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The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

purchased an adjoining tract of 250,-
900 acres. Reports have been current
from time to time that, now that this
region is opened up for settlement by
the building Ola railroad through here
to Brownsville, Mrs. King would di
vide her great ranch into farms and
sell the land at the big advance in
prices resulting from the building of
the railroad. But, instead of selling
her land she is constantly adding 10
the enormous acreage. The price
paid for the 100000 acres was approx
imately $l.OO0,O0O Most of Mrs.
Kings land is valued at SIS to $50 an
acre, and her total wealth, of cattle,
land and other property, is estimated
az $50, 100000
The active management of the vast
property is in the hands of r. j..
Kieberg, a son-in-law of Mrs. King.
In all matters of Importance, how
ever Mrs King is consulted, and she
keeps in close touch with her bust
ness interests at all times.
Captain Richard King, her husband,
who laid the foundation for her pres
ent great fortune, died many years
ago. He had accumulated several
hundred thousand acres of land at the
time he died. Through careful and
judicious management Mrs. King has
more than doubled the fortune that
was left, her by her husband.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
MRS. CAVITY STRICKEN.
WeIl-known Woman is Dying From
Stroke Of Paralysis.

Bolton, Ia, Feb. HIT was the
source of much sorrow to the miners
and residents of>this district to learn
that Grandma" Canty, aged II years,
suffered a. stroke of appoplexy last
evening at about 500 o'clock. She is
being given the best of medical care,
but her condition is very low and the
outcome is still doubtful The affiict-
ed lady is the wife of William Canty,
the oldest mining engineer in the state
of Iowa, and her granddaughter is
the wife of Supt. Branager, of the Boil
ton-HOover coal mines here. She is
the mother of two daughters and one
son, all of whom live at a distance
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
WORKERS ARE NAMED K. OF P. OPEN SESSION
Standidg Committees Chosen by
Endeavor Society.

At a meeting of the Senior Endea
vor Society of me Christian church
announcement was made of the follow
ing standing = committees to nave
charge of the organized work during
the coming six months: '.,.~
Look Out Committee-Hassel Hedge
chairman. Melvin Bemisdarfer. Bon.
ME Helm, John Suffer- Lola Walker
and Harry Colville. .
Missionary-Grace Hayes chairman
Marilla Colville, helene Hedge, Nellie
Johnson and Grace Walker.
Prayer Circle-Ernest Henry chair
man, James Lyle, Efhe Noe, Cassie
Noe and Fern Pickens.
Good observation-disclosures Wood
chairman, Harry Hedge, Beatrice Gil
christ, jerks Ruby, Leslie Obert and
Henry, Jepson.
Temperance-Clyde Williams chair
man, Sarah Grant, Bert Johnson, Art
Malone and Clarence Rakow.
fTdyeT-N eetlnB-NeVa noel Cnalr
man, Grace Cunningham, Edna Pick.
ems, Rose Johnson and Marge Cassi
dy
Music-Verda Minkler chairman
Everett Cooley. Ethel Hunt. Sarah
Grant and May White.
Junior Committee--Myrtle Blake
chairman, Ethel Holt. and Hazel Stey
ems.
Jail Commitse-Guy Weatherwax
chairman, Louise Rehfeldt, Earle VII
lianis and Charles Harnesworth.
Calling Committee-Ruby Reeder
chairman, Ethel Coons and Grace
Martin.
Flower Committee-Nita FleeneI
chairman, Bertha Carson, Clifford
Hull and Nellie Colville.
Sunday School-Dwight Johnson
chairman, May Colyille and Grace
Walker
Social and Entertainment Commit
tee-Lottie Blake chairman. Jessie
Reed. assistant, Pearle McElroy, Nile
Oldham and Evan Fleener.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

his instructor and the school Of hard
experience for his disciplinarian
brought him to the vision of the burn.
ing bush and opened his eyes to
great ideas, great plans, great des'
TIMES, far-reaching as Gods govern
ment itself, things that like the bush
We're not to be consumed by the heat
and fame of passion. gia.
"Old age gives the reflective powers
an opportunity for activity. Memory
laden with more than oriental splen-
dor of the priceless Offerings of the
Queen of Sheba, brings its rich gifts
into the treasury. Over what delight
full fields of experience the soul wan
ders! What splendid conquests of
the past fall into the nclds of retro
spect. In panoramic order are mar
shalled the gracious proyidences of
life, and innumeraple do they appear.
The soul in view of the past exclaims,
the lines have fallen to me in pleas
ant places and surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life 1t is a time for honey
from the rock and the finest of wheat.
In the passionless atmosphere of old
age the eye is open to clearer, truer
vision, for westward turned, with sky
undimmed, the hand of God draws
back the curtain where the two worlds
merge. letting fall from above added
pencils Of golden brightness that there
may be light abundant at the time
of evening. Free from the noisy con-
fiicts and surging activities of young.
er years the auditory processes dulled
to the things of time and sense be,
come acute to the music of Cheru.
BIN and Seraphim. With such splen.
did visions to delight the eye and
such divine rhapsodies to fill the ear
of old age, is it and wonder that one of
old in an inspired moment should say,
A hoary head is crown of glory If
it be found in the ways of righteous
ness"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
ONE woMANs EMPIRE.

Mrs. II. NJ. King. whose extensive
ranch home is situated two miles east
OF Kfngsville, Texas, has added an
other tract Of land, embracing 10000
acres. TO her holdings. The purchase
OF this land from Captain John Todd
and associates, makes Mrs. King the
largest woman land owner in the
United States, and probably the larg-
est In the world. Her landed posses
sions now aggregate 1,470.000 acres.
The next largest woman land owner
Is Mrs. C. Adair. whose ranch. situat-
ed 10 the Panhandle OF Texas, aggre-
gates 100000 acres.
airs. Kings ranch embraced 1885,
900 acres until two years ago, when she
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
NO DANGER IN ATLANTIC.

While some alarmists complain that
the Atlantic has been left in a dan
gerous condition by the dispatch of
the big feet to the Pacific, their COM
plant is without foundation. A new
battle ship of the first class, the Mis-
sissippi, has just gone into commits
sion with appropriate exercises at the
navy yard in the Delaware. Her
sister ship, the Idaho, is under rapid
construction. The Mississippi is a
powerful fighting machine, with ar
NOR belts ranging in thickness from
~ inches to 4, and a full armament
of Pinch and other guns. Her length
is 375 feet, displacement $4,000 tons
and speed 1914 knots. Two 2l-inch
submerged tubes are provided for tor
pedoes. The crew required numbers
750. Though not of the largest pat
tern, the Mississippi, for her size, is
equal to anything atioat.
Seven other great battleships re-
main in the Atlantic, together with a
large fleet of armored cruisers, gun
boats, torpedo boats and what seem
to be the most successful submarines
in the world. Two battle ships of 90
900 tons and three of 10000 tons are
under way. Some of these are twice
as powerful as any ship in Admiral
Evans now famous company OF six
teen. Our land defenses along the
Atlantic are also of the most modern
hfr S,f
trained coast artillerymen. The ma
ton that is looking for trouble would
do well to let the United States alone.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
Two Hundred Guests Entertained
..- By Local Lodge.

A company of almost two hundred
Knights of Pythias Monday evening
at a special open session of the lodge
and Castle Hall was filled to over.
flowing. The promise was out for
something big doing" and it was
done. The large lodge room was filed
with tables devoted to whist and in
the club apartments the billiard and
pool tables invited others and still
more INDUCED in conversation and
enjoyed the conveniences and com
forts found on every hand.
The game of whist, which was pro-
gressive, resulted in victory for James
Barnhill, who won first favors, while
Charlie Carbon was at the other end
of the big company and then came a
diversified entertainment The Orient
and the Alcazar Theaters with their
films, machine and service made pos
sible most entertaining moving pic
ture show that was greatly appreciated
and was something new for a social
session of this character. John Rey.
nolds favored the company with
reading, that was roundly applauded.
in the meantime orchestra music of
the best sort kept the spirits moving.
And then the guests were served
with a lunch" that was veritable
feast of good things. A great table
was spread along the entire length of
the room and in the center was a
young pig roasted whole. The savory
odors Of the coffee and the roast
tickled the appetites and when lunch
was announced that company made
small pretense at backwardness. The
lunch was served. buffet style" and
the treat was appreciated by every
guest of the evening. Goodnights were
hidden at late hour and the feeling
prevailed with the guests that most
enjoyable evening had been spent and
with the members of the order, that
oskaloosa Lodge X. of p. had given
the most successful stag party" in
its history.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

his fellow man. The young man enter.
ing business career soon exclaims
in the hasty language of the Psalmist
All men are liars Subsequent life
is a prolonged school of experience
wherein he learns to know men bet
ter, so that at two score and ten he is
surprised at the vast amount of in
kindness that underlies the tumult of
daily business life. At four score he
turns his chastened eye within, with.
out upon the struggling ranks and
upward to the changeless One with
nothing doubling, for faith in God and
fellowman has become regnant angain
and in childlike simplicity he is able
to obey again the two great command
ments on which hang all the law and
the prophets, for old age bridging
over the long interval of years is
merged again into the trusting, con-
fiding childlike love and faith viii
which the good God had set adrift the
tiny bark in the beginning upon times
restless waves.
"Old age ripens into wisdom Time,
long time is required for the growth
and maturing of great ideas. Great
ness cannot be achieved in a nights
time. The tempering influence OF
summers heat and winters cold, the
multiplied thermal units of furnace
fire, the yexing trials of daily life, the
fretting ordeals of human limitations,
the annoying extremities which prove
Gods opportunities, all are essential
for bringing to the soul the complete
elimination of the Carnal and the in
filling of the Divine. Growth is at
tended by aches and pains, writing
and agonies of soul that cannot be
uttered. With single hand and won.
derous intent did Moses strike his
first hot-headed blow for the enamel
patton of his race. Forty years of
meditative and tutelage life under the
starlit skies of Arabia, with God for
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

William l.. Douglas, the great
shoe man and present governor Of
Massachusetts, is likely candidate
for the democratic nomination foI
president. Mr. Douglas is the fellow
who won his way into gubernatorial
chair by the liberal use of printers
ink, and all the newspapers, at least
are wishing he may be nominated for
the presidency He is one of the
ablest men in the democratic fold.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
-couched n terms mai made. hi

-Couched in terms that made his
speeches famous when he ran fol
governor of Iowa, Mayor T. J. Phil
fps, of Ottumwa, has issued an order
that every darned gambling room
in town must shut and stay shut, and
every blankety blank saloon must
obey the mulct law as closely as a
man should stick TO brother" 1t is
presumed that George Taylor for
merly of Oskaloosa, and now a mem
Der Of the ottumwa police force. VIII
be detailed to sit on the lid
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM.
A Mahaska County Inmate Runs Away
From Mt. Pleasant.

A communication was received by
County Clerk l.. +. Corlett this morn
ing from the authorities at the state
insane asylum at Mt. Pleasant stating
that an inmate by the name of Thos.
Gordon escaped from that institution
last evening and is yet at large. Cor
don is from this county and was ex-
amined by the county commissioners
for the insane and sentenced TO the
state hospital for treatment on Sept.
%, 1906. Local officials have been no
titled to watch for him If he returns
here. so that he may be taken back
for further treatment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
-Montezuma RepubIlcan:

-MUHItZUIHd NtpuUIICdH. "IuSPoI
county settled its damage cases caus
ed by a traction engine going through
a county bridge, for the sum of S20,.
4SS.72 This sum would go long
ways in building new bridges, In this
county the average expenses fol-
bridge work per year is about $1,000
The board of supervisors in this coun
ty have given the question much at
tention and We have had no serious
accident on the county bridges fol
years. The lesson from Jasper county
is that it is true economy to bmld
good bridges and keep them in good
renair ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
ENCOURAGING FEATURES

The monthly bulletin issued by FISK
G. Robinson, of New York, has reach
ed Oskaloosa subscribers. 1t is of an
especially optimistic tone this month
and among other things says:
ut is inevitable that the accumula-
ton of idle money will continue for
some time to come, for even with
most favorable conditions it will be
impossible to resume in full the in
dustrial and commercial activity so
sharply curtailed during the recent
period of financial stringency. Much
of this money, so recently inadequate
to meet the pressing demands OF
commercial business, is now seeking
investment in the higher grades OF
securities.
One of the most encouraging fea-
lures in the present industrial situa'
tion is the absence of an accumulation
of manufactured products and a total
lack of anything akin to business de-
moralization. Even the customary
feeling Of uncertainty attendant upon
a presidential election is not likely to
be long-lived. for already public opin
ion appears to be crystaliZing, and
barring unforeseen contingencies the
outcome of the approaching election
will be largely discounted long before
the nominating conventions are called.
THE situation so far as the New
York banks are concerned is working
towards increasing ease. The surplus
reserve of the banns having reached
a total on January % of over $S7,00O,,
900 compared with deficit of over
$54 100000 for the corresponding
week two months earlier. Last year
the surplus reserve at the close OF
January was approximately $l2,5O0,-
900.
THE improved situation in foreign
banking centers is evidenced by the
recent reduction, on January %, OF
the Bank of England's rate to per
cent, and on the same date the re-
duction of the Bank of Frances rate
to per cent, while the Imperial Bank
Of Germany reduced its rate to per
cent on January IA and again on Jan.
uary % to 51a per cent.
I'VE look for a continued activity
and improving prices"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
NO TRUTH IN RUMoR.
Girl is III, But Not From Taking
Poison.

A rumor was current on the streets
this morning that Miss Bertha Moore
head, an Oskaloosa girl who is in the
employ of the Meeder restaurant at
New Sharon, had taken poison. Ac-
cording to the rumor, the girl and
her lover, who is, a news agent on the
Iowa Central, had quarreled and af-
ter he had left the girl took poison.
A telephone communication from
the Herald to Mr.. VAIL editor of the
New Sharon Star, who investigated
the alleged suicide, found it to be
only rumor. The girl is very sick,
but the proprietors of the restaurant
claim that she is Ill with la grippe,
and the rumors that she hau attempt
ed suicide were false.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
SCHOOL ELECTION.
Two Directors To Be Chosen On
March 9.

Considerable interest is being taken
in the coming school election which
is held each year on the second Mon
day in March. The date this year will
be the 9Th day OF the month, and sug-
gestions are already being made as to
who will be candidates for members
of the board of education. The two
directors whose Office expires this
year are James Atchison and T. f..
Neagle. and a successor will be chos-
en- for each to serve for term OF two
years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

suggested by the St Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, the best-balanced tariff which
the republican party ever framed. and
one of the reasons why it was so sat
isfactory was that it was framed in
an extra session at the beginning Of
the term, when stump speeches or po-
litical trickery could not get chance
to be heard" The majority of the
republican leaders favor revision un-
der. the same happy conditions in
1908 81
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

$50 fierce was the s1,50OO00 fire
which destroyed .ne Peats, Colby 4
Keith buildings in Chicago last week
that the one structure supposed TO be
fire-proof was Quilted by the namea
as though built in the old way OF
wood and plaster. windows forty feet
distant from one building were crack
ed. although insurance men had said
that nothing less than blow-pipe
could damage them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
VICTORY FOR ANTl.sALooN.
Supreme Court Passes On Atlantic
Census Middle.

Des Moiues, Feb. 1.-THE supreme
court today affirmed the Injunction
against the members of the state ex-
|ecutiye council. prohibiting them from
publishing false census figures of the
city of Atlantic. The decision is a
victory for the anti-saloon league
which claimed the census was padded
for the purpose OF securing over 5000.
thus. making the muIct saloon petit
ton Of 50 per cent Of voters legal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

ITO succeed. shun the big city.
was the counsel that reyerses nc
prevalent ideas of tie ambitious
young man, given by Samuel AIS
chuler. among reasons why cities as
big as Chicago should discourage the
influx of people. Not one in 10000
who seek fortune or favor in great
hive Of people realize their hopes
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The secretary of the interior re-
ports that the government has resery-
ed 5,163.5 52 acres of coal lands in the
public domain. That announcement
is timely with the thermometer at
PLACES registering al below zero.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The veteran aeronaut, Samuel A.
King, now so years old. has made 45S
J ascensions since his first in 1851. He
says the air will be Systematically
navigated, but not by heavier-than-
air machines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The armory company at Rock
Rapids, which owns and operates the
opera house, held its annual meeting
and find the stock has earned a pro
fit of is per cent A larger armory
in oskaloosa would no doubt do as
we'll
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Dexter Marshall, in late syndi
cate letter, classes Senator Norris
Brown of Nebraska as the only sena
tor who does not hold deed TO q
home of his own.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

q "A NATURALIZATION skyscraper
is among the early building announce,
ments in ST. Louis for the season OF
1908. That one may be all right. but
I st. Louis might as well learn one time
as another that Oskaloosa will not
stand for having the sun entirely
eclipsed by high buildings.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Perhaps that big interurban car
which ran out over the end of the
tracks in a southwesterly direction,
was attempting in its mute way to re-
Yiye the call of ION to Buxton!"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The Keota Interurban Railway
Co. declared its first dividend amount
ing TO 80 per cent last Friday even
ing. The committee had $16S left and
concluded TO return it pro rata to
those who contributed it according to
promises made at the time of coIlec-
rtion.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Prof. d. NJ Kelly, for the past
eight years superintendent of the
schools at Cedar Fails, has announced
his candidacy for grand chancellor OF
the knights of Pythias of Iowa to
succeed J. w. Billy, of Knoxville.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Republicans should remember
that for the first county convention,
the usual ward and township eau
euses must be held. The primary
law does not effect this convention at
which no nominations are to be made.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Capt. l.. b. Raymond, editor of the
Franklin County Recorder. once can
didate for lieutenant governor, prom
inent in the G. A. Il. OF Iowa, and for
many years a member of the board of
commissioners of the Iowa Soldiers
Home. is seriously i'll from paralytic
stroke.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The Herald acknowledges an in
vitation TO be present at the annual
Lincoln dinner, of the Young Mems
Republican CluD of Washington, Ia,
on Wednesday. Feb. u, 1908, at the
Commercial Club, at p. m. Gov.
Cummins is the speaker of the even.
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

"A reader wants to know il it was
wrong to stay away from church yes
terday TO shovel the snow off the front
walks. Why, of course,-that is to
say,--well, we give 1t up
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

-Keokuk Gate City: 1t is said
that Governor Hughes is Welshman.
He should run Ike a scared wolf in
Mahaska and Monroe counties in this
state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

There is more or less recognition
OF human nature in Josh Wise's re
mark that it is poor rule that doesn1
work your way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The Sioux City journal declares
that "the original Taft man should be
on the delegation" That means LATE
Young.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The big fleet moved south into
one summer, 1t viii now pass north
into another.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The report was current in town
today that Governor Cummlns spent
part of Sunday in Des Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

The prices maintained at the mum
erous public sales around the country
are said to be the best in years \
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

February s, 1908:
Gents List.
Ady, j. Murphy, M. N.
Buck, Elmer Morrill,, Chas. A.
Cady, Prof. Hyp- McLain, E. s.
notist, Power, John
Cross, II. b. Rogers, G. J.
Evans, Roy Scott. Edward
Everling, ]. SeymouryFred II.
Edwards, Ellsworth Smith, Frank P.
Francis, W. L.. Shafer, Erna
Francis, VIII (2l Wells. Ellis
Hillery. Geo. Weinstein, d.
Prof Cady, Morley, c. u.
Lorenz, Art Wheeler, II. W.
Lewis, John r.
Ladies' List.
Burnett MrsF.E. Marshal, Mrs.
Black ,Mrs.John Morgan, Mary
Day, Mary Mullen, Mrs.C.C.
Darlington, Miss, Martin, Grace
Mommie Reynolds, Mary
Fenwick, Estella Rogers, Anna NJ
Harvey, Sadie Swartz, Helen
Jones, Mrs.Jennie Smyth, Hattie
Kitchen Blanche Winston, Mrs.Jane
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to ad-
vertised list of this date. The above
letters will be held two weeks from
date and then sent to the dead letter
Office
Chas. V. Hoffman,, p. NJ.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13

Kellogg Tribune: Monroe is going
to have a new depot. Now II that
town just had a railroad it would be
fixed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
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UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
VIII Be Sent to Dead Letter Office II
Not Called For,

Following is a list of letters remain.
ing uncalled for in the post Office at
Oskaloosa, Ia, for the week ending
February 8, 1908.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-01
That Newspaper Riot.

Our esteemed contemporary, The Statesman, calls
upon Senator Dubois to prevent riot at Wallace
1t suggests that Mr.. Dubois in lectures speeches in
the senate and elsewhere has given the impression
that there is lawless element in the state and for
the good name of Idaho and counteract his injury
to the state he should attend to it. and prevent law
lessness at the Wallace gathering
The Statesman sometimes and until satisfactory
arrangements made, calls attention in forcibe lam
guage to this lawless element which it accuses
Mr. Dubois of referring to. This same lawless e1e-
ment which refuses to obey the constitution and in
ssts on practicing polygamy, has been reinforced
IN the democratic party by some able attorneys of
Boise. 1t has newspaper, purporting to be dem
ocratc but which is controlled by the Mormon or
ganization This combination is anxious TO make
trouble at Wallace but will not be permitted do So
There will be no trouble at Wallace There will
be no rough house" there, as at Twin Falls. AT
Twin Falls this combination raised riot and after
two hours of turmoil bolted the regular democratic
convention. Their cause was tried at Denver and de-