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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

ley states were virgin prairie and
game abounded ON the spot where Chi
cago now stands. He told OF the long
journeys down the Desplaines and IL
linois rivers. In going from Lake
Michigan to the Great Mississippi riy-
err Shabbona's shade" related, "wo
carried our birch canoes around the
swift, shallow water of the Desplaines,
from the Calumet to point 20 miles
below Morris; there the stream was
navigable." More interesting facts
about the early days were contained
in other dispositions figuring in the
suit. The principal point at issue is
the. navigability of the stream, ac-
cording to the decision Of the attorney
general of the state, who said, that
the state has the right, under its pow
ers of eminent domain, TO control the
Desplaines river and convert II into a
highway of commerce, cannot be ques-
toned. But before it can proceed, IL
this river is not navigable In fact, it
must take or provide just compensa-
ton TO the shore owners for their
property to be taken or damaged"
The dam will not block the waterway,
but its value If condemned is the real
issue OF the suit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
THE MARYLAND COAL OUTPUT

The coal output OF Maryland IN l9Ui
exceeded that of any previous year in
the history of the state. Statistics
collected by the United States Geolog-
zeal Survey in cooperation with the
Geological Survey Of the state and
furnished by Mr.. f. W. Parker, the
chief statistfcian OF the National Sur
vey give the total production as
5,532,62S short tons having spot
value of $6,62S, 697. ..
Compared with that of 1906. the
production shows an increase of 97,175
tons, or 1.79 per cent, while the gain
in value amounts TO $14S,9O4, or 2.3
per cent, The average price per short
ton in 1907 was S1.2O, the highest fig
ure recorded for any year except 1903,
when the coal famine resulting from
the strike in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania brought the price of
Maryland coal to $1.4S per ton and
the total value OF the coal production
of the state to $7.1S9,784, or $3.50, 1857
in excess of the record for 1907.
WI Il at hbA tObolutlo ~
that the future production OF the
Maryland coal fields will show any
material increase over that of the
present. The fields are confined en-
tirely to Allegany and Garrett coun-
ties, in the western part of the state,
and are of comparatively small ex.
tent. The annual output in the last
ten years has ranged from 4,O24, 6SS'
short tons in 1900 to 5,532,62S short
tons in 1907, and has averaged 1862.
81 short tons.
The average number of men en-
ployed in the coal mines of Maryland
in 1907 was $3.50, and this number ms
to be Compared with CABS in 1906 and
5,9fS H. 1905. The average number
Of days that the mines were in oper-
alton. however, increased from $50 in
1906 to 263 in 1907.
Maryland's record in tonnage per
man. both daily and annual, is among
the best Of all the coalproducing
states. With but few exceptions. the
coal miners OF the state work ten
hours day. The average production
per man in 1907 was 941 short tons as
with SAB tons in 1906 and
$3.50 tons In 1905. The average daily
production per man was 1858 tons in
1907, as against 1898 tons in 1906 and
LII tons In 1905.
Labor disaffections in 1907 were
confined to the mines OF one com,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SCARE.

Editor Herald:-We notice the
space-fillers of the daily press are be-
ginning to stir up the time-honored
idea that a presidential election dis
turbs business, which is like num-
her of time-honOred ideas; it is more
dependent on its age than truth. Let
one put on dark glasses and they will
always see things dark. The people
who are always looking for trouble in.
variably put on the dark glasses when
ever they get a chance, and the presi-
dental election always gives them this
chance. The danger of these people
is that they always want the rest of
mankind to look through their glasses
and will get wrathy if you don't.
Many years ago Gladstone, the most
brilliant statesman England ever
knew, saw how harmless our elections
were and so declared this, and what
has happened since would strengthen
his view. 1t was painted that our ma
tional elections every four years gave
us an opportunity to shoot off our sur
plus hot air and wind and relieve our
pent up feelings. BY so doing they
prevent the revolutions from which
all Europe suffers. The people with
dark glasses. which includes the aver
age calamity bowler have had since
the writer knew anything, their hands
fun in working up election scares; but
this year their object IS hopeless for
the old cry election unsettles business
Is a hopeless one The last few
months have taught the Herald read
ers for better and for worse. Bust
ness has already been unsettled for
the unsafe business which the stock
gamblers have built up under the
name OF high finance Is crushed to
the ground and the builders of these
fllmsy structures have been turned out
of all responsible business circles and
turned out by law and force. by their
own colleagues. the honest and con-
sentative financial leaders OF our coun-
try. so business cannot be unsettled
inasmuch as It has already been nm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
A DEAD MAN m COURT.

The shade Of Shabbona, that pic.
turesque chief OF the Pottawattamie
Indians, who played such an important
part in the early history of Illinois
and Iowa. has put in an appearance
in the hearing OF an injunction suit
brought by the State OF Illinois against
a light and power company regarding
the companys dam along the route of
the proposed deep waterway. The
old chief has been dead many years,
but his account Of the old days "be-
fore the white man came" has found
its way into court. as part OF a depo.
sition by d. II. Raymond. who lived
70 years near the present village OF
Norris. Illinois, and who knew the
famous Indian. Chief Shabbona spent
the last years Of his life in Raymond's
home and around his fire related tales
Of the time when the Mississippi val
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

@
Ezra Meeker the OK team man,
who passed through Eddyville a year
ago last October, arrived in Kansas
City last week on his way hack 10 his
home in Puyalldp, Wash. He is tray-
cling back the same way he went and
has the same two oxen he had when
he went east, Meeker attracted much
attention in the east. He was in
Washington and interested Roosevelt
in his plan of placing markers along
the old Oregon trail. lie submitted
the plans for markers along the trail
to the United States government, and
as a result congress has appropriated
$4,000 to build monuments along the
old national road.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
-The primary Law has been declar:

The primary law has been declar
cd unconstitutional in Cass county. j
w. Scott, an eminent constitutions
lawyer, has announced himself can
didate for the legislature, and in SC
doing states he will not be bound by
the Iowa law as to senator as found
in the primary. His position is that
the constitution of the United States
and the constitution of the State Of
Iowa define the duties of the members
of the legislature in the matter of the
election of a United States senator
and that the schemes of certain poll
ticians to thwart the mandates of the
two constitutions is without binding
force,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
CYCLONE COMING.

A sensational confederation even
more startling than the Torhert letter
Is promised when Congressman Bird
sail takes the stump in the interest OF
Senator Allison. After successfully
proving by the Torbert letter that Gov.
Cummins had promised not to be a
candidate against Senator Allison, Sen
ator Dolliver at Mason City told of a
conversation between Cummins and
Birdsall on the porch of the Cummins
mansion in Des Moines, when Cum
minis told Birdsall to convey to Sena-
tor Allison the compliments of the
Christmas season. When Judge Bird
sail told the governor just after the
governors nomination in 1906, of the
of the election, and ex-
pressed the fear that Allisons friends
feared the success of Cumnins meant
his attempt to GUST the venerable SEN
ator. the governor asked Birdsall to
go before the people and in his name
pledge TO Senator Allison's friends
that the venerable statesman had
nothing, to fear from the governors
success at the polls and Judge Bird
sail in pursuance Ito that assurance
did publicly state without qualifica-
ton that the governor would not at
tempt to block Senator Allison SIRE
election. F .rf,>- sT-f.-'ti
The question is again being asked,
will Cummins be forced to keep his
WOrd?' D..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

The Quincy Herald is 73 years of
age, and it has celebrated the ami
versary in a unique manner. The first
page of the anniversary number is
made up of facsimile reproductions OF
all the, different headings of the paper
used since it's first issue. There are
twenty-five reproductions, each show
ing either change in title of the pa
per or in the style, of type. The paper
was founded in 1885. as the Quincy
Argus The Herald was founded
In 1872 Then in 1s49 the heading APP
peared as the TQuincy Herald and Ar
gus" In 1851 the word Argus" had
been dropped, and from that time on
the headlines show a variation of the
name Quincy Herald" Quincy Daily
Herald" etc.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

thousands, are turning away from a
candidacy which accepts without
shame such support as that? 1t is the
good fortune of the friends of Senator
Allison that they may appeal to the
record to say whether he ever stood
on any platform except the platform OF
the republican party. And while none
of us stands very far from the grave,
so that not even the strongest ought
to boast of his strength, there is a
peculiar sanctity which in civilized
Communities is usually sufficient to
protect from sneer and insult the gray
hairs of good man.-From Senator
Delivers Des MONIES address on AL
lisou.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
plans for tho seats in the /

Plans for the seats in the new
city auditorium in Denver, which is
now nearing completion, have been
sent to Secretary Urey Woodson oi
the democratic national committee for
his guidance in making the seating ar
rangements for the democratic ma
fional convention, which meets in
Denver. July Z, There are 1l,521
chairs shown in the plans and by
placing chairs in aisles or in the space
left for standing room it will be pos
sible to seat 1900 people. This is a
greater seating capacity than that of
the Chicago Coliseum, Madison Square
Garden, New York, or the Mormon
Tabernacle in Salt Lake,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

From a humorous standpoint
President Roosevelts latest message
has made hit in the senate. A few
OF the solons of the upper house are
possessed of enough worldly goods to
rate them as millionaires, and they
were visibly perturbed over his refer.
enees TO the crafty rich.' The Pres
ident referred TO "a particular kind of
multi-millionalre. man of whom Il
has been well said that his face has
grown hard and cruel, while his body
has grown soft; whose son is fool
and his daughter a foreign princess
Those senator's whose incomes are
moderate much enjoyed the discomft
IRE of their colleagues who have the
coin, and INDUCED in many hearty
laugh when these latter gentlemen
were seen peering into the big mir
rors in the Hobbies, trying to discover
il their faces have grown hard and
cruel" A number also were thought.
ful enough TO direct Senate EIkins
attention to the matter of the inter.
national matrimonial alliances. for, be-
sides being very rich, the West vir,
ginian's daughter is popularity sup
posed to be engaged to the Duke Of
Abruzzi, member of Italy's royal
family
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

pany. at which. $40 men were on a
strike for q days.
Statistics relating to the use of
mining machines show that AZ ma
chimes were in use in 1907, as against
45 in 1906. and the quantity of ma
chine-mined coal Increased from 427,-
$50 short tons in 1906 to 479,11O short
tons in 1907 The number of tons
mined by machine was $50 per cent
of the total product in 1907.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

-az- ~ nine yeass ago May Geo
D. Perkins came into possession OF The
Journal His immediate predecessor
was MahIon Gore, now of Florida
The Journal was started in 1868, and
therefore has had forty-five years OF
life as a republican newspaper. II
was published as weekly up to the
spring of 1870. The Journal office in
1859 was nothing to boast of. 1t oc
cupied one room on the third floor OF
an old building. 1t was equipped with
Washington hand press and uoT
don jobber, and a miscellaneous as
sortment of very old type. Sioux City
and the country about it have greatly
changed since 1869. The Journal has
greatly changed since that time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
HOW WHAT CHEER WAS NAMED

Many people wonder and smile at
the name What Cheer" Its origin is
as follows: When Roger Williams,
fleeing from persecution of the Ply.
mouth colonists, crossed the small
creek which divides that portion OF
what is now known as Massachusetts
from the present state OF Rhode IS
land, he was met by several Indians,
who greeted him with this current
salutation What Cheer'-the equiva.
lent of our present salutation of How
do you do?' He at once adopted this
as an suspicious omen. and the result
has been that in Providence the capi.
tai of Rhode Island, quite a number of
Institutions bear the name of what
Cheer" For instance, the What Cheer
Building and Loan Association, one of
the oldest of the kind in existence; the
What Cheer Corporation" which
owns fine block of Office buildings in
Providence, and so on.
In 1885, the town of Petersburg,
(now What Cneer) applied for a post
Office under the name of Petersburg.
1t was found that there was another
Petersburg in Iowa, and the naming
of the new post ONCE was left to the
postal authorities. The clerk who
gave the new name was citizen OF
Providence, Rhode Island, and he
named the new post Office what
Cheer" The history. as above stated,
is verified by documents now in the
possession of prominent residents of
What Cheer. which prove the origin
of the name to be as unique as the
name itself.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

OSkAIooSA CITY TAXES.

During the year which closed April
/, the taxpayers of the city of Oska-
loosa paid into the county treasury, as
their portion of the sum which was
distributed among the state institu-
tons and various funds, total of
1927, 350.69. The following figures Sc
cured from the books of County Treas
urer Geo.Thoppson show the amounts
contributed by the property owners in
Oskaloosa to the tax fund during each
of the months .ofrthe past year:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

friends and they are things greatly
appreciated by the management and
the officers. The most recent OF these
donations is that by DR.. w. S. windIe
OF this city 1t is an invalIds air
cushion and a basin stand for the op.
Grating room, two basins and razor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
IS lr ANY wnnnEaa

Not long since read in the COVER.
nnr's organ at Waterloo this sentence:
Allison, an old man in his dotage.
with one foot in the grave and the
other on the 'standpat platform" Is
Il any wonder that republicans
throughout the state. Dy unnumbered
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

ment was called upon. for the first
time. to pass upon the plans Of a ter
ra Gotta house. The plans were APP.
proved and the house has Just been
finished. Others like 1t have since
been begun.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

OF this amount certain per cent
was collected by the county treasurer
for the city and the total amount paid
back in the Oskaloosa city treasury
during the year amounted to $685.
5SS.67, Including the special paving
tax of S6,45S.S6, sidewalk tax of
s992.47, and curbing tax of $19141.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
-
AROUND THE CIRCUIT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Some one
has gone into the business of lifting
mules in Iowa and evidently he IN
tends to operate on large scale.
Forty mules belonging to a coal COM
many at Buxton were stolen several
weeks ago Nine have been traced,
All attempts to locate the others have
proven unsuccessful, The mules had
been brought above ground and put
out to pasture to await the adjustment
of the questions at issue between the
miners and the mine owners. They
represent a neat sum, and the compa-
nv will spare no effort to locate its
property and bring the thieves to JUS
tice, - Despite the, fact. that all sorts
of machinery has threatened to run
the horse and the mule from the face
of the earth these two animals repre-
sent more cash today than they did
in the good old days when it meant
sure death to be caught with another's
horse or mule in your possession.
sss
Des Moines Tribune: Hon. Fred Il.
White, now probable democratic nom
inee for governor of Iowa, defeated
Major Lacey of the Sixth congression'
al district for congress in 1890, and
during his one term in congress gain
ed considerable distinction by deliver
ing. speech in which he advocated
and defended free trade. The speech
was, such an excellent exposition of
the fundamental democratic doctrine
that in the national campaign of 1892
the democratic managers printed and
circulated many, thousands, OF. copies
of 1t, Mr.. White took pardonable
pride in this fact, and it is not likely
that he will express a change of con
victions now, If the tariff Is. pushed
to the front and made an issue. Mr.
White can. hardly be expected to do
otherwise than to advocate free trade.
He has never had the reputation of
being inconsistent with his previously
expressed views and now at the age
of Ga he is not likely to change his
mind.
SSS f
What Cheer Chronicle: The Regis.
ter and, Leader need not worry over
Major Lacey's views on tariff. If
that paper and a few other tariff rip
ping supporters were just as sound
on that question as Major Lacey there
would be little necessity for party
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

enethird of the year 1908 has pass.
ed. How time flies.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
More HospItaI suppIIes.

Needful articles and supplies are
still coming TO the hospital from
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

through, Barney. We did pretty good
days work at it Yesterday"
Barney surveyed the grunting, squealing,
he, judicially, you'll be through tonight,
and be glad, too, I'm thinking When every
one needs doctoring, it's longer, but there's
some here that's all right now
The lariating went on. All the long, hot
afternoon the sun shone on the brown hills,
and the exhausted workers were glad when
sunset came and the last patient, with an
offended squeal, fled from the corral. =.
now that the pigs could not be harmed by it
as they wandered over the hills.
Win and Barney went into the house. IL
was q rough board cabin, built on the line, SO
Barney's ranch, and the other room on the
side Of Wins older brothers ranch.
Each of the ranches contained one hun
dred and sixty acres OF hill land and the
building of the cabin on both sides OF the
dividing line obviated the necessity of put
ting up two houses instead of one in order to
hold the sections. The acorns OF the i've
oaks growing here and there on the ranches
were good for the hogs.
Wins brother was away from tne rancn
this summer, and the boy took his place.
sI'm SO tired l can hardly eat, .yawned
Win. as he held a piece of sour-milk bread
and tried to MUNICH through its yellow
streaks.
Barney ana VIII were uot cAcctcht CooASf
and soda bread was their principal article Of
Barney yawned in sympathy
.sTm working too hard for my constitu-
tion.' he said. ssNow the hays in and the
round-up's over, I've o mind to go to town
tomorrow for a couple or three days and
take it easy. You can keep house, Win, and
eat all the eggs my hen lays while I'm gone"
ssThank YOU" said Win, sleepily
Barney's hen was the only domestic fowl
on either ranch.
The evening Of the next day Barney pro-
ceeded to carry out his plan. There was a
bright moon, and it was much more pleasant
riding down the number of miles from the
hills to town by night than in the heat of the
SDon't forget to bring some soda back
with you, Barney" warned Win, in parting
ssOurs is almost used up"
sI'H remember" responded Barney tits
poor bread we'd have. all sour milk and no
The horses hoofs sounded down the hiIl
and Win stood alone looking cut into the
moonlight
Grundy gave q grunt from the side OF the
house on Barney's section. The animal, for
eetful Of the atfront Of the day before, wan
dered there IN hopes Of the lump Of sugar
that Win occasionally gave him. The boy
went in for one now.
ssHere. Grundg-" he said
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

He felt inclined to make a companion Of
the only companionable being left him., ex
cept Barney's hen. Win did not know where
she had roasted.
Perhaps it was going to be trife lonesome
on the hills so far from everybody with Bar
ney gone. Win had not supposed he would
care, but this was his first season on the
ranch. Barney would be back in two days.
Win went into the house It was very
still, and he was tired. By-and-by there was
a commotion outdoors. He could hear grunts
and runnings to and fro-bumping against
the house.
He hurried to the door and looked out
cautiously: Grundy was having a halfhght
with dog-like looking animal. Grundy
would run toward it. and then the creature
would drive Grundy back toward the house.
.sHoo-eei hooseei heosa'Y Clear r outr' Ml@ . '''s'
The coyote. cowardly as all the kind are,
fed in alarm at Wins voice, and Grundy re-
turned in peace to the line of Barney's sec
ton.
Hope that coyote won't find the hen,' said
Win. 'Thatd be too bad"
But after. rejecting ON the. capable charac-
ter OF that fowl he concluded that she could
take care of herself, judging from the energy
ne bad seen her display. at times.
nor was he wrong, for, in the morning,
Barney's hen walked 70 the door without the
loss of a feather
Win mended hole in the roof. cut some
wood, attended to the pigs and the hen and
TAXED TO Ofunuy.
The. day Bhpped away faster than be
thought it would as he sawed and split. He
hunted for the hens nest, but Barney had
neglected to state where it was. and Win did
not find it.
By the time the day was over, the boy was
tired of imparting his thoughts to a listener
so unresponsive as Grundy. The bare hills
seemed desolate without living soul beside
himself.
But he was startled that evening on going
by the haysrick to catch glimpse Of some
thing-a shadow or person disappearing
in the moonlight.
"Ha1loi Who's there?' he called.
There was no answer.
He ran around the other side OF the rick.
No one was there. Had his eyes deceived
him? Had it been only shadow in the
But he was sure he had seen a
and it looked like person. Per-
haps Barney had come home Unexpectedly,
and was in the house.
Win ran to the cabin, but the moonlight
showed no one within. He stood on the step
a moment, and then went inside and watched
through the window. But he saw no one.
That's queer" said Win to himself. II
must have been mistaken"
Who should come to the ranch? There
were very seldom any visitors No one lived
near. 1t was nonsense. He put box against
the door and went to sleep.
But next morning he was convinced that