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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25
I DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

N Notice is hereby given TO all per-
SONS interested, that on the 10th day of
March, A. D., 1903, the undersigned
was appointed by the District Court of
Mahaska County, Iowa, administrator
with will annexed Of the estate of Amos
B. Prime, deceased, late Of said Mahaska
County, Iowa. AlIpersons indebted to
said estate will make payment to the
undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dated this 22Dd day Of March 1909.
John +. Prime Administrator,
with viii annexed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

lit is estimated that the new tar
iff bill would increase customs re
ceipts s4O,6G9.0O0 or s5o,OOo,ooO an
nually. A wise policy of economy
ought to dispose. of the rest OF the
deficit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

DO not postpone planting the
new lawn on account of the tariff,
advises the St Louis Globe-Democrat,
There will be no rise in grass seed.
Il never comes up. pas
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

"A wolf hunt in which 400 persons
participated took place west of Clar.
linda. The territory surrounded when
the start was made. covered 90 square
miles, or the equivalent of township,
but not single wolf was captured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

The House is composed OF nearly
400 members. Imagine what 1t would
be, says the st. Louis 'Globe-Demoerat,
with code of rules allowing the mi
nority to run along until tired out with
all-night recitations from Persian fl
nance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Next Monday is the day when the
fate OF Oskaloosa for the next two
years will be decided. Prejudice and
leyity should be laid aside and the
best interests of the town given seri
Gus consideration. The best men fol-
the eleven Offices to be filed should
Re chosen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

1t has been discovered that Lee
De Forest, the inventor OF tho radio
wireless. telephone, was born in Wat
erloo, being the son OF Henry S. De
Forest, pastor Of the congregational
church IN the T0's. @s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Senators La Toilette and Tillman
win earn S25, 900 each on the Chautau-
qua circuits this summer Col. Bry7
ans earnings from the, same source
win amount to 100000,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25
or INrEREsr 70 WOMEN.

At a meeting OF the Council OF Jews
ish women in Chicago the other day,
Mr.. NJ Arial, "a native Of constapti-
uople, who was present, told the La
dies that in that city there were no
old maids. IAN the women in Can
stantinople are married. he said and
lall are happy. They believe il better
to have fraction OF q husband than
to have none at all and so they do
not think it wrong 10 live in harr
em. The commander OF the navy has
eighty wives and frequently a wealthy
man has as many as $50. The women
have little or no education and are al
ways happy, as they believe chat the
after life is continuation of this one,
and unless they are happy, on earIh
they will not be. happy hereafter,@aq
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Forty thousand cigar makers Of
the United States have contributed
ten cents each, and this sum win be
used in making display of the union
label at the Alaska Yukon-Pacifie Ex-
position opening in Seattle on June /.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

According 10 George Fitch, this ip
the distressing season of the year for
a boy. 1t is too warm to go skating,
too cold to 60 barefoot and too windy
to fIy kites.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Last year Harvard cleared S62,'
651.40 at football and beat Yale al
the game. II is hardly necessary to
say that Haryard's new president is
reasonably in favor of field sports
and is an athlete himself.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

"A curTew ordinance which it is
expected will chase all youngsters off
the streets OF Ottumwa at or before 3
o'clock each evening, has been passed
by the city council. ~.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

The Davenport Democrat observes
that no cut prices in Iowa farm lands
have been advertised. The stock
market may have its ups and downs,
|it adds. With Iowa farms it is al
ways up"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

greatest Importance is 70 educate the
people away from them, to induce
them to withdraw support and thus
drive them out. Until thatsis done we
can see no other way tnan for the
minority 10 yield as gracefully as pos
sibie, but refusing to give up the fight
for ultimate extinction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Business is expected TO boom
when the tarln revision is completed
Congress is aware that the country Is
waiting for results and no time should
be lost needlessly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

The well known SiebeI property at
325 North First street now occupied
by the r.. G. saylor and T. NJ. Wells
families has been sold by the heirs of
the John siebel estate to J. II. Harri-
SON.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25
4 ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE.

N Notice is hereby given TO all per-
sons interested, that on the 22d day Of
March, A. d., 1909, the undersigned
was appointed by the District Court Of
Mahaska County, Iowa, administrator
Of the estate of Maria Dickson, deceased,
late Of said Mahaska County, Iowa
All persons indebted to said estate will
make payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same
will present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance.
Dated thie 22nd day o. March 1909
w. E. Dickson. Administrator
". X. Coriett. Clerk 35w3t
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Forgive yoh enemies, said Uncle
Chen. but don't let yoh forgiveness
go so far as to tempt yoh TO get so
ciable an trade horses. 4s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

EFF We we're all as bad as we think
the other man is. the penitentiaries
would have to be greatly ENLARGED,
says the ClarksEille Scar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

1T has been wisely remarked that
many man thinks the world is all
wrong when it is really his liver.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

MI Pleasant did even worse than
OskaIoosa Only twenty.seyen per
sons voted at the recent school cleo,
ton ia that Athens Of Iowa
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Boost is generally the name as
ISOLATED with travelingmen, but Mar
shalItown has one named Shove.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

topography has a great deal to do
with ones ideas OF morality. Prof
Starr maintains and declares that q
IMussulman would be shocked were he
to come INTO an American ballroom
and behold the bare shoulders OF the
women, The Arab woman does not
lexpose the hair on the back OF her
head, and an Australian woman would
| be mortified if her band Of shells worn
as waistband were omitted On the
Congo River a man with 600 wives is
to the people of that country whac our
millionaires are 10 US, one woman be-
ing able to barely support man, and
all other wives bein6 pure profit. Prof,
Starr finds that. women all over the
world will submit to torture to follow
| the fashion,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

lit has been noticed that when a
fellow is taken in he is generally
put out about it,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

George Fitch says he would not
mind the man who knows it all so
much if he didn't insist on telling it
|all.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25
No Apology Due Him.

y q n y I. y
The other day two wen dressed lovers.
evidently newly married couple.
boarded Mineral Wells train ut Wealth.
erford and amused the other passengers
with their cooling After awhile the fair
young bride feanedsba iirher char and
fell aslsep Her cognpahloH took advan-
tage In her isil Of agfeationats demon-
stration and went into tire smoker TO en-
10Y cigar. While he was gone long
lean. lank grizzly specimen OF humanity
came IN and sal down in the vacant chair
beside the sleeping beauty. Presently the
young woman. half asleep. turned and
laid her head lovingly on the shoulder
81 the stranger her plump arm around
his neck The green. gawky stranger Was
surprised At this unexpected familiarity
hut made no desperate effort to escape.
He merely looked aronnd at tho con-
alIsed passengers and grlnned Then the
hilarity awoKe the woman, she opened
her blue eyes, ana saw her mistake
with flushed checks she atammercd an
sr0loRy You neednf pologize 10 me, 4
1rawled tho atrnnger ~ didn't keeF.s-s
Mineral Wells frex. y In9ex.
if4xsf N 4 4fNG e. +--kxEAieE WkLLTAM3.
,t{ y q "a "a A& N&Sf ~ 4 ffN p&E @t
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Genuine Early Ohio Seed Potatoes
for sale at Jacob Weintz's. Phone 1855.
34w2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Election Monday. Register !Satur-
day il you are not on the list. a1a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

A long argument usually begins
from short statement
Il Il 81
To promise, to the honest man,
means to do.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25
ouR NEIeHeoRs, oPINIoNs.

Saturday Globe: The city of Oska-
loosa is the company and every voter
is a stakeholder. Applying this view
still further, the company is about 20
elect a president and board OF direc-
tors. that is mayor and councilman.
The non-partisan ticket proposes the
election of a set of men, as the Globe
believes, who are fully competent and
capable to look alter the citys large
land varied interests. None of these
men want the JOB, but big company
like the city OF OskalOosa needs
good management, SO these men were
asked to accept these respective nom
linations. and consented. Every voter,
| that is stakeholder, ought TO feel q
deep responsibility in this matter,
should vote his share of stock Thought
fully and as a duty. No stockholder
mas more than one share. We are al
on an equal footing in this respect
The non-partisan ticket. sounds good
and looks good to the Globe. We like
TO "whoop it up" for the fellows who
have shown that they arc capable in
| a business way, who in fact haven't
1.-The time to warran, them in assuming
additional duties, but who are willing
for the. public good, 20 give of their
time. thought and abilities to care for
the best interests OF this big company
1.-The city OF Oskaloosa.
= % =
|ew sharon Star: We do not be-
lgeye that more law Is needed in the
Interest OF temperance In Iowa, rather
better enforcement and better ob3ery-
lance OF the laws we have. and better
still. education OF public sentiment
regarding tnat very important matter.
/ Il is easy enough 10 enforce the law
where public sentiment is for it, and
additional legislation could not be bet
tier observed where public sentiment
is against IT. What is most necessary
Is TO have the citizen, the voters con.
WINGED that the saloon Is an mneces-
sary evil, an intolerable nuisance. and
when they can march to the polls arm,
led with that conviction the ornery So
cial excresence can be quickly oblIter-
ated. We see SO little virtue in fore
llng an Individual TO do thing con-
Itrary to his conviction that we urge
lhrst OF al, education TO higher level,
THAT education which leads away from
the saloon and for the Individual and
the home. This Is country in which
EGhe majority has a supreme right 10
Irnle, even though that majority be in
the wrong, and 50 long as . majority
lof the people OF city or community
lis ID favor pf having saloons, lust 50
Hong wiil they have then What Is Of
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Talk and work for oskaloosa.
Talk Is good, work Is better, and
both are pest,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Many of the young women who
nave taken up claims in the West are
school teachers, and they prove up
their claims and at the same time
teach the children OF the ranchers.
Miss Rebecca M. Henderson was a.
teacher in Iowa, Who went to teach in.
the Spokane High school. She took
up claim and buff a shack and then
gathered the childfen OF the neighbor-
mood together, and As the claim is for
ty miles from a railroad, life has few
diversions except what the forest ar
fords. She owns 400 acres, the forests
OF which viii be sold as lumber and
the iand then planted
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Mrs. John Little Morris, OF Column
bus. Ind, isthe author of the idea TO
nave Mrs. Taft follow. the example OF
Mrs, Rutherford B. Hayes, who had
the glasses at the White House table
turned down during her husbands adj
niinistration.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

II Though crowned by the goddess
II of fame and success
II And housed in a castle of mar
III BILE and tile,
III The heart of a man, ever true
to its youth,
II Is running away to a cot by
III the stiIe.
The treasure and trpve that he
wins by his skill
Z : Are tawdry and mean in the
f, @sl light of day
When, barefoot and tanned,
az with a patch on his seat,
He plundered the wood where
the stream wound away
All, fame, thou art only bau-
BILE at best,
And riches are merely the ear
p5 marks of care Ga ~
The heart is not duped by the
glitter OF gems
( - Or prizes that pail when
J 1, there's snow in the hair III
From cobbles and filth of the
Appian Way
The thoughts of a man scurry
off by a trail
That leads through an Eden of
gladness and joy
To home and a cottage en-
sconced in the vale!
Ho! Bring all the laurel and
fashion the bay!
Blow, bugles of triumph and
homage and dover!
Parade, all we chariots, gilded
and
And master your strength for
@ a contest of power!
Strut now through the streets,
that are crowded with men
And fall in defeat when the
III heart turns away
III And longs for the humble,
| matched dwelling of youth
CCat stands on the bank where
II a. The rivulets play!
III The breeZes swing low with the
scent of the grape,
II The creek babbles on in ca
III dence divine, Il, 81.
And over the emerald green OF.
Hi the trees 4
Ill The sun spills its rays in
III simmer of wine!
III Where bittersweet twines and
II the violets bloom
III The heart of man flies away
III after joy
II To realms that are imaged and
pedestalled high
II The Paradise land of the homo
II of a boyi - ...I
II .sNZYk "a W.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Pref Thomas of Chicago thinks that
women need TO have some occupation
in the world, need TO get rid of tho
incarceration of the home" in order 10
preserve their intellectual balance.
He says the time has gone by when
ut is considered necessary for wonl-
an to stay at home and bear children.
It is not so much rthaG occupations
need the women as that women need
the occupations, he says.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

The Melroses ( Mass.1 Weman'S Club
will honor the memory OF its FIRST pres
ident,, Mrs. Mary A.. Liyermore, by
placing in tho library cabinet con
tanning rare books on the Christian
religion. Several rare pictures viii
also be hung in the,library
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-25

Mime. Landry, of France, would have
women who work in their own homes
paid a salary Just as they would be if
they worked for some one else. Out
'of this salary they wonld no doubt
have to dress themselves, but mosG
women would not object to that, as
they often have to so without dresses.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
FIVE men ARE CONVICTED.
VERDICT % RETURNED in CASE
or THE SUGAR TRUST
DsndsrnasIs Net Convicted, and Gov.
srnntsAt 10 Dbappointsd-sps.
cial Attempt 20 Reach Men
Higher Up 10 Failure.

New York, N. =. The jury found
guilty Ave Of the six employees Of the
American Sugar Refining company
who have been on trial for the past
three weeks charged with criminal
conspiracy to defraud the government
Of customs dues on imported raw
sugar. In the cas- eof James +. Bend.
ernagel, q former cashier Of the com.
pany's Williamsburg plant. the jury
disagreed. Mercy 10 recommended
for all those found guilty.
The jury was out ten hours. Under
the Indictment, Oliver Splitter, dock
superintendent; John r. Coyle, Thorn.
as Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle and Pat
rick J. Hennessey, checkers, may be
punished for the commission of two
overacts, the maximum penalty for
each Of which is tvo years imprison.
ment and s 900 fine.
The failure to convict Cashier Ben
dernagel is regarded by the govern
ment as distinct disappointment
The effort of the prosecution has been
to trace the customs frauds already
admitted to higher source, and Ben.
dernagel, though not an executive OIL
Ger of the company, was an employs
who came in contact with those who
shaped the company's affairs in their
larger aspects.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
SHAW OPPOSES CENTRAL BANK.
Says Standard Oil and United State,
Steel Interests Would Control.

Indianapolis. Ind.-Leslie M. Shaw.
former secretary Of the treasury,
speaking to about four hundred
business men at the board of trade.
on the proposed central bank, said:
Il am frank to say that it seems to
be quite un-American to place with
any group Of men the power to con.
tract or expand our currency at win.
and to grant or Withhold credit to any
bank, to any merchant and to any
corporation at pleasure.
But. lest 1t be charged that I an
appealing to popular prejudice. I am
willing to 90 on record that IL We are
to have central bank shall vel.
come control by the Standard OIL Co.
or by the United States Steel corpora.
ton. though preferably by both com.
bined. This is not based on personal
friendships, but wholly on the question
of fitness for the task"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Wholesale District Has Fifty Thou.
sand Dollar Loss.

Minneapolis.-It took the firemen
fully 16 hours to extinguish the fire
which started in the fve-story brick
building occupied by McKusick- Towle
& Co., wholesale confectioners.
1t has not yet been determined how
the fire originated. It spread so rap
idly that the building, including sim
liar structure at right angles to it and
facing Third Street, owned by the
standardization company, of Dayton,
Ohio, was mass of flames before the
f1remen were able to get down to
work.
No accurate estimate of the total
loss has yet been made. but 1t is be.
lieved that it will not exceed $50, 900.
Most of this is covered by insurance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24

Controversy q Twenty Years GndsS
Wren coaehss nun rem \
Chicago % 0sattle. a.

Ia i. 4g
st. Paul. MINI. January nrst ths
railroads Of the Hartman system vim
invade the territory long considered
a. the domain Of James ). IIill BY run.
ming passenger trains for the nrst
time through to Tacoma and Seattle.
the terminals Of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railways under
the new trafic agreement.
One feature of the plan Is through
service from Chicago 10 Seattle IN
connection with the Northwestern rail
way. The Hartman lines heretofore
have stopped ct Portland and their
passengers for Puget Sound points
have been obliged to sunsr the incon.
ventsnce Of rechecking their baggage
and purchasing new tickets because
the Northern Pacific desired to keep
the long houl from the East for itself.
This attitude Of the Hill roads re.
suited In . controversy Of 20 years.
standing. which was settled, early in
the year. by an order Of the interstate
commerce commission establishing q
Joint route through Portland. Al.
though the order was subsequently en-.
Joined by the federal court at st. Paul,
pending an appeal to the supreme
court, the Northern Pacific agreed to
the joint use Of its tracks. Between
Tacoma and Seattle the Hartman
trains will use the tracks of the Chi.
cago. Milwaukee and Puget Sound. the
line from Portland and Seattle being
operated as the Oregon and Washing.
ton railway.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
CLASH BETWEEN AERO CLUBS,
That In Gotham May Outlaw Those
Who Competed In Los Anoeles.

That In Gotham May Outlaw Those
Who Competed In Los Angeles.
Los Angeles. Cal. - II a dispatch
from New York, to the effect that the
Aero Club Of America had published
Its intention Of outlawing all aero.
nauts who competed during aviation
week" in Los Angeles 10 correct, a
clash between the parent organization
and the Aero Club of California IL i'm.
minent.
The latter body issued the sanction
for the Los Angeles meet which the
Aero Club Of America, 1t 10 said. has
refused to recognize.
Should the sanction not be granted.
1t would be serious blow to the un.
dertaking a. the foreign aviators
would not compete and Glenn H. Cur.
uss and other Americans probably
would withdraw their entries.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
STANDARD OIL FILES APPEAL.
Trust Alleges es Errors 40 Basis Q,
Effort to Avoid Dissolution.


st. Louis, Mo. The appeal Of
the Standard Oh company. Of New
Jersey, its subsidiaries and the seven
individuals against whom the govern.
ment recently won its dissolution suit
in the United States circuit court, was
Aled here.
sixty-hve instances In which tho
circuit court is alleged to have erred
are cited as reasons for taking the
case to the supreme court Of the
United States.
The appeal was accompanied by q
bond Of $4,000.
Collectively the assignments Of en-
rors are that the evidence did not
show violation Of the Sherman act,
under which the suit was brought.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24

The treasury department at Wash.
lngton has given orders that revenue
cutters shall patrol the waters about
certain Hawaiian islands where poach.
en- are ruthlessly destroying the
birds. This protection IL intended to
prevent such indiscriminate slaughter
and to assure the preservation Of
birds the value Of which 10 coming to
b more thoroughly appreciated.
This 10 another form Of conservation
that 10 to be commended.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
FARMERS HALL OF FAME.
ccormick's Portrait Unveiled at ped.
ication Of Unique Institution.

Champaign, Illinois. - With digni.
ned and impressive ceremony, the
Farmers Hall Of Fame in the Univer.
sity of Illinois was dedicated this af.
ternoon. The feature of the program
was the unwilling Of portrait of Cy.
rus Hall Mccormick, inventor of the
reaper, selected by commission as
the first to be put in the unique in.
stitution.
The ceremonies took place in mem.
orial hall Of the college of agriculture
and were opened by an invocation by
Rev. James Mcclure, president of Nc.
Cormfck seminary. A. P. Grout, head
of the commission to select candidates
for the honor Of being placed in the
hall, made few preliminary remarks,
and then Gov. Deneen delivered an
address Of welcome, to which response
was made by Prof. Eugene Davenport,
dean of the college Of agriculture. e.
j. Baker, Of Chicago, publisher of the
Farm Implement News, spoke on "The
Reaper and What It Has Done for
Agriculture; Lafayette Funk, of Shir.
ley, ILL.,, on ''The Reaper and the Farm.
err" and Charles F. Mills, of Spring.
field. on Cyrus Hall Mccormick"
Miss Muriel Mccormick, grand
daughter of the inventor, then un.
yelled the portrait, and DR.. Edmund
]. James. president of the university,
closed the exercises with benediction.
Special trains from all parts of the
state brought great crowd to wit.
ness the dedication, and among the
guests were the governors and othe,
officials of seven of the middle west
ern states.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
cutleura Proved Successful.

"About two years ago my eyes got
In such condition that was unable
to 60 about. They were terribly in.
famed. both the balls and lids. Z
tried home remedies without relief,
Then I decided to go to our family.
physician, but he didn't help them.
Then I tried two more Of our most
prominent physicians, but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
a friend Of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment, and after using it
about one week my eyes were con-
siderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
am now sixty-five years old. Ishall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey.
Mouth of Wilson, Va, Apr. 4, 1902
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp, sole Props, Boston.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24
Pathos Out Of Place In Schools.

Pathos Out Of Place In Schools.
In an address at a teachers insti.
tute Miss Martha Sherwood said that
sad and pathetic stories should have
no place in the public schools. She
declared the pupils great need is hui
morous stories and the kind that
make children roll on the ground
with laughter. Anything to make
them laugh, and laugh loudly" she
said. 1T makes them grow. puts
sunshine into their lives and develops
contented men and women"