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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

life, but not these exclusively. Let
him get three or four good agricultural
papers, two or three OF the best mag
azines, including a first-clas" maya
zine for his wife and daughters, and
some religious paper. Let him spend
a few dollars in games. Provide some
sort of musical instrument.
Let him interest his boys In the
problems Of farm; discuss matters
with them; keep files Of the agricul-
tural papers for reference. Encourage
them to invite their friends in once
In awhile to spend an evening. Don't
find fault IL sometimes in their high
spirits they seem to be turning the
house upside down. Let him get on
good terms not only with his own
boys. but with the neighbors' boys.
Let him enter into boy life as far as II
is possible for a man to do so. This
Of itself will prolong his life, for
when a man gets past middle age, he
Is likely to lose his interest and his
hold on life unless he mingles with
young people. The association with
old men is pleasant and some of II
Is necessary, but the life of an old
man depends largely on his keeping
yong; and he can only keep young
young; and he can only Keep young
and there is no young life that should
be more attractive than his own
| flesh and blood. .-...
The same things apply to girls. II
"all work and no play makes Jack a
| dull boy 1t has precisel"' the same
effect on Jill. Encourage the girls;
give them an opportunity to get &c
Quainted with their father. Much Of
! the happiness of the father in later
years depends on the attachments his
daughters make. He will make the
mistake Of his life If he consents to
the marriage of his daughter to 9
young man; no matter how wealthy
he is or in what society he moves
without knowing absolutely that he
Is a clean man, morally and physically
free from the diseases which affect SC
many rich mems sons in the cities
! fortunately few in the country. If ne
is in any doubt as to what we mean
let him ask his family physician.
Make the home the center of the
family life, a shelter from danger Ii
home is merely a place of work and
meals, the temptations which are in
evitable will be greatly increased in
power, and the prospects for a happy
old age for the farmer and his wife
are very greatly lessened, to say
nothing of the happiness of the boys
and girls whom they love SO tenderly
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
How to Keep the Boy at Home.
From the wallace Farmer. j

We have in mind now q certain
farmer. a good one, mountaineering,
Industrious, honest as the day is
long-who owns a good farm, gooa
home, has made 1t by hard work.
He has not been a reader, but work
err an observer; he takes no paper ex.
cept the county paper; has pehaps
six, or possibly a dozen books in his
home. He put his boys to work as
soon as they were able, kept them at 1t
sending them to school after the corn
was in the crib, some weeks after
school had commenced, and taking
them out of school as soon as there
was work to do in the spring. When
they got home from school at night
he had chores for them to do, and
there were chores before daylight In
the morning until school began.
These boys are growing up now
and the father complains tnat as soor
as they get their work done they
strike out for the village some two oil
three miles away to spend theil
evenings. The good man wonders a
this, and wants to know why it is that
his boys will not stay at home even
ings. .... sa-
Our heart goes out in sympathy t.
this man, because he loves his boys
has done his best to teach them hab
its of industry and economy, and HI
cannot see why they do not like tt
stay at home after their work Is fin
ished. In all kindness we wish to sa.
to him that he made very seriou!
mistake in life. His boys ought to bt
more to him than that farm on which
they have worked so well, and thu
live stock which they have helped
him care for in years past. He ha'
never understood his boys, nor real
lied that life from their point of view
Is entirely different from his. He ha!
made home solely a place Of work
and not merely work, but drudgery.
We advise this good friend of our
| to have session with himself ant
ascertain what can be done at thii
late day to save his boys from temp
| tation and his old age from needles!
| sorrow. We advise him to start II
by making home so pleasant that hi
boys will find 1t more attractive thar
any other place on earth. To do this
he must get in touch with them, bt
interested in what interests them, ant
| learn to look at things from the boys
standpoint; probably a hard thini
for him to do, but he must learn it.
We advise him to spend at least Sol
year in buying the very best paper!
and books bearing mainly upon farm
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
WILL HOLD A REVIVAL
Meetings Start at Central n. e.
Church January 3. 49,

The Central Methodist church will
open its revival meeting on the even
ing of Sunday, Jan. 3. The service:
will be in charge of Rev. Charles F
Barrett, of Delaware, Ohio, who will
be accompanied by Mr.. ]. Richie Bell
ability, who will have charge of the
chorus. Mr.. Barrett is noted as 6
plain, earnest preacher of great power
who has the knack of preaching and
holding men especially. Wherever he
has gone he has gotten hold of the
men of the community, for he know;
how to appeal to them. Special meet
ings for men-and for women also
will be held often, in which the great
facts of life will be fascinatingly pre-
sented
Famous Hymns" will be used by
the chorus and congregation. Several
hundred of these books have come
recently. Arrangements are being
made to form chorus choir in add,
ton to the regular church choir the
two being transformed into one com
pany of singers, who will lead at all
services. Besides the usual hymns,
duets, quartettes, solos and other
special selections will be sung Mr..
Claire Gordon has the Work of or
ganizing the chorus and rehearsals
will begin at once. Membership in
the chorus is open to all who will vol
unteer. The training previous to the
meeting and the direction Of Mr..
Bell, after it opens, will We invaluable
to those who care for musical i'm
provement.
Committees have been appointed
and are already at work, having in
charge the advertising of the revival,
the seating of the crowds, the secre-
tarial work incident to such a meet
ing, and other details which will in
sure interest from the start. A spe-
cial feature of the work preparatory
to the meeting in January will be
the districting of the city and the
of some forty cottage servi-
ces in the week from Christmas toI
New Years day. Each meeting will
be under competent leader and the
entire town will be covered by these
services.
On Sunday morning next the pastor
of Central church, Rev. Eugene Allen,
will take up the matter in detail. and
will explain TO the congregation the
whole plan of the campaign, so soon
to be inaugurated by Barrett and
Bell.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

F. w. Dreeszen has been appointed
rural carrier. Rudolph Dreeszen, sub
stitute, at Correctionville.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

Muscatine has adopted the slogan.
twenty-five Thousand Inhabitants
by January LIST. 1911"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
PELLA IS DEFEATED
0skaloosa high School Wins In
Basket Ball Game.

The Oskaloosa high school basket
ball team scored an overwhelming vic
tory in their opening game with the
Pella high school five at the Y. NJ. C.
A. gymnasium Friday afternoon in a
score of SO to II. The "Dutchmen''
were outplayed on every side and the
local representatives deserve com.
mendation for their work The game
was witnessed by a large crowd of
high school students and friends
The Penn college basket ball team
left the city Wednesday for a tour in
which they were to play three games,
one at Monmouth, H., college, one at
Parsons college, Fairfield, and one
with the ottumwa Y. NJ. C. A. They
were defeated Wednesday night by the
Monmouth college in score of SO to
80, and as the Parsons college play.
ers were quarantined with diphtheria,
they did not play either OF tae other
two scheduled games.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
FOUGHT TO A FINISH.
Death Follows Fierce Dog Fight satur
day Night.

A bad dog. with mean disposition
disputed right of way with a Scotch
collie owned by Wesley Garner Satur,
day evening. The shepherd dog did
not seek trouble but he was no COW.
ard and when he started he stayed to
the finish, resented the indignities to
which he had been subjected and
placed his antagonist hors de combat.
The fight was fierce while it lasted and
defied the efforts of those who would
have parted the CANNES. The dog
that had been the aggressor was dead
before the animals could be separated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
TO DISTINGUISH AIMsELF

TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF
from hordes Of pretended opticians,
Mayne Arnold exhibits letters Of high
encomium from State Governors, U.
8. Senators, Members Of Congress,
superintendents Blind Institutes, and
thousands Of physicians. Eyes exclu.
slVeIy. s21 West High. tstf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24
Masonry is comnlstsd

The masons have almost completed
the brick work on the new fire sta
ton. They have passed the roof joists
OF the second floor and the extension
of the front and the fire wall will
soon be completed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

The constable had no difficulty in get
ting the prisoner out of Buxton or
away from the crowd, and landed him
safely at Abba without any show of
trouble
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

Mrs. Melissa Whitmer, north Of Ere
mont, had the end of the index finger
Of the right hand ground OF Tuesday
in a sausage mill
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

The first annual meeting Of the Iowa
State Fish and Game Protective asso-
citation will be held in Dubuque be-
ginning Jan. 4.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

Sam Small, noted as an editor and
orator, will publish monthly maya
zine in Des Moines designed to exploit
the Mississippi valley territory.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

The Mississippi Valley Telephone
Co., of Iowa. have their new copper
line completed to Quincy.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-12-10

of vegetables and fruits for use out
of season. We can make our own
sugar to use in canning fruits and
vegetables. A small canning out
tt can be purchased for very little
money.
Thousands of acres that are now
planted in cotton ought to be in
good pastures. We have cultivat-
ed this land in cotton for years:
the entire crop has been removed
from the. land; the stalks, grass,
and trash have been burned; the
rows have been run up and down
hill; and stock have been permit
ted to run on it during the winter.
1t is no longer profitable to culti-
vate this land. 1t is silly to cul-
tivate such land in cotton at loss.
Pastures are usually made by
turning out worn. out cotton land.
Not a furrow is turned; not seed
is sown. Nature is expected to
prepare the worn-out soil and to
properly seed it. Nature will in
time make the soil productive
again, but briars and broomsedge
serve her purpose as well as Ber-
muda, crab grass, clovers and
vetches. Now the farmer must
thoroughly prepare this poor land
and seed it in grasses and cloyers
if he wishes to obrain satisfactory
results. A good pasture cannot
be procured without human labor.
This county will not grow Blue
grass successfully on account of
our long, hot and generally dry
summers, but carpet and Bermuda
grasses will take its place. When
either carpet or Bermuda grass is
well sodded on fairly productive
land, no better summer pastures
can be found in North America.
Hairy vetch, white, crimson, or
burr clover can be mixed with the
carpet or Bermuda grass for early
grazing. Either clover will die
down in the spring by the time the
carget grass or Bermuda grass gets
a good start. Oats and hairy vetch,
if planted in September or early
October can be used for winter and
early spring grazing and then a
good crop harvested.
Good pastures will reduce the
cotton acreage; increase the fer
tility of the soil, and go far toward
making the raising of good stock
profitable. No country in the his
tory of the world has long remain
ed prosperous without good pas
lures.
Good pastures are Indispensable
to the keeper of live stock, but
good pastures alone are not suf-
hcient. A suficIency of nutritious |
hays must be grown in order to
succeed with stock. Corn is by
far too expensive to use in large
quantities. An abundance of hay
with very little corn ought to be
the feeders rule in this county.
Oats cut in the dough stage
make an excellent hay. When cut
in the dough stage before the straw
becomes hard, stock cheerfully eat
every bit of the hay. Pea vines
cut when the first pods begin to
ripen make the best hay that we
can grow. We can grow one crop
of oat hay and one crop of pea
vine hay on the same land in one
year. We can grow two crops OF
pea vine hay on the same land IN
one year. Thus we can see that
we can easily grow full supply
of the best hays. There is no
better hay than lespedeza. Grab
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-12-10
grass is also an excellent hay.

grass IS also an excellent hay.
The question may arise as to
what kind of stock the cotton farm
ers in this county ought to raise.
will say, first of all raise plenty
of good hogs to supply the home
demand for all kinds of pork and
pork products. Many thousands
of dollars are annually sent from
this county to other sections of
this country for bacon, lard and
other pork products. Oats, oats and
vetch mixed, rape, rape and
red clover mixed will furnish hogs
excellent fall, winter and spring
pastures. We can make two plant
ings of peas-one an extra early
variety and one a late variety-at
the same time early in the spring
for summer pastures. Bermuda,
carpet, crab and many other grass
es will furnish hogs excellent sum-
mer pastures. Plant peas broad
cast in the corn when it is laid by
for the hogs. Peanuts, chufas,
sweet potatoes, and turnips furn-
ish cheep feed for hogs. Plant
sorghum in May and broadcast one
bushel of speckled peas per acre
in it in June and lay it by. Hogs
will fatten on this sorghum and
peas. Give the hogs small
amount of corn just before killing
time to harden the meat and an ex.
eellent quality of cheap pork will
be the result.
Many thousands of dollars are
also annually sent out of this coun-
ty for mules. Now seventeen of
as fine mules as have seen any
where were raised on pastures and
pea vine hay. The colts obtained
their living entirely in lespedeza,
carpet, and Bermuda pastures
from March Ist to December -Ist.
Plenty of pea vine hay was kept |
in large racks from December Ist |
until March Ist. Good pastures,
oat, pea vine, crab grass, lepedeza,
Bermuda, and other hays, make it
possible to raise mules in this
county foE very little money. Now
let US not become excited and do
rash things Lett us keep our farm
laborers, feed them mainly out of
our gardens and fields, plant lands
that mature an early crop of cot
ton, put the rows about s inches
wider than cotton grows tall,
thoroughly pulverize the soil be-
fore planting, run harrow before
and after the planter, plant an ear
ly variety of cotton from March
2oth to April 10th, plant the seed
about one half inch deep, run the
smoothing harrow diagonally |
across the rows just before the
cotton comes up and astride the
rows as soon as it's up to a stand,
use cultivator with broad sweeps,
so as to work a row on both sides
and half of each middle at one
time every week, attach a brush or
a smooth pole to the whif1etrees
so as to strike the cotton and cause
the punctured squares and some
weevils to fall to the ground and
perish, pick up the first crop of
two of squares that fall off if in
wet weather, continue the cultiva-
ton as late as possible and we will
become more prosperous as the
years go by.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-12-10
Cali For Funds.

Call for funds to aid in the prose-
cution of those indicted for the
murder of Senator Carmack:
The undersigned have been desig-
mated as committee for Shelby
county and the adjoining states of
Mississippi and Arkansas to solicit
funds for the prosecution of the as
sassins Of the late Senator Edward
w. Carmack. We earnestly re-
quest contributions to aid in the
vindication of the fair name of Ten
nessee and the southland.
Remit funds to w. A. Percy,
chairman. Tennessee Trust Build
Ing. Memphis, Tenn. Suitable ac-
acknowledgement will be made of all
donations, but no publicity given
unless requested by the donor.
The continued publication by any
newspaper of this notice will be
deeply appreciated.
w. A. PERCY, Chairman.
DR.. F. D. SMYTHE,
M. 7. ROACH,
K. D. M'KELLAR,
JOHN H. GRAIN,
Committee Of Shelby County Car
mack Justice Fund.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-12-10
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Met Last Monday and Adopted
2 Constitution and Bylaws.
Instructive Address by County Come
missioner AIford. Copies Ore
dersd Printed.

dersd Printed.
The Claiborne County Agricul-
tural Association met at the court
house last Monday and adopted a
constitution and by laws. Several
new members were added to the
organization. A synopsis of the
constitution and bylaws will be
published later.
The Association will meet again
the first Monday in January. One
of the most interesting features of
the Association was the addressed
County Commissioned G.. H. Al
ford. The Association ordered
1000 copies printed for distribu-
ton. The addressyfollows;
AS an agricultural writer ard
speaker, / have never advised
Mississippi farmers to suPPlant
cotton as our leading crop. Five
cent cotton or fifteen cent cotton,
boil weevil or no boil weevllS |
honestly believe that cotton ought
to be the chief money crop grown
in this State. Cotton has always
been King IN Mississippi and lam
more than willing for him to re-
main on the throne. Cotton is and
I believe will always be the main
money crop grown even IN this
God favored stock county, but dur
ing my term of Office as your Coun-
ty Commissioner of Agriculture,
shall increasingly importune you
to supplement the cotton crop with
all feed and food products neces-
sary for home consumption and
enough hogs, dairy and beef cattle,
goats and sheep, mule and horse
colts, and poultry of all kinds to
consume the leguminous crops
that must be grown in order to
economically increase the produc-
tiveness of your soil, furnish food
and teams for yourselves and
manure for your fields. The farm
ers in this county can produce all
farm products necessary for home
use cheaper than the farmers in
any other section of this county
and it is exceedingly unwise from
every viewpoint fer you to plant
seven-eighths of your land in cot.
ton and buy mules, horses, pork,
lard, rice, sugar, corn, hay and
other farm products. Let us quit
the one crop system and resort to
diversified farming and stock-raIs-
ing. Let US live at home and
board at the same place, and prac-
tice strict economy until We get
out of debt and forever abolish
the curse of the South--the credit
system.
Every farmer ought to have
large garden. Nothing saves more
money and adds more to the pleas
ure and health OF the family than
a diet composed largely of vegeta-
bles. Let us have spring, fall, and
winter gardens. Pulverize the soil
thoroughly before the seed are
planted and keep it fine and mel
low between the plants during
growing season. The soil ought
to be stirred every day during the
early growth Of the plants, as the
more il is stirred the more plant
food viii become available and the
more air will be admitted to the
roots OF the little plants.
Every tarmer ought TO can plenty
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-03-05
Friends Surprise Miss Allen.

The following was clipped IRON the
student Record" neat little paper
edited and published by the students Oh
the University OF Nevada:
Miss Cecil Allen, II, was agreeably
surprised last Saturday evening, when
she was rendered thsater party.
twenty-five intimate friends went III d
body to the Grand, and there helped
Miss Allen enjoy the distinction OF hay-
ing reached her eighteenth birthday.
After the theater the merry crowd
escorted Miss Allen to the Bonboniere,
where light refreshments We're served.
Merry chatter and congratulations Were
III order, and Miss Allen arose to the
occasion to thank her friends.
Those present were Misses Allen,
Graham, Alice Langwith, Fulton,
Brown. Pike, Bender, Eleanor Lang
with, U'Neil, Warren and Reed. The
gentlemen were Ross, Porter, Carpen.
ter, Damon, Hart, Arntz, Bane, Ganser,
Folsom, southworth, Jepson ano
Rawles.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-03-05
New Cashier Arrives in FallOn,

NJ. d. Fairchilds, of Reno, arrived in
this city Sunday and Monday morning
took his position behind the counters OF
the Churchill County Bank as cashier,
vice Geo. I. Childs, resigned
Mr. Fairchilds gave up a position with
the Nixon National Bank OF Reno to
,ceept the preset one. He is a nativ,
son of Nevada, his father, NJ. D. Fair
childs being pioneer, having located
in White Pine county in the early SOS
removing to San Francisco sometime
during the 70's.
Mr. Fairchilds' uncle, o. l.. G. Fair.
rhilds, was engaged in newspaper work
n Nevada for many years, publishing
the Times Review at Tuscarora, Elkc
comfy for about twenty years.
The STANDARD welcomes Mr.. Fair.
childs to his new field and bespeaks foi
him cordial welcome from the people
Of Churchill county. His predecessor
aas a fair Childs and it is no more than
lair that Fairchids should continue
TO occupy that most important post.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-03-05
MUST MEAN DOCTOR HEPPNER
Il Il Does, ErsiwhiIe Medco Finds Potatoes
More prnftable Than Pills.

Thomas IL. Means, who is in charge
of the government irrigation work about
Fallon, has been in Washington lately
and has been ladling out dope to the
Eastern people with scoop-shoyel.
Among other things he told them that .
Alfalfa has long been the staple crop
of the country, and with the great in
crease in mining development in Ne
yada the production OF alfalfa has con-
tinued profitable and will undoubtedly
be staple crop for many years. The
newer settlers have, however, taken up
other crops and have proven their value
to be a great potato-gfowing section.
Yields as high as eight and ten tons per
acre have been realized and the mini
mum price on the project this year was
$50 per ton. A Reno doctor purchased
an old ranch two years ago and during
1907 sold $l2 900 worth OF produce from
less than 800 acres OF land, and OF this
$500 was from the sale of potatoes
grown on % acres OF ground. New set
tiers are also getting into the potato
business aud some OF them have cleared
from 800 to 500 per acre on potatoes.
Others have taken up onion growing,
The yield being about II tons per acre,
which have been selling at 500 per ton.
Experimental work has been carried on
IN the growing OF u great many other
crops. Recent experiments carried ON
by the department OF agriculture show
that this country will produce sugar
beets OF frst-class quality, and it is ex-
pected that very shortly sugar factory
will be built .--Exchange.