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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
College Team Wins In Basket Ball
Case.

Before large crowd Of Penn stu.
i dents and friends of the college, which
allied the gallery, the Penn basket bali
team defeated the Buxton Y. NJ. G. A.
basket ball Ave at the Penn gymnas-
jun, Friday evening, the final score
being SO to "a in favor OF the Quakers.
The game was an interesting contest
from the moment Referee Schmitt cali
ed time until Timer Smith blew the
whistle at the end of the last half.
THE Penn boys played a great game,
Ioutplaying the visitors, being quick
lin passing the ball and had the ball
| in their possession big part OF the
time They played a clean game
throughout and outplayed and out.
classed the visitors in the second half.
The Buxton "Wonders," which Is com,
posed OF five gentemanly colored fel,
lows, also played an excellent game,
Ioutplaying Penn in the first half, They
played q clean game, and they made
an excellent showing when it is taken
in consideration that this was the first
game they had ever played on "boun'
Diary field" -.... -.
Buxton Makes First Goal.
Buxton scored the first goal, f,
Reasby making a pretty throw and
scoring goal, after a few seconds OF
play. Both sides got down to playing
classy ball, and at the end OF the first
half the Buxton Wonders were ahead
by one point, the result of that half
being Is to IA. -a
In all of the games played this sea
son, when the. visitors were ahead the
first half, Penn would always lose, but
they broke the, hoodoo last night and
in the second half they put up much
finer contest than they did in the
first half. They Strengthened up and
played Buxton off of their feet the
first few minutes of play, and then
played a consistent game throughout
the remainder of the half, scoring
goals and holding down the visitors to
only II points in this half, while they
scored "a points. Both sides were
penalized several times for foul plays
and Penn, was awarded one point on
account of foul.
|, Colville, the big center for Penn was
the star OF the game, he making fifteen
of Penn's points. Purdy also figured
much in the scoring, securing nine
points, while Hawk, made six for Penn.
Williams and g4Barnhart played good
game, Banhart making two points
and Williams five poitns.
Lee, the giant center of the Buxton
Wonders. played star game, as did
also E. Reasby, Buxton's left forward,
the two making ten points each, while
Jones made eight and Wright nine,
The lineup Of the two teams was as
follows: ..,. lc,.I... 81. 4a,..
Penn-Purdy and Barnhart, for,
wards; Colville, center; Williams and
Hawk, guards. 4-... ..
Buxton-Wright and Gaines, guards !;
Lee, center; E. Reasby and J. Reasby,
forwards. ..
Referee, Schmitt, Umpire, Carter.
Scorers, Dodds and Tucker. Timers,
Smith and Warren. .,. 49,. 49,.
Penn college has a fast team this
season which is well supported by the
students of the school. Physical Di.
rector Schmtt is planning to get a
game with the Iowa college team of
Grinnell next Friday evening A good
contest Is assured.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
cENTERWLLE sHlvERs.
Public Heating Plant Breaks Down
in Cold Weather.

Centerville, Ia, Jan. 11.--For forty
eight hours Centerville situated in the
midst of one of the most productive
fuel regions of the west has been
without heat in the business section,
and people are shivering around make
shift stoves; business has been. badly
icrippled, many offices being closed,
and business houses practically desert
ed, all because the central cheating
plant sprung leak and hadtto be shut
down Friday evening
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
LIKED FAMILY CEMETERY.
>. HoIlingsworth Provides in viii
That He Be Buried There. g.

Des Moines, Jan. 11.-That he be
buried in the old family cemetery al
Sigourney' and that he have plain
funeral without any needless display
is the last wish of Louis Hollingsworth
whose will was opened and set for
probate Saturday in district court. All
his property both real and personal
he bequeathes to his Wife, Hanna C.
Hollingsworth. " "'f ~. h>
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
Lona Welded Life.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Birkett of Bel.
mond have celebrated their sixty.
eighth wedding anniversary. Mr..
Blrkett was So years old Sunday and
Mrs. Birkett was 81 last August
They are pioneer residents of Iowa,
having come to Franklin county over
forty years ago
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
Long Distance Traveller.

John M. REM. of Charleston, holds
the banner as a long distance travelling
man from Iowa. He has just returned
from fifteen months trip through the
countries of England, France, Germa-
ny, Russia, Hungary, Brazil and Ar
gentine. He represents farm nipple.
ment company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
Renorts Are DELAYED.

County Auditor l.. R. Briggs and his
deputy Miss Laurena' Briggs, have
been swamped with work since cleo
tion time. Consequently the annual
report OF the financial condition OF the
county will not be published as early
as usual this year
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
w. l. Beans, President. a727a
W. H. Pike, Vice PresiaedeEr
r. K. Davis, Cashier.os 9hl oE
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
s.E .Et Paid in Full.

Directors: w !, Beans. VIVA:
Cheer; Charley yictorss Lacey w.
H. Springer. Eddyville; Thos. J. Wil-
son, Beacon; r. w. Moore, Cedar;
W. G. Reed, oskaloosa; w. H. Pike,
Rose Hill; Paul Synhorst, Leighton;
Geo. s. Prime, Oskaloosa; r K
Davis, Oskaloosa; NJ. S. Downey, La.
cey.
City Business Solicited.
Complete set OF Safety Deposit
Boxes. The 100 stockholders are all
Mahaska county farmers.
Farmers: Make thia your head
quarterswhile in the City. l6wtf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
County Expenses.

So much has been said about ex-
trayagance in county finances that the
board of supervisors are putting forth
every effort to cut down expenses and
the result will be noted with interest,
Il Is easier said than done to "cut
down expenses
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
Successful publicity.

The secret of successful adveris-
ing is to place your business announce
ments before the most people the
greatest number of times at the least
Expenditure of cash. The newspaper
most nearly meets the specifications
of this statement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14

You will learn of something to your
individual advantage by calling at Jim
Browns Store at the earliest oppor-
tunity See Brown and ask about it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14

If you knew where a five or a ten
dollar bill was hidden away and that
1t was yours for the asking, what would
you do? You would go after it, You
should therefore go to Jim Browns
Store.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14
MAY STRIKE AGAIN.
Iowa Central Employees Are OPP
posed To Toler. .. 4

o o o o o o o
Marshalltown, Ia, Jan. 11.--A strike
is threatened today at the Iowa Cen
trail shops, involving three hundred
men, if w D. Toler is placed at work
in Monmouth, Ill.,, as reported Tole,
is the man who shot and killed George
striker, here last summer
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14

Jim Brown wants to see you, YOU.
you. Call at his store for private IN
formation concerning matters of per
sonal interest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14

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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-14

Senator Tillman did not permit the
tact that the president was giving out
charges against him to alter his de-
termination to make no statement I'M
I'll Monday. He said that he could not
yet make his reply SO complete as he
would desire, and that he would
therefore withhold whatever remarks
he might have to make until Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05
GOT FOUR FISH ON ONE CAST
Lucky Catch GraveIy Asserted by q
Writer in the Field to Be the
Actual Truth.

1t is something after all to be the
hero of record, even If it does not
mean much, and perhaps the success
full landing of four fish on one cast is
not unworthy of being rescued from
oblivion, says writer in the Field.
1t happened with me here on the
Shannon some few years ago, in the
last or very nearly the last of my sea-
sons with the wet fly, and is the more
remarkable as have not fished with
four flies on my cast half a dozen
times in my life. l was fishing from
boat anchored at the tail of the
strong broken water of the weir, and
rose and hooked what l saw was q
trout of about half pound.
Presently, as l was playing him, his
motions seemed to become most er-
ratio; he would pull heavily down and
then instantly there would be slack,
or a movement downstream would be-
come a movement up with a sudden
ness quite bewildering, and for few
minutes l could make neither head
nor tail of the action that was going
Ou UclOW. Al last, Oh luc lIuc COLlIuS
closer, saw there was good-sized
perch on the highest dropper, and
presently saw second perch on the
lower, while a moment later l was
astonished to see that my trout was
also still on the point, with smaller
trout on the dropper next him.
None of the fish was large, of
course, though the perch next me was
quite pound; but / saw there was
scarcely possible chance to get all
four into the boat safely, so, hauling
up the stone and rope which held me,
l quietly started padding for the
shore, 100 yards. OF, with alternate
strokes Of the oars. Strange to say,
l reached the low, shelving shore with
out single fish escaping. and. slip
ping out of the boat, drew the whole
string ashore in triumph.
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was curious, 1t was also my opportun-
ity, and l lost no time in putting a
couple of bullets into him, the second
of which laid him out nicely, without
giving me the trouble which usually
falls to my lot when tack]ing these
great cats. On proceeding to invesd-
gate the reason for such strange
performance, my wonder ceased.
Having tackled porcupine. with more
gusto than discretion, one of the lat
ter's quills had got inserted under the
root of the leopard's tongue, and was
working deeper and deeper. The tor
ture the poor animal endured must
have been awful, and do not imagine
1t could have survived. No dead
''porky" appeared to be around, SO,
thanking him in his absence, l took
the beautiful spotted skin. Next day
l was laid up with an attack of fever
which kept me idle for some time. My
two boys, however, attended assidu-
ously to my needs, and in due course
l got about again. The lions had, dur
ing my sickness, once more appeared
in the neighborhood, and seemed to
hang around indefinitely, but there be-
ing plenty of game about they did not
molest us in any way.
Well, said that got one of these
lions after all, though he took quite
a lot of getting, escaping me alto
gether on one occasion. l was not
over strong bodily, but was pretty
much so in purpose. and it annoyed
me to hear the roaring night after
night and not render an account Of
it; then again our animals were get
ting almost beyond control, from the
incessant tension on their nerves.
Strolling away towards the hills ono
morning I came suddenly on a lion
lying on a rock. His muzzle was
stretched straight towards me, be-
tween his huge paws; his body, posi-
ton and surroundings adapting them
selves SO admirably to each other
that was almost up to him before
was aware of his proximity.
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morning, and as the flames began to
shoot up and brighten the surround
ings the lions became less plain to
view. l distinctly saw them, how
ever, move away over the ridge. The
remainder of the night / sat up in
case of any emergency arising, for
the animals kept snorting and shift
ing festlessly, whilst every now and
again came that rumbling roar. once
heard au natural never to be forgotten.
l was conscious of some creature
prowling close around. The roar of the
lions kept all the while sounding more
and more distant, and as dawn began
to break it ceased altogether. AS soon
as it was light enough to see to any
purpose, stepped out, and as l did
SO, a large hyena jumped up from
some bones lying near by and made
OF. fired at him and rolled him
over, and before he could recover or
the dogs get up, luckily got another
bullet into him, this time right into
the head. fear he would have made
short work of the dogs, for such
pair of jaws would have cut them in
two at one snap. A hyena is never
beautiful, and this one was simply
hideous. Just for curiosity's sake 1
went to where he had been feeding
on the remains of an eland cow,
which l had driven to within 100
yards of the camp two days previous
ly, and found he had cracked up the.
thigh bone just as if 1t had been
gristle.
On examining the ground. discov-
cred that the lions had not approached
any nearer than the ridge on which
had seen them. After having break
tasted, returned again with the dogs
and followed the spoor as far as the
sand lasted; but, when the ground be-
came rocker. could no longer hold it,
and the sun getting higher. burnt up
all the scent, so that the dogs could
make nothing of it. and l therefore
reluctantly gave up further pursuit.
Away to the east some antelope were
visible, nearly against the bush belt
lining the river, but as had left my
glass in the wagon, could not make
out just what they were l thought
would try and get one, however, in
order to use 1t as a bait in a good
position, considerably nearer the
|, wagon, in hopes that the lion might
return and give me chance of shot
under more favorable conditions. So
went back for my horse, and leaving
the dogs behind set out towards the
herd which had now made out to be
hartebeeste. The simmer of the heat
on the veldt is the most trying to the
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hartebeeste, evidently killed the night
before, the trail by which the lion had
dragged it pointing towards the veldt
Here, then, was a chance too good to
be lost; better than laying out shot
game, though l confess ] would just
as soon the spot mad been a little
nearer to the wagon, which was, in
fact, more than mile away. But
made up my mind at once to take ad-
vantage of this piece of luck and re-
turn at dusk and lie up. Now, my ex-
perience goes to show that it is far
too easy matter to miss with bull
let IN uncertain light, and that at
short range buckshot is quite effective
enough with most game. I therefore
made several little paper shells to fit
my ten-gauge gun, and, chambering
the buckshot nicely therein, filled up
the interstices with eland grease; no
lion can withstand such a battery at
q fair range, and your aim is much
more likely to be accurate. OF course,
took the carbine with 480 grain ball,
and telling my boys to stay by the
wagon-for l could place no depend.
ence upon either of them on such ex-
peditions-evening found me duly
esconced among the boulders this side
the half eaten body, at distance OF
about 20 PAGES and looking directly
towards the route taken by the lion
when / had previously disturbed.
For couple Of hours l had waited.
occasionally changing position to ease
the cramping of my limbs. Every
thing comes to him who waits" and at
last, over a rock beyond, appeared the
lion, gradually rising into full view.
In the dim light he appeared mon
strous as he stood, chest full on; and
then, as he gave vent to a sonorous
roar, which echoed and re-echoed from
rock to rock, the effect was grand,
and beyond any power of expression,
It is under such circumstances a.
these that one sees the lion at his
best. Nighttime is his day, and in
the sunlight he is more or less at a
disadvantage. He must have stood q
full minute like this; a sore tempta-
ton to me to fire, and l believe
should have killed him stone dead had
l done so. Having apparently salts
fed himself that things were all right,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05
A Kill at 800 Yards.

Where the gemsbuck were feeding
was much rocker ground than that
Intervening between my camp and
them; this was all sandy veldt, stud
ded with the everlasting ant-hills,
which, however, got sparser as I
neared the game. l therefore slipped
OF my horse, getting him between my
self and them for another 100 yards.
The increasing anxiety of the animals,
to shorten my gallop by crippling one
Of them, must lose no more time.
Accordingly I halted, though the dis
tance must have been a good 300
yards, and, taking careful aim over my
horses withers at the one with the
longest pair of horns, I fired. The
horse stood like rock, and knew
my aim had been good, even if the
animal had not stumbled forward at
the shot 1t quickly recovered,
though, and went away with the other
four, just as If nothing had happened,
at good pace, heavy animals as they
were, taking through and over the
Hu66CO OOuiuOAo % vastly dS CuduOlS.
] knew, however, that the heavy army
bullet would tell its tale. Instantly
on firing had vaulted into the saddle.
and followed In pursuit. This was
, more easily attempted than done, and
my surefooted horse was not able to
negotiate the villainous country.
therefore pulled up, lest we should
break both our necks, and as did so
had the satisfaction of seeing the
gemsbuck drop in its tracks and re-
main there; whilst its companions
only seemed to scamper the faster. On
coming up, found her, for it was a
fine COW, stone dead. The blood was
only beginning to trickle from the
wound, and had not noticed spot
anywhere on the ground she had gone
pver. On examination / found that
the bullet had completely torn away
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05

are not easy to manage, though
they are invaluable as material.
The boys had gone down to the
river to fetch water, and I, TAX
ing a temporary rest, was scanning
the veldt with my glass. / could make
out some springbuck, also few
hartebeeste; but what riveted my at
tention was a small bunch of gems
buck in the far distance. We did not
need meat, and there did not appear to
be any bushmen just then about. to
warrant any sheer destruction of
game; but gemsbuck, although fairly
plentiful away in the interior of the
desert, are hard enough to get, and to
see them was to want a head. My
horse was in hard condition and had
had some stiffish gallops recently, so
I saddled him up at once and deter
mined to give chase as soon as the
"boys"-my two Kafirs-returned.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05
Menaced by Lions in Camp.

One night I was awakened by the
dog barking and the uneasiness Of
the oxen. l grabbed my carbine hast
lily and endeavored to make out what
caused the disturbance. By the
meager light diffused by the new moon
l could just distinguish the forms of
three large animals on the ridge above
the camp. l could see that they were
lions, and shook up already awaken
ing Kafirs to make up the fire.
had half mind to shoot, but thought
it safer not to do so, the distance
being too great; so ! waited until
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Telling them to get on with the skerm.
] set out at canter, keeping we'll to
the right to get the advantage of the
wind. The veldt was so open that
stalking would have been hopeless,
whereas, by the aid of my horse as
kind of blind, might possibly get
shot before the gemsbuck took the
alarm, even though they might see us,
so long as they did not catch my
faint. However, had to go more di-
rectly towards them than l wished, for
fear of stampeding the hartebeeste
into them. These latter took the
alarm and ambled leisurely away when
I had proceeded about half a mile.
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Lion-Hunting as a Fine Art.

He was wide awake enough, how
ever, and the instant he knew had
seen him he started up and bounded
away, giving me no time, in my nerv.
GUS condition, to get good shot; /
fired, but as soon as touched the
trigger I knew had missed him
perhaps it was all the better for me
that did so-and the next moment
he was out of sight among the rocks.
Walking on a little farther. came
upon the half-consumed carcass Of .
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the apex OF the heart, and yet she had
galloped at least hundred yards at
as great speed as her companions,
practically without bleeding drop
another instance Of the extreme vital
fly of such creatures, which I have
found even still stronger in the Ger
vidae proper, than In the antelopes.
She had q prettily marked head, with
q length of horns of three feet eight
inches It was out of the question
thinking of bagging any of the rest Of
the herd, SO threw the carcass across
my horse and started back to camp.
A few days afterwards, as l was
perched on the wagon box scraping
at the skull of the gemsbuck, hardly
paid any attention to pair of secre-
tary birds which were sailing right
overhead. Their appearance, however,
suggested snakes, and sure enough,
there, as l looked around, among a
few odds and ends, impervious to the
irrepressible ants, was large pun ad-
der. 1t had crept through the fence
of thorns, and in evident excitement
was surveying its novel surroundings
with body half raised. did not like
the look of this particular reptile .
bit; but I did not intend that he
should escape and be in the vicinity,
though probably the secretary-birds
would have seen to that; neither did
I want to spoil his beautiful skin.
There was, however, not help for it;
l could see no object around suf1i-
ciently handy, so was constrained to
put charge Of small shot into him,
and felt more comfortable after he
had ceased wrigg1ing ..-
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he walked leisurely down to his prey,
and, again uttering a roar, stood fac
Ing me. This time did not hesitate,
but pulling both barrels nearly simui-
taneously put both charges into his
chest, and the lion fell forward almost
without a sound.
BY permission of Longmans, Green &
Co., New York.
Copyright, 1909. by Benz. B. Hampton.)
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05
A Lonely
Trek After
GerllSbuck
and Lions
By Percy SeI0us

g had trekked some
dozen miles during
the cool night, and,
having outspanned
near the River Mo-
lopo, were busy
making a skerm-
a task always more
Or less arduous, for
"wait-a-bit" thorns
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05
A Lucky Shot.

NOIluS Iuc CAdCt lOCdtlOu OF the
game, judged that by careful maneu-
vering might keep out of their line
of vision, especially as the wind was
in my favor. By threading in and out
the clumps of thorns--not always an
easy matter on horseback event
ually got to within couple of hun
dred yards, and by q lucky shot
bowled over one with bullet through
the neck, killing it instantly, and saw
ing my horse the stiff gallop l had
anticipated, for these creatures are
as swift as any of the genus. Throw
ing the carcass just as it was, without
opening, across the saddle, took it to
spot which would give me a chance
of a telling shot, if lion should
make its appearance. But although I
watched the best part of the night,
nothing came of my vigil, the jackals
reaping the benefit of all my careful
preparations. The fact was, as l sub
sequently found out, that they were
lions in their prime and it is not
often that such can be decoyed by
carcass which they have not them
selves destroyed.
Next morning was, of course, about
looking for signs; but could make
nothing out as to lions. On going
down toward the river some half mile
from camp, my attention was attract
ed by the unusual conduct of leop-
ard. He was cutting all sorts of
capers; at one time ploughing along
the ground with his head; at another
rearing upright and tearing at his
throat with his fore paws. All this
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-05

sight and often misleads even the
experienced eye. Objects assume
quite different aspects and coloring.
It is fact well known to hunters, but
has no reference to mirage" For
instance, anyone would imagine that
SO brightly-marked an animal as the
zebra would always be discernible on
the sand; that the black stripes would
be obvious. Nothing of the sort. It
is at times almost impossible to dis
tinguish this animal at all, even
though you know for certain it is
there, so cunningly does all merge it
self into q whole.