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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
MANY MADE HAPPY
Salvation Army's Good Wcrk Lur.
iog the Holidays

Those who interested themselves in
the poor OF the city during the Christ.
mas season will be pleased to know
what the Salvation Army did to bring
happiness into the homes of the most
NEEDY ones. Adjutant and Mrs. De
CARTS are receiving expressions of
thanks from mothers and children for
being so kind as to remember them at
Christmas, but this could not have
been done without the cooperation of
the friends of the poor The Army
sent out sixty baskets valued at one
dollar each, containing sufficient food
to give eight persons one good sub
stantial meal such as they only get
Ionce a year-and that is when the Sal
walton Army's Christmas basket makes
its appearance At least two hundred
and fifty individuals were fed on that
day from the baskets sent out and the
little folks received the treat of their
lives at the Christmas tree. Between
$40 and $50 worth of toys and books,
$35 worth of garments, So worth of
shoes, SIG worth of candy, Sc worth of
oranges and 81 worth of apples were
distributed among $50 children. The
Army officers, Adjutant and Mrs. De-
CARTS, wish to thank every person who
took part in providing the Dash and
food for the feast. If any persons
having furniture or comforters, or in
fact bedding of any kind, which they
are not using and which might do good
in some home, will kindly donate the
same to the Salvation Army to be used
in their work among the poor, it will
be gratefully received. Again We
thank the press and everybody for
their kind assistance. ..a aal5l .,..
Z AdjJ. and Mrs. DAGaris,
officers inJCharge,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
|OHN E. SELL DEAD
Veteran of Civil War and Old Time
Resident.

Eddyville, Jan. 4.-John G. Steel
who was pardoned- from the state
penitentiary during November and re-
turned 10 his home in Pleasant town
ship, Monroe county, the day before
Thanksgiving, after serving a SEN
tence of about eleven years for the
shooting of Jacob Werner in an alter
cation on March 25, 1897 passed
peacefully away at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Abigail Williams, on North
Third street, at one o'clock this morn
ing, after an Illness of little over a
week from dropsy and kidney trouble
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Alice Steel, and by four sons and four
daughters, Mrs. Ida Fast, of st. Paul,
Mimi; Mrs. Anna Taylor, of Jones
county; Mrs. John Scott and Haley
Steele, of Abba; Walter Steele, of
Oskaloosa; Frank Steele, of Melrose;
Mrs. Ed Emanuel and George Steele,
of this place, He leaves also three
sisters, Mesdames Margaret l.. Besco
and Abigail Williams, of this place,
and Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, of Nc
Louth, Kansas. Mrs Wilson who is
quite aged, has been here the past
week.
Mr.. Steel was a civil war veteran
and saw duty in the army. He was a
son of the late Scotty and Isabella
Steele, and was born in Indiana on
Jauary 7th, 1899; so would have been
seventy years old the seventh of this
month.
The remains were taken to his home
and funeral services will be held from
one of the local churches Tuesday
afternoon. . ~ r.,,l...,,. 49,.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
IN TIE DISTRICT COURT
D sposition Of Various Matters b
Judge and Jury.

County Attorney John c. Williams
was appointed by Judge Clements a
short time ago as commissioner to hear
the evidence, find as to facts and
make recommendations as to judgment
in the controversy between j. e, Gran
dali and ]. A. McMains, suit on ac-
count, The action was brought by
Mr. Crandall asking for an account
ing of the partnership of Crandall 4
McMains, now dissolved. The hear
ing was started this past week, Com
missioner Williams holding the trial
in the Office of ]. G. heitsman, al
New Sharon. The plaintiff was rep
resented by L. G. Bolton and the ue
PENDANT by S. " Reynolds. The hear
ing was adjourned Thursday evening
to await further orders from the
court, to be continued upon the cal
of the commissioner. 1t is under
stood that the hearing will be com
pleted in Oskaloosa.
An action has been started in the
district court by the Mahaska State
Bank VS.. Kirk Meek, suit on note
A controversy having arisen be
tween A H. Geertsma and c. G. Tice
of near New Sharon, regarding certain
sums due each party from the Other
in connection with the rent of a farm
and the disposition of crops. etc, they
agreed to leave the matter to three
arbitrator for accounting and settle
ment. VIM. Van Hoover, c. G. Bran
son and NJ. cambridge were chosen
as arbitrators and they held triaI
and heard the evidence in the contro
versy at New Sharon last week, The
agreement and submission of the par
ties has been filed with the clerk OF
the district court and the award of the
arbitrator entered as judgment
against A. H. Geertsma in favor OF
C. G. Tice in the sum of $64.63.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
TIE TEM.AcRE FARM.

"Ten acres is enough, in his fer
tile section Of the globe, for any man
who desires to cultivate the soil and
expectes no more in return than q
good living for a large family, all tnt
comforts of life, many of the Injuries
and large sum to deposit in the bank
ever yyear," said Secretary Wilson
"Of course, some men. would not be
content with this, but it is safe to say
that the majority OF people would be
much better Off than they are If they
could receive such a reward as this
for their time. And yet this is posi-
bic for every one who is capable OF
working intelligently. This is proven
time after time by instances here in
this state where few acres of ground
not a whole forty by any means, IL
producing the best kind of living
for large family, educating the chill
dren and providing a constantly grow
ing bank account For instance, a
certain young man in this state was
led to invest in large tract Of west
ern land. His father remained at
home on ten-aere patch, made a
good liring for himself and family
pur large sums In the bank regularly
ad not long ago had to send money
to his son in the west SO he could
straighten up his affairs and get back
home to the ten-acre patch, which he
had considered rev years before as
unworthy of his attention. Many
cases OF extraordinary success In
making competency on few acres
have been brought to my attention
recently. The young farmer who has
little money has been led TO believe
that he cannot do well with 1t here in
the farming industry because 1t will
not buy a sufficient number Of acres
OF our high-priced land, SO he goes to
the west and invests In large mum
Der of acres Of cheap land The truth
Is thar ia most instances the biggest
tract he can buy win not produce the
value or stuif which the little patch
lie could have purchased here would
have yielded. ana probably he would
And poor market for what he did
produce. There are thousands Of ten
acre patches III iowa where man ~
tan right kiad pf cultivation can make
more than he can from whole tracts
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. o. Broyles breaches His
Farewell Sermon.

Rev. A. o. Broyles preached his
goodly sized audience and at the
close of the service one new member
was received into the church by let
ter and two were extended the hand
of fellowship, the pastor and his wife
standing in the line and were bid fare
well by the members of the church
and congregation as they passed by
and shook hands in the customary
manner. At the regular meeting Of
the Sunday school in the morning the
annual election Of officers was hello
which resulted as follows. The sup
erintendent and his assistants were
elected last Friday by the church:
Superintendent-Wa Henderson
Asst. Supt.-Elmer Barrows.
Sec. & Treas.-Miss Gothic Broyles
Librarian-Windsor Duboc, TO-,
Asst. Secy and Librarian - Guy
Brown. ,-....,.. s.as ..
Organist-Miss Pearl McCracken.
The annual election of officers in
the Baptist Young Peoples Union
was held in the evening. The report
of the nominating committee was
given by Miss Edith Gum, chairman
and the report was adopted and Off
GERS elected as follows: ~.
President-Elmer Barrows.
Vice Pres.-Miss Edith Gum.
Secretary-Misse Gothic Broyles.
0rganist-Miss Jessie Duboc
Asst. Organist-M Laura McFar
Ian.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Annual Meeting of Congregation Is
Well Attended.

The First Baptist church held their
regular annual business meeting in
the church parlors Friday afternoon,
Jan. 1st. for the closing up of the
past years business, the laying OF
plans for the ensuing year, election
of officers and other important bust
ness. The customary church dinner
was abandoned and the business meet
ing called at 200 o'clock in the after.
noon The attendance was large and
a spirit of harmony and union was
manifest, which was very satisfac
tory. The-pastor, Rev. 40 Q. Broyles,
gave brief talk to the membership,
urging them on to- greater usefulness
and accomplishments and he presided
during the business meeting, Miss
Edith Gum serving as clerk. B,
The first item of business was the
disposing of a financial deficit which
has accumulated and this was pro
vided for. The resignation of the pas
tor, read last Sunday, was formally
accepted, to take effect next Sunday
Rev. Broyles and his family leave
next week for their new home at Sid
ney, Iowa. After the granting of let.
tiers and miscellaneous transactions
the regular officers of the church were
elected as follows:
CIerk-Miss Edith Gum.
Treasurer-Miss Sarah Ryan. ..
Sunday School Supt-Walter Hen
derson. -.
Asst Supt.-Eimer Barrows.
Church organist-Bertha Walker.
Asst organist-Mrs. Emma Barrows.
Chorister-To be appointed by mu
sic committee.
- Music Com.-Mrs. S. ]. Borum, John
Ross and Ray Duboc
Trustee for term Of three years.
A. c. Simmons.
Pulpit Committee-Chas. II. Young,
Miss Mamie Moore, Elmer Barrows,
A. M. Duboc and Miss Edith Gum.
Financial Committee Miss Sarah
Ryan, Chas. H. Young and the three
trustees.
A resolution was adopted recon
mending to the trustees the immediate
employment of a regular janitor "
was also the sense OF the meeting that,
although the church will be without
a pastor after next Sunday, there
should be preaching every Sunday and
the pulpit committee will endeayor
to keep the pulpit supplied until a
new pastor can be called.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
TEN HAVE been SAVED
Good Results Attend Salvation
Army Efforts.

The Salvation Army, under the di
rection of Adjutant De CARTS and as
sisted by workers from the Holiness
University, is experiencing fruitful
revival. With the revival in progress
only one week, ten converts have re-
sponded to the efforts of the evangel-
lists. Five persons were at che altar
Sunday evening.
The sermon was by Prof John w
Leady, of the Holiness University up
on the text, Prepare to meet Thy
God, Oh, Israeli" The professor
spoke with great freedom and power.
The Army hall was well filled with at
tentive listeners, who were visibly af
fected by 'he convincing argument OF
the speaker, The meeting became
somewhat unusual in character and
continued until after midnight. A
young woman convinced by the words
OF the speaker. arose from her seat
and rushed from the building to get
away from the argument. She HAD
not gone many blocks, however, be-
fore she retraced her steps, returned
to the building and sought peace at
the altar.
Among the converts of the past
week was a man who has been a
drunkard for many years. Since his
conversion he has not tasted drink
Of any kind, Sunday afternoon the
wife responded to the work of the
soldiers at her home and also pro-
fessed conversion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
: Montezuma Republican: Georg

-Montezuma Republican: George
Babb and his, neighbors hitched a
team to road drag one afternoon
last week after the sun had thawed
the bumps and dragged half dozen
miles OF highway in southeast Jack
son. The result is about six miles of
smooth road, about as good as pave
ment would be. Where no drags were
used the roads are rough and rutty
about as bad as winter roads can be
in Iowa, and that is the worst possible
A general use of the drag these warm
afternoons will solve the road problem.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

in the cheap land section OF the coun
try, and have the added benefits Of
society and other things found in q
settled country For that matter ne
win find it more profitable to cultivate
a small patch scientifically than ne
will to operate large farm with the
customary hog and corn methods OF
the Iowa farmer and at an enormous
ly less outlay on The original invest
n,ent. z
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

iowa is circularized with adver
tising matter for Canada land, Texas
land, Colorado land, western mines
eastern railroads, etc. Why not cir
eularize for Iowa?p asks the Hardin
County Citizen. we see no pamph
lets setting forth the facts that lots Of
Iowa corn is bringing $50 TO s35 pei
acre, that sl50,0oO was secured for
potatoes in one county, that one sor-
ghum farm of sixty acres yielded $4,'
500, that half the pop corn is raised
in one county, and this list can be ad-
ded to almost indefinitely.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

The wildcat enterprise is so con-
spicuously absent this year that the
January dividend distribution among
western investors will practically all
go toward a still greater addition to
the active investment buying of listed
bonds and stocks. The record of the
Chicago Stock Exchange business OF
1908 will be remarkable in eompari
son with 1901 for the totals will show
respectively of bonds. an increase. of
500 per cent, of stocks and increase of
nearly 200 per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
CONVENTION CALLED.
Constitutional Amendment Federation
to Meet January IL and 10.

The call has been issued for the
Constitutional Federation convention
to be held at the Baptist church in
Des Moines January IL and 10. .Ad
dress will be delivered as follows:
Hon. C. w. Trickett, assistant at
torney general of Kansas.
State Prohibitions in the South
and it's Effects" Rev. Sam Small.
Constitutional Prohibition from a
w. C. r. U. standpoint-Mrs. Frances
BeveridgesHeald, president Of W. G
T. u, ofsNebraska, ,7s a4k /
AS an Irishman Sees It., Rev. J. >
Corkey, Winrerset, president OF State
Sunday School Association. 1f
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
NULc7 TAX IS PAID
The City Gets a Quarterly Contri-
button Of $4,000.

Oskaloosa retail and wholesale Ii.
qour houses paid the first quarters
mulct tax into the city and county
Ftreasurers, Thursday afternoon and
evening and twenty OF the twenty.one
places opened for business. Ore place,
that OF Walter Doyle No. 400 High
avenue west will not be re-opened.
The city received eighteen hundred
dollars In cash Thursday, and of the
three thousand dollars collected by
the county treasurer the city will re-
ceive fifteen hundred dollars, making
a total OF three thousand three hun
dred dollars received from the mulct
tax for the first quarter OF the year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

The Rooms farm of 500 acres, two
and one-half miles west of Grundy
Center, has been bought by Fred
Brown and Ray King. the purchase
price being $4,000. Twenty-four
years ago the Rooms family bought
the half section for $40 per acre
which was considered fancy figure
at that time. And now they get sl56.
Is per acre for the land that has not
merely kept them in comfort. but has
made them independent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

The Talbot Grain Company, which
concern recently purchased III {
Wright & Little coal yard, are prepar,
ing to erect large grain elevator in
Leon, Iowa. 4....,Jr d. ,., .''.' 4 .
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
w. /. Beans, President. .@Ha ssss
w. H. Pike, Vice President
r. X. Davis, Cashier
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
Paid In Full.

Directors: w. l. Beans, What
Cheer; Charley Victor, Lacey; w,
H. Springer, Eddyville; Thos. J. VIII
son, Beacon; R. W. Moore, Cedar;
W. C. Reed, Oskaloosa; w. H. Pike,
Rose Hill; Paul Synhorst. Leighton;
Geo. S. Prime, Oskaloosa; r. K
Davis, Oskaloosa; M. S. Downey, La
cey. -..@
City Business Solicited.
Complete set of Safety Deposit
Boxes. The 100 stockholders are all
Mahaska county farmers. 80" a.aa
Farmers: Make this your head
quarterswhile in the City. Il l6wtf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

When SCotchman makes good
he goes the limit. and Tama Jim is a
Scotchman," says the Independence
Bulletin Journal speaking of Secre-
tary Wilson. 80. N. - -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

At The Des Moines Post Office.
During the four days preceding
Christmas stamp sales amounted to
$4,000. For Christmas week, 742,000
letters were sent out of Des Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

Why not build the city hall this
year and do away with the sore. eye
on the city lots?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

school supplies--everythlng needed
for school use, Central Book Store,
oskaIoosa, .owa. 23w2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

The city Of Oskaloosa i finding
out that business will not boom with
out advertising.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

price at Central Book Store, oska-
loosa, Iowa. 7''. 23w2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

A contest court has decided thar J.
O. Morris republican, was elected
treasurer Of Van Buren, county by a
plurality Of three votes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

John fl Donohue has been appoint
ed postmaster at Morse. johnson
county vice J.acs Tlerty
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

All county. school books sold at list
price at Central Book Store, oska-
loosa, Iowa. ,.r ss.. -: 23w2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

School upplies--everythln needed
for school use. Central BOOK Store,
Oskaloosa, Iowa. 23w2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

Germany, with an area less than
that of Texas, has a population Of
GO 900 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

81 was surprised TO hear Rev. Sam
Small condemn the liquor traffic so
cmphaticaIly in Oskaloosa last Sun.
day. and was amused at the way the
Herald smoked him out on the use
.of cigarettes" said w S. Kenworthy.
Last fall while serving the Republi-
can National Committee in Indiana, |
rubbed up against Mr.. Small on sew
.eral occasions. He was there work
ling for the success OF the Democratic
State Legislature, which was openly
and above board for a state wide open
policy. The brewers and liquor in
teregts of the entire country poured
thousands of dollars into the Indiana
campaign, and Mr.. Small was aligned
with the element that was working for
the brewers. Mr.. Small may be CON
scienrious and sincere in his work, but
i cannot harmonic in my mind his
work in Indiana last fall and his efforts
in Iowa at this time"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
LOCAL pAsHEs.

Your mention the other day or the
work the government is doing az the
LeClaire Rapids recalls an incident in
my life almost frogotten," said L. r..
.Rosebrook. 1T is Just forty years now
when on a visit to my brothers home
near Albany, ILL.,, during holidays, one
fine morning we put on our skates to
visit the Rapids, where the govern
ment had heen at work for some time
with large body of men cleaning out
the channel so boats could pass more
safely There were 10 acres enclosed
in Golfer dam" and as dry as the
ground above the shore, with the ex-
ception of some deep holes and tis-
sures made probably by action Of
water or from peculiar geological for
nation. Some of the holes were so
deep that though the rock from blast
ing was nearly all dumped therein, they
showed no signs of filling up. walk
ed all over the tract, except the holes,
and saw hundreds of souvenirs of the
wrecks of steamers. There were bars
of lead, pig iron, machinery, broken
castings, scattered all over the bed
of the channel One of the interest
ing things saw was the manner of
blasting. They would surround a
hump" with drillers, fill it full of
holes, then when all was ready some
fellows would touch them off and then
would light out" as though the dick
ems" was after them; and the noise of
the explosion could be heard for many
miles. This was one of my best days
at skating. 1t was IS miles from Al
bany to the Rapids, and on the way
home we visited Comanche, Iowa, where
/ beat the best skater Then home to
Albany, a little weary, of course"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

gH@
Eighty shaves i'll one day is my
best record" remarked A. G. Clark,
proprietor of the Doc Clark barber
shop, in a reminiscent moment as he
stopped to strop razor. But that
was several years ago when | was
younger at went at things with more
speed than am in the habit of using
now 1t was while l was working in
Des Moines. | should say that the
average barber could take care of from
forty to sixty shaVes without a great
deal OF trouble, but the haircut, mas
sage and other fancy finishes could
not be included in the operation.
When operating a shop at Sigourney,
my average Saturdays work was fifty
shaves The barber business is one
of the most difficult to learn and learn
we'll of any trade that know of AT
ter one becomes proficient he has hun
dreds of different boards TO remove
weekly and a hundred different diSpo-
sitions to please. Some want to talk,
others to keep still, some want to
smoke, others hate it; for some the
razor is too keen, for others not keen
enough; some want light shave, 9TH
ers a close shave You see the mans
usually come out when
his beard comes off. But the barber
must always be smiling, always on the
Job and always striving his utmost to
do his work in way that will Bring
the customer back again. Mind I'm
not knocking the business, but | want
to say that unless a fellow is of a
pretty even disposition he will never
make a success of 1t however able he
may be in manipulating the razor and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-19
CLEAN Up SLAUGHTER
HOUSE AND ITS. Pens
Following the Suggestions Of Inspector
Adama, Brennan and Ferreil
Put Their Place in
Good Order.

Conforming with the instructions of
Deputy State Dairy and Food Com
missioner w. c. Adams, who is in the
CITY on business connected with his Of
flee, in regard to more sanitary cOnd1-
tions of their slaughter pens, situated
west of the city, Brennan and Terrell,
proprietors. yesterday had a force OF
men at work following the suggestions
of Mr.. Adams as the result and are
now killing all of their meat at this
place 1t had been previously stated
that the pens were closed by the in
sDector because of the unsapitary con-
ditionS existing. but the few orders
given were carried out and now the
place is clean in every particular.
1--WE were not forced to close" said
Mr.. Brennan this afternoon" but were
given a few suggestions which we car
ried out at once. Our place of bust
ness is as clean as any in the city and
if any ones is interested enough, they
have our permission to visit the pens
and see for themselves. We are do
ing business in a proper way and
moreover are following the state laws
in every particular The meat we sell
is not unsanitary, but, on the other
hand, is the best that can be pro-
cured.