected At the meeting but was unable
TO attend.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
SHERIFF's SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE. s.
. Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of special execution to me
directed by the Clerk of the District
Court of Mahaska County, Iowa,
against the Goods, Chattels, Lands,
Tenements, Etc. of JennieB Price and
Thos. j Price, defendants, In favor of
Jas. M. Wharton plaintiff. I will offer
at Public Sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the door of the Court
House, In the city of Osk alooss,
county of Mabasks, Iowa, on the goth
day, of May, 1903, all of said
Defendants right, title. and inter
est In and to the following described
Real Estate, situated in Mahaska
County, to!wit:'" 90 70
s The east OF the south %flof lot
IA in VIM. L. Smiths addition to Os-
kaloosa; also a strip of ground 1917
feet wide of OF tho west side of
south y of lot ~ In said addition.
Sale to commence at the hour of 2
O'Clock p. m. of said day.
Witness my hand this 30thday of
April, 1908.
42w2 e. L. VALENTINE,
Sheriff Mahaska County, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
EXECUToR's NOTICE.

EXECUTORS NOTICE.
AZ Notice is hereby given to all
persons interested, that on the and
day of May A. D., 1908, the un-
dersigned were appointed by the dis
trict court OF Mahaska County, Iowa,
executor of the estate of Elmore
CLARK, deceased, late of said Me-
haska County, Iowa. Allpersons In.
debted to said estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned, and those
having claims against the same will
present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance.
Dated this End day Of May, 1908.
Chas. w. Clark, Executor.
{ l.. e. Corlett, Clerk. 4iw3
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
EXEoUToR's NOTICE.

EXEOUToR's NOTICE. 49,,
~ Notice is hereby gisen to ell
persons interested, that on the 2sth
day of April, A. D., 1905, the un-
dersigned was appointed by the Dis
trict Court of Mahaska County, Iowa.
executors of the estate OF John
Dodds deceased, late of said Ma
haska County, Iowa. All persona
indebted to said estate will make
payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the
same will present them legally au-
thenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1908.
j. M. Larimer, Carrie l.. Gamble,
Executors.
H. =. Oorlett, Clerk. lows
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

"A steamer loaded with 4Q0,OOQ,OOo
freorackers is on the way to this
country. and to think it has just been
announced that safe and sane" OIL
is not going to be a candidate for the
legislature again ILL., ~. go
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

After August ! next $64,000,o0O
Of 3 per cent government bonds win
be Tedeemable and can easily be re.
funded at 2 per cent. Uncle Sam
seems to be on easy street.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

In the first three months of the
present year fifty-eight fires occurred
in this country in buildings devoted
to education. Eternal vigilence is the
price of safety.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

Work las been commenced by the
Home Telephone Co on the tearing
down OF the old building on North
Market that stands on the lots where
on they will erect their new home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

I'm 1892 the populist party worked
up TO 1,O41,467 votes and score of
twenty-one in the electoral college.
Then it fused with the democrats and
that was all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

Uncle Sam has been in control of
the Philippines for ten years. 1t is
limited that in another decade he may
have control of the Filipinos.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
Grand Jury Reports.

Z y
The grand jury which was, recalled
by the court following it's first ad'
journment. completed the work of It's
extra session Tuesday evening and
made report to the court about SIX
io'clock p. M A number of new bills
were found and turned oyeF,cto the
proper officials, None of the indict-
ments were public property this morn
ing, no warrants having been served.
The jury reported. that it made inves-
tigation of the case brought against
&c. H. Ralston by Maude Hiatt, but
that the evidence was not sufficient
to warrant an indictment.
Three of the warrants issued on the
indictments had been served by the
noon hour and returns made. The in
dictments are:
A bill against Joe Russell, charged
with keeping o house of i'll fame. The
house is located on High avenue near
Z street, west of the Turf saloon APP
pearance bond fixed at 100000,
A bill against Rosa Grill, charged
with keeping a. house of i'll fame. Bond
for appearance, 100000. The place
is located in the second story above
that operated by Russell. ...,! NV
bill against. Jessie Steen, charged
with keeping a house of i'll fame.
Bond for appearance. 81 100000 This
house is located on High avenue west
of A street, in apartments in the sec
ond story. %, Pa. ,. ,.r,r..s.. tfr
The grand jury of the April term
was told by the court last evening that
they were not yet discharged; only
excused. The court thought that local
conditions were such that warranted
the retaining of the jury in service,
and should anything occur needing at
tention he wishes the jury to be in
readiness to be recalled.
Law and Equity.
l.. NJ. Coulson VS.. Mary Inez Coul
son, partition suit, continued; as were
also. the cases of A. G. McMains VS.
John MCMains, suit on account, and
Thomas Long and Sons VS.. John Fen
wick, foreclosure.
James Loughridge VS.. F. A. Koogler
default and judgment
Probate.
Estate Richard c. Davis, dcd.. Mary
Ann Davis, Elk. Final report APPROX
red. ~ -ft .ulTEn@ a"sh. ~ ,'
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14

itentiary at Fort Madison for a term
not exceeding eight years.
When the court asked the prisoner
Ii he had anything to say, Massey
took occasion to speak and he told of
circumstances in connection with the
case that had not been developed by
the evidence. He told of the abuses
that had been heaped upon him and
the taunts to which he had sbeen sub
jected
Ten Years Sentence. II,
John Carney and John Ryan. the two
young men apprehended by the Qsisa.
loosa police and held for, the. ]. M.
Hagan, Herbert Coke and Frank Hams
ilton burglaries. indicted by the grand
Jury at It's special session, to which
they entered a plea OF guilty, were
sentenced this afternoon at 1880
O'Clock by Judge Willcockson.
The boys had nothing to say when
given an opportunity and the court
took occasion to make a brief re-
view of their trouble The boys about
one year ago were before the same
court charged with breaking and en-
tering the Neagle grocery store tor
which they received a jail sentence.
When approached by Judge Willcock-
son concerning this second trouble
following his arrest young Carney
stoutly denied having been implicated,
The court told the boys what would
be their lot if they persisted in the
career upon which they had entered
and almost begged them to resolve
upon a change in their life after leaV.
ing the reformatory. He. therefore in
accordance with the law sentenced
each of the lads to the state prison al
Anamosa for term not to exceed
ten years IN. .na ,g1tl -,tra..,f +.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-08

Ventilation Is a matter that should
receive attention in preparing plans
for stables and barns. The health of
animals depends upon the supply of
pure air they get when confined In
doors In the above illustration is
shown the system adopted in a horse
barn erected at the Michigan Agricul-
tural college For the removal of air
there are four fues IL inches by 81
inches, built of sheet-iron. These are
set into the walls. two on a side and
run up in pairs, each fue pairing with
the one opposite it. The fiues of a
pair after passing up into the NOV
follow up Just under the roof and meet
under cupola, unite and extend up
into the cupola half way to its top
These flues take the air from Just
above the foundation wall, but are
provided with registers IS inches by is
inches Just below the ceiling which
can be opened when 1t is desired to
remove the warm air from near the
ceiling. Ten intakes are provided for
admitting fresh air. These are six
inches by 20 inches, are lined with
sheet-iron and each occupies the space
between the inner and outer walls and
two adjacent studs. Each opens to
the outside at the bottom and to the
inside at the top as ahown in the
small diagram to the right of the illus
tration. The openings should be fxed
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-08
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Keeper of Lid During Summer in Doubt

be at the Aspinwail hotel in Lenox.
Mass.
Secretary Metcalf has gone to Cali
fornia to spend the summer in the
mountains. He will not be seen in
Washington until frost comes.
Postmaster General Meyer will HE
hence to the St. Lawrence to fish.
Secretary Garfield is in Hawaii and
will stay there for three months. Sec.
rotary Cortelyou will have a quiet
summer, probably on Long Island.
Secretary Wilson will stay in Wash
ington' for some time on account of the
business arising in connection with
the enforcement of the pure food laws.
If he takes vacation he will go to
his Iowa farm.
Secretary Wright, who will succeed
Secretary Taft in the war department,
will hardly be eligible to such seri-
GUS task as keeping the big lid down
this summer. He will spend much of
his time this summer in Washington,
however Secretary Straus has taken
the seat on the lid and will have this
throne of honor until some of the
other members will consent to relieve
him.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-08

A BEAUTIFUL woman who leads a
"A double life is the latest person of
interest in Washington's smart set.
The beautiful woman is Miss Harriet
Richardson, and her double life is per.
fectly proper as well as highly inter
estins.
Three hours of each day she is Miss
Richardson of the Smithsonian institu-
ton, authority on the isopods of North
America. one of the Who's Who's" in
tile American Men OF Science and with
a long string of degrees filling out the
page after her name. The other 81
hours of the day she is Miss Harriet
Richardson of Wyoming avenue. n. w.
a society favorite.
Miss Richardson inherited a fortune
from her father. c. +. F. Richardson. a
wealthy land holder. She is one of
the most exquisitely dressed young
women in Washington. skilled horse
woman, a globe trotter and an adept at
bridge whist Her suitors are many
and some have been ardent. But thus
far suitors have been unable to tempt
her-for there are the isopods.
Her first deviation from society's
beaten path came when she refused to
be a bud" going to Vassar instead.