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The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
The MARKET PLACE
Scales Are Purchased By The City
So ,z,r Council.

At a meeting of the scale commit
tee, appointed some time ago, the
city council met with representatives
Of several dealers in the Office Of City
Clerk Chas. Monroe, Friday evening
bids were considered and. a contract
closed for the purchase OF weighing
scales for the new city market place
at the corner of First avenue and {
street The committee. composed ot
Tom Carlin, Jno. H. Pickett and W
L. Laffollett, was appointed to con
slider making such purchase and
given power to act. w. l.. Lincoln
Of Cedar Rapids, with the Howe Scale
Co., and w. NJ. Bartlett, of Des Moines,
with Fairbanks, Morse & Co.. were
present and the .Bequeth Scale Co.
of Des Moines, and the Buffalo Scale
Co. were also represented. The bid
OF Fairbanks, Morse & Co., of $3.50
was accepted and a contract closed
with them for the purchase Of a truss.
ed lever wagon scales OF eight tons
capacity, complete with compound
beam and office fixtures. The scales
will be installed as soon as received
and will be for general public, use al
the new market place.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28

The widow failed to see the fiowery
side OF the proposition and his offer
was rejected. Then the doctor real
lied that he did not care to locate in
Colorado anyhow and left for parts un'
known.
The doctor left stanhcpe shortly be-
fore the murder farm story showed
up and told someone that he was go
ing to Indiana to marry woman with
whom he had correspondent Nothing
further was heard from him and 1t
was at once concluded that he was q
Guinness victim.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
COAL TRADE REVIEW
CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS AS
POINTED OUT BY LEADING
TRADE JOURNAL.

Chicago, May 23.--The Black Dia-
mond today says:
Definite policies are being mapped
out by the coal producing companies
with regard to their contract business
for this year. A tone of conservatism
is manifest throughout, the keynote
of which is that collections must be
kept practically up to the minute.
This policy was inaugurated prac-
tically by decision of the anthracite
producing companies in demanding
that settlements hould be made with
In. thirty days. That was followed by
scrutinizing the standing of the va
rious dealers and the Industrial status
of the city in which the coal dealer
was doing business. 1he bilnminons
operators fell in line, their first action
being TO withdraw the old practice OF
granting six months time on ex-lake
coal. Then they began to refuse to
make contracts with concerns the IL
nancial standing of whicn was not
fully determined. The mining COM
panies have not sufficient money with
which to carry their customers in
definitely. Dealers are also without
funds, and since they cannot afford to
buy and since the operators cannot
afford to sell. right now, II is a fore
gone conclusion that transactions will
be slow. Moreover, shipments will be
delayed so long this summer and SO
much Shipping win have to be crowded
into the winter a possible shortage
of coal is to be expected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs Of the Local colsny
and Their Friends.
carl has iust got a tooth !


A luncheon was held at the home
OF Mrs. A. Blackburn Friday alter
noon. s.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Coleman Wednesday.
Mother and child are doing nicely.
Mrs. Pierre barquette and daughter
Maxine went to Des Moines Wednes-
day for short visit with her mother.
Des Moines is arranging to enter
tain the annual meeting OF the Western
Negro Press Association on June 10
and IL.
The city council has suspended I'm
Lloyd's road tax on account of physi
cal disabilities; yet some of the boys
claim his sprintirg abilities are still
unimpared. ...... III
The band concerts Wednesday
nights are interfering seriously with
the A. M. E. literary and ii looks as
II one or the other will have to cnapge
dates or suspend. 5.
The annual session OF the Iowa Fed.
Grafton OF Colored Woman's Clubs will
meet In Buxton next Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mrs. Cora Franklin will
represent the Oskaloosa Club and At
is expected that several other mem
bers viii attend the sessions. ...
Lamont Frederick, the young negro
of Des Moines, who has been on trial
this week, charged with assault and
robbery of white woman, was CON-
pletely vindicated in Judge McHenry's s
court Friday. On motion of his attor-
ney. s. Joe Brown, which was agreed
to by the county attorney, the court
directed the jury TO return verdict
OF not guilty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Barquette en-
tertained a small company at their
home, 709 Third avenue east, Tues.
day evening in honor Of Mr. Bar
uette's birthday. An elegant three
course luncheon was served and
pleasant evening enjoyed by all. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John Bar
quette, Mr., and Mrs. Ed Jones, Mr..
and Mrs. Win Crump, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Smith, Mrs. John Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Clark. .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
State Taxes Increased A Per Cent
Record OF cummias Reform Admnissration Farmers Pay 81
Per Cent or Increase.


administration
the had q
preceding Shaw e@ q s
a
Comparing the
an sl3S657967 while
to
under Cummns of $4225sl2O A
Is lands and
live stock the two classes which the farmers
iay
paid So of this increased burden imposed by the cummns
j.. , III . a. Tt-a24h f
following table books
g. mills: de- 2ss .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
Freaks Of Mature.

w. F. Rogers has left at the Herald
ofice pumpkin that is well presery.
ed. This is unusual. as decay gener-
ally begins long before this.
Mrs. ], N. Taylor reports having
picked a pansy blossom that measures
nine inches in circumference.-anot
er reminder OF the fertility of Mahaska
county soil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
Collar Bone Broken,

Master Armand Dickson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. o, E. Dickson, met with
a painful accident Saturday evening
about seven o'clock The little chap
fell from the porch to the ground.
fracturing the clayicle. Medical at.
tention was called and the little fel-
low was made as comfortable as pos
sible. He will be as good as new
within short time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
Now is The lime to Act.

The organization for the Fourth OF
July celebration should be completed
Immediately in order that the adver-
tising may be placed In the field.
The smaller towns have commenced
planning to celebrate in case oska.
loosa does nothing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
One And one-Haif Inches.

Oskaloosa and vicinity was visited
by heavy rains from Saturday morning
to Sunday night. According to the
water guage of Mr. Vreeland one.
fourth of an inch fell on Saturday
morning, one inch Saturday night and
on. fourth OF an inch Sunday night,
making total of one and one.half in.
ches of rain in two nights.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
NOT BADLY HURT.
Injuries To Steven Pomeroy Are Not
Serious.

Steven Pomeroy sustained a small
injury at his home northwest of the
city Friday afternoon. falling to the
ground from his wagon. He slipped as
he was about to allght and was thrown
quite heavily and received hard
bump. The report came to the city
that he had sustained severe injury
and had several broken ribs. but this
report is In error.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
Farmers Are Interested.

The fact that the farmers OF the
county are much interested in the
Saturday night Iowa Brigade Band
concerts is proven by the fact that
they have asked to have the pro
grams printed in the Friday evening
Herald, that the may read them Sat
urday,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28

The tents are going up at the Holi-
ness University camp grounds. Enough
accommodations will be available for
the entertainment of the coming hosts
to accommodate two regiments.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
GUINNESS "vlcTim" ALIVE.
Eccentric Iowa Doctor Was Wooing
Colorado Widow.

Nevada, Ia, May 25.-While his
friends and business associates at
Stanhope were worrying about his
whereabouts and the press OF the
state was heralding The fact that he
was one OF the victims of Mrs. Gun
ness. Dr. Dresser. an eccentric physi-
clan OF Stanhope. was quietly wooins
q widow In Colorado.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
Band For Memorial Day.

The committee OF the Phil Kearney
Post who has charge of the Memorial
Day exercises, has engaged the Iowa
Brigade Band for the afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28
july 6 10 Jnlv ~.

The date of the big Patterson Carnl.
val, which win be held at the bail
park, was decided this morning, july
s to IL inclusive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-28

The number of educational institu-
tions in oskaloosa give the city just
claim upon the title of the Athens Of
Iowa" ~
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
]. ". CURTISS HERE
Yale Navy Adviser Looking Over the Prospects for
 the Spring.
CONFERENCE IS PLANNED
Second Boat Will Go Into the Ameri.
 can Henley to Trim Cor. | nell Crew.

Julian w. Curtiss. the adviser of the Yale navy, was in New Haven Satur- day talking matters over with the present crew officials and making pre- liminary arrangements for the con- ference to be held within few weeks with Harvard for the races on the Thames this coming June.
 Besides the Yale Harvard confer- ence, MT. Curtiss was up in regard to entering 8 second Yale crew in the American Henley. The crew last year, itl will be remembered, rowed away not only with the victory over the other crews, but also broke the worlds record, though the new record was not allowed, as the timekeeper failed to look at his watch at the proper time. Yale doesn't expect to break the record this year, but there is possibility of rowing off with the race.
 This idea of Yale winning has giv- en the Cornell coaches an awful bump. Last year. when the house fell on them after the Yale second crew in ahead of Cornell, they swore that this year the best place Yale could get would be second, and it is up to them to make good
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
STAND BY REFEREES
Polo Magnates Abide by Ruling of Officials in Protested
 Games.
RORTY PLEASED BY ACTION
George Bone Allows Bill Miller tc Join Starkie's Springfield
 Team.

At the meeting of the National Roller Polo league held yesterday afternoon in this city, 1t was decided by the mag mates to stand by the ruling of all the referees in the case of the protesting games. This gives New Haven one of the three protested games, that pro- tested by Providence. George Bone an nounced at the meeting that he had al- lowed Bill Miller to go to Springfield.
 All of the managers were at tho meeting but Cunningham, who was substituted by Dickey Pierce.
 The first business of importance and practically the only business of the league was to act on the protested games. Secretary Pyne of Hartford read the protests. three in number, and the league decided that the best thing to do was to stand by the ruling of tho referee in each case. The first game discussed was that between New Ha. ven and Providence at Providence which was forfeited by Providence be- cause Mallory would not cut down his pads when Rorty ordered him to do so
 
 New Haven was granted the game. The next game played in this city, in which Referee Leahy decided that goal ten. der s. Mallory. pads were not over nine inches and which game New Haven losings protested. was given to Provi- dence. The game between Providence and Bridgeport, in which both Harper's and Mallory's pads were too large, will be played over. The fourth game, that between New Haven and Bridgeport, al the Park City last Monday night. which Bone protested on the grounds that three goals must be made to decide overtime games. Most of the manager believed that Bone was right in this protest. but felt that as the as the ref. erees word is supposed to be the law they should abide by his ruling.
 George Bone allowed Bill Miller. whc played with New Haven during the ear. ly part of the season, and then went out into the Interstate league, to go tC Springfield.
 1 There has been considerable kickins of late concerning Farrell's yelling. and at times swearing during the game, ana | the subject was considered yesterday Wild Charlie is being tanned by Bone I but Farrell fails at times to continue under the managers hypnotic power Rorty was al the meeting and fell happy and much relieved when th' league decided to stand by him in tn. ] Providence- New Haven game.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
BASEBALL MEN OUT
Candidates for the Yale Team Will Report at the Cage
 To- day.
OUTLOOK VERY PROMISING
Men Will Have to Train This Year Loss of Last Years Men
 Made Good.

Captain Tad Jones of the Yale base ball team this morning issues call for all candidates for positions on the team to report at the gymnasium this afternoon for work in the cage, The work at the gymnasium will be light and will continue until it is possible to practice at the field.
 About fifty candidates have expressed their intentions of trying for the nine and the prospects are better than they have been in some wears. The men who played last year were not of such first class material that those who have gone will be missed The men who are gone are Capt. Gil Kinney, who was a very good third baseman; A. G. Camp, who will be missed at second base; J. w. Madden, the left fielder; " B. Church, the rightfelder; c. H. Chapin, who also played in the outheld, and S, M. Meyer the pitcher.
 In place of Kinney at third base, Williams will probably play. While not as brilliant player as Kinney, he is more steady Cushman. Bomar and Dimes will try for second base, to sue ceed Camp. They are all good fielders and rather ordinary hitters. The field positions will be filled by men superior to last years outfield, H. NJ. Wheaton Fred Murphy and Jim Clifford. Al three of the men are first class hitters and all arc good fielders Kinney for a while last year tped 10 play short stop. In his place this year will be Fels of last years freshman team. who if he fulfills the promise of last year will be one of the best men in college baseball
 Meyer in the box will be succeeded by Merritt, in all probab Merritt has had trouble with his studies with his cuts and in other ways. He is a wonderful pitcher and for the time be. ing stands all right with the faculty To-day he will come out for practice with the others. Should anything han. pen to Merritt, Eddie Van Week, who pitched while last year. will make a good substitute. Others out for the position are Jud Parsons, Howard | Jones and Gushing.
 Gushing, however, will probably play first base, though Coy and Wylie arc out for the place. Tad Jones will di. rect the work from his old place be- hind the bat.
 The farce which has been kept UT some years with regard to training will not prevail this year as the de. sire is to have a winning team insteaf of perpetual excursion. The mer will have to get down to work from. the start and the prospects for a winnine | finish are good.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
NEW HARTFORD PLAYERS.
Manager Dowd Announces His Men
 Exhibition Games.

Manager Dowd of the Hartford base ball club announces several new play CTS for his team this season. The list of players follows:
 Catchers-Casey. O'Leary, Wadleigh and Moore, all pretty good
 nfielders-Pulsifer, McCrehan, Ron- deau. Tom Connery, Katz, Burke. Jus tice. Moves and Worthy MT. Dowd says that Connery is first baseman and a good one at that
 -Haligan, Fallon, Pulsi- fer and McCrehan. According to the Hartford manager, Pulsifer and Mo Crehan can perform equally well in the outfield or infield and are therefore in- cluded in both lists.
 Here is the official list of the exhibi ton games to be played by the home team prior to the opening of the league season on April 2S:
 Thursday, April 16-Lynn at Hart. ford
 Friday, April 17-Providence, two games. morning and afternoon, al Hartford. Saturday. April 1S-Cuban Giant. (colored), at Hartford.
 Monday, April 2o-Holyoke, twt games, at Holyoke.
 Tuesday, April 21-Yale varsity a l Hartford.
 Wednesday, April 22-Worcester. a Worcester. Friday. April 24-Wesleyan univer sity, at Hartford
 Saturday. April 25-New Bedford at Hartford.
 Monday, April 27--Worcester. a Hartford.
 The members of the team will re port here on Wednesday,, April 15, an it will be noted that every day iron 1 then until the 18th is filled with tn exception of the 23d. MT. Dowd state that he had date with. the Trinit team for April 2S, arranged before tn directors of the league changed thei minds concerning the opening datt and has since had to cancel 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
WIN AT BASKETBALL.
Moves Team Finds No Trouble iI
 Trimming Princeton Quintet.

Yale ended the Washington's birth. day celebration at Princeton by de- feating the Tigers deeisively at bas- ketball The score was 31 to 19. After about five minutes of play Yale had the game well in hand. and throughout the contest outplayed Princeton. The Tigers have yet to win an intercollegiate match this sea- son.
 For roughhouse work the game sur passed all others seen in a long time and Referee Sharp had his hands full in holding the players in check.
 Moves was responsible for about ten of Princeton's points. Clark. oi Princeton, three thirteen goals from the foul line, while Van Vleck, the Yale center. got eleven. The f1rst period ended with the score standing g to 10. During the second period the visitors developed a strong system ! of team work, and things went along 1 in a whirl
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
YALE LOSES GAM MEET.
Eyerard Stars for Els Against Tigers,
 but Latter Win.

The Princeton gymnastic team de- feated Yale Saturday afternoon by a score of 34 1-2 to 19 1-2.
 The gymnasium was crowded with alumni and guests for the Junior Promenade. The sophomore-freshmen wrestling matches were interspersed among the gymnastic events, and the Princeton team presented four special events which proved popular. They were the balancing trapeze, the double trapeze, the flying trapeze and three high" The best work was done by Everard. of Yale. and McCabe and Dowd of Princeton. Everard scored 12 1-2 points, Dowd 12 and McCabe Il. McCabe was handicapped by a sore hand and was forced to drop out of the parallel bars. The summaries follow:
 Horizontal bar-Won by McCabe, Princeton; Dowd. Princeton, econd; Osborne. Yaie, third.
 Parallel bars-Won by Everard, dlt, JONl, 1illiSctoh' sSNVh", CS borne, Yale. third.
 Side horse Won by Griffin, Yale; Everard, Yale second; McCabe, Prince ton third.
 Rings Won by Ward, Princeton; Dowd. Princeton, second; Pope, Prince ton. and verard, Yale. tied for third.
 Clubs-Won by Cooper, Princeton; Eyerard, Yale, second; Vezin, Prince ton. third.
 Tumbling Won by McCabe, Prince ton: Dowd, Princeton, second; Everard Yale, third.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
GOLF NOTES.


 Matters pertaining to the Royal and Ancient game have been somewhat quiet during the past week. This is weather has been anything but favor- able fo- the game. There are of course always to be found a certain number of enthusiasts who will face storm or tempest in order to cover the course, and few O. these can be found daily using the little red ball amongst the snow. But after all it is poor apol- goy for golf and only helps to keep the fire of enthusiasm aglow in the breast of the man who swears by everything that golf is the only game worth know ing or worth playing.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
CARD PLAYING IN CLUBDOM.
Wolfe Tones Win Four Games in The
 'Forty-fivc" Tournament.

The first round of the "Forty-five' tournament for 1908 took place at Emmet club hall last Friday night. Teams from the Emmet. Grattan and Wolfe Tone clubs participated. At the end of the first schedule the score was. Wolfe Tones. four games; Grat- tans, one game; Emmets, two games. Playing will be resumed on the second schedule at the Grattans club rooms after their regular meeting Much interest is centered in the outcome. as the prize is a handsome silver pitcher presented by g local merchant whose name could not be learned.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Run for Bay Staters.-The endurance test fever has reached Boston and the Bay State A. A. is planning to have run there on Washington's birthday The route selected will be from Boston to Providence. then to Worcester and back again to Boston. This gives a triangular course of about 150 miles. AS there is apt to be some snow on the ground about that time the cars may find it difficult task to keep up to schedule. However. most of the roads are quite level and comprise state high ways so it will not be as bad as if the cars were sent up to the mountains. The touring committee has not yet out lined it's rules but they will he pattern- ed after the ones governing the Chica- go 60O-mile event.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Mrs. F. A. Potts of Lakewood was the winner of the final round of the annual St. Valentines golf tournament for women Saturday, defeating Miss Ethel g. Check of Englewood. N. J., up and to play. One round match play day has been played since the qualification round on Wednesday. The summary:
 First Round-Miss Ethel Check, En- glewood. N. J., beat Mrs W. Hether- ington. Rochester, s and :. Mrs M S. Yarnall, Spring Haven. beat Miss Paul line Firth, Boston Country, and 1; Mrs. George NJ. Converse, Brae Burn, beat Mrs. w M Weaver. Camden Country, N. ,.5 and B. Mrs. F. "A. Potts, Lakewood, beat Mrs. St. John Smith, Portland Country. and g.
 Semi-final Round-Miss Check beat Mrs. Yarnall, and 6. Mrs. Potts beat Mrs. Converse, 3 and 2.
 Final Round-Mrs. Potts beat Miss Check, and 3.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Col Bogey kept his tin whistles busy in the weekly tournament at Plnehurst a best ball foursome match play con- test against him. Keen play ruled throughout. a tie playoff, for first place resulting between Charles Sayles of Brooklyn, whose allowance was 34, and c. c. worthington of New York. whose handicap was 8: Col. J. E. Smith of Wilmington (S) and c. F. Brown of Philadelphia CS) at three up each. In the playoff Messrs. sayles and Worth- ington won by three up to two up for their opponents. The prizes were gold and silver medals. Second in line, was tic at up with quadruple tie for third at d,wn; down marking the limit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
Evening Game.

which was anyones until the last few minutes of play. New Britain defeated the Bridgeport roller polo team hero tonight by the score of to 2. Sum mary: Score, New Britain 4. Bridge port 2; rushes, Mercer 6, Lewis 2; stops, Ramon q. Harper 55: fouls Jean. Lyons. Referee, Leahy. Timer McDermott Attendance, HOO
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
Evening Game.

Providence, Feb. 2S.-Pawtuckets luck continued last night and the Fig CTS defeated Providence in a fast over time struggle by a score of 4 to g. The home team was outplayed as well as out-lucked
 Score: Pawtucket 1, Providence 8; rushes. Thompson 6. Cunningham 3. Duggan 2; fouls, Hardy, Thompson. Pierce. goals, by Pierce 3, Mansfield i. McGilvray, Thompson 9 Referee, Niagara. Timer. Perrin
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
CELERYs IN FIRST PLACE
Have Won Ten of Their Twelve Games-Red Peppers Still
 the Tailenders.
LEAGUE STANDING.

Welch leads the Industrial Vegetable league with an average of 1883. Noel Ter and Miiier hold down second and third places with averages of 17s.6 and 177.9. respectively. Ferris has the rec ord high single, 243, while Moeller is honor man in the high three string line.
 The Celerys still lead the league with but two defeats in twelve games. The Tomatoes have captured nine of their twelve games played The Red Pep pers have proved easy victims in nine out of twelve games. and have an in disputable hold on the tail end posi- ton.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
NEW BRITAIN WINS TWO.
Leaders First Defeat Springfield and
 Then Bridgeport.
Afternoon Game.

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 23.-Spring- field lost to New Britain. 10 to 9, in the polo game here yesterday after way Score: New Britain 10, Spring field g; rushes, Lincoln 13. Mercer s, Jean 1; stops, Sutherland 65, Ramon 35. Referee, Rorty