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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
MUSICIANS ORGANIZE
An 0skaioosa Branch Of the Inter
Ma ional Union.

A new labor organization was form
ed in 0skaloosa sunday and will be
known as the Oskaloosa Musicians
Protective Association. branch OF
the Musicians International Union
The institution Of the union was UNI
der the direction OF G. #. Wallace Of
ICenteryille, and the charter list which
was completed Sunday, shows a total
iof thirty-fiye names. The organiza-
ton Of the union has been under con-
federation since last season Applica-
tion was made for charter by repre-
Isentatiyes Of the city and, after going
through the usual channels, Mr.. Wal
lace Of Centerville gave notice that he
would be in the city Sunday to perfect
the organization.
The musicians met at the Farmhouse
Conservatory In the band practice
room, where the preliminary work was
lcompleted. The regular stated meet
ings Of the Union will be held at the
Trades Assembly hall on First avenue
west. T
| The officers chosen for the first year
Of the organizations existence are:
President, Fred Cubberly.
| lst Vice President, Henry Husson.Y
| I'd Vice President, Thomas Hay.
Secretary Eldon Carrier.
| Treasurer, Lewis Longweli.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
Fish TRUST HEAD INDICTED
w. VERNON BOOTH ACCUSED BY
GRAND JURY.
Charged with consplring with r. r.
Robbins to Defraud Bank of
s@ 100000. AZ .-.,.

Chicago, Mar. Nv. Vernon Booth,
president of the failed fish corpora.
ton, A. Booth & Co., and leader of the
fox hunting set in Lake Forest. who
was indicted by the Cook county
grand jury Saturday on the charge of
conspiring with Frederick r. Robbins,
former assistant treasurer of the COM
pany, to defraud the Continental Ma
tional bank out of $500, 900, gave bond
to-day.
In the event of conviction the Of
Tense charged carries with it a sen.
tence of from one to five years in the
penitentiary or fine of $4,000 or both.
Bonds were set at $4,000 Saturday,
but States Attorney Wayman delayed
the issuance of capiases for the arrest
OF Booth and Robbins until to-day to
give the accused men a chance to fur
nish bail ~ ... .. ...
Only four witnesses were utilized to
convince the grand jury that it was
warranted in indicting Mr.. Booth and
Mr.. Robbins on the charge of "willful-
ly, feloniously, and wickedly" conspir-
ing by false pretenses to secure the
money from the bank by means of the
false financial statement of the COM
pany in 1907. These witnesses are:
Alexander Robertson, vice-president
of the Continental National bank, a
member of the creditors committee;
Ira M, Smith, former vice-president Of
the company, who resigned; w. J.,
Chalmers, receiver Of A. Booth & Co.;
N. ]. Ford, credit man. Corn Exchange
National bank.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
POULTRY BUSINESS GROWS
STILL SUPPLY DOES NOT KEEP
PACE WITH DEMAND.
Annual Product Of the Humble Hen
Valued at Six Hundred Mil
lions a Year.

The poultry industry has arisen to
enormous proportions within a few
years in the United States, and the
value of the product of the humble
hen and her offspring Is estimated at
the sum of $60O,0O,0O0, The demand
for eggs is constantly increasing and
prices are soaring in consequence.
Hotels are demanding prime market
poultry, squad broilers, soft roasters
and capons, and pay fancy prices for
them. These will soon be beyond the
reach of ordinary purses, If the supply
does not keep pace with the demand,
II Is found that the value of poultry
and eggs in Missouri alone tar ex-
ceeded that Of the wheat crop.
The hen and her family are duly
exploited at all the state and county
fairs through lne entire country. from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
A MASSACRE OF DOGS
Many Being Killed and Care Of
Bodies Is Problem.

Its a dog gone shame" asserted a
member Of the city council few
days ago when complaint was made 10
him that the city of Oskaloosa was
dumping dead dogs in a creek that
runs through the burying ground. The
complainant could not deny the truth
of the assertion, but what he wanted
was the dogs buried instead OF being
thrown into the creek. The statement
was made that at least fifty dead
dogs had been dumped at the place
without burying. Mayor Ralston sent
Chief of Police Glass out to the place
today to make Investigation of the
conditions complained or.
Another councilman complained OF
the practice of cording dead dogs in
a pile behind the fire department build
ing, like SO much stove wood, and leav-
ing them in that place until load
accumulated or until 1t was convent,
ent to have the bodies removed. Dir.
Morgan, the city health officer, has
also complained OF this condition OF
affairs. Since the recent attack on
the dog population of the city by the
poisoner, dogs have been picked up
in all parts of town. Complaint is
made TO the authorities by some one
near whose home the dog has died,
and the patrol wagon is sent after
the carcass 1t is brought to the pa
troll barn and concealed until evening,
when 1t is removed to the city scaven-
ger yard. The trouble has been the
patrol has been sometimes on the
jump gathering up the harvest of the
dog killer and could not spare the
time to go to the dumping place. Also
when the patrol is busy with jags and
yags there is little time to care for
the other species. s..
And now the people are wondering
II the new patrol was purchased for
the purpose OF transporting dead and
dying dogs to- their long home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
A THIRTEEN AFFAIR.

Secretary-Treasurer Edwin Perry OF
the United Mine Workers of America
was Installed in his Office as secretary
OF the national organization today at
Indianapolis. the LIST day of the Sd
month az the year. Making eombin-
ation a. the figures we have Is. Mr..
Perry comes from District No 10 Of
iowa, and he was elected by 1913
votes. His term OF Office is for l3
months. The singular manner In
which the number 10 is concerned
with the AFFAIR is rather remarkable
to say the lent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04


are competed for that range from so
cents to SIS a bird. Az Is well known
the various breeds have been so inn
proved and highly bred that the value
Of a single fowl often runs up into the
thousands, says the Bangor (Me.l
Commercial
Every winter nearly 400 poultry
shows are held, and there are more
than 400 poultry associations now in
the United States and Canada. The
shows are held wherever room can be
had and range from country stores,
where a few dozen are exhibited, to
Madison Square Garden, New YORK
where from 1000 to 4,500 birds are
shown every year, and Mechanics
building, Boston, where 5000 have
been shown.
The Coliseum in Chicago, and Com
vention hail. Kansas City, have been
filed to overlooking time and again
with people to see the 1900 birds ex
hibited, for the shows are SO popular
that arrangements can always mor5
than fill the buildings.
Thousands of poultry fanciers In
this country and Canada, make repu
lar business OF breeding standard
fowls, and their average annual pro
duction ranges anywhere from small
fioclos of a score or so TO several thous
and specimens. Prices have improved
with the breds and range everywhere
from 81 to Si00 a head. Sometimes
the sales run up to $500, $500, $500 and
$1,000 fowl
A notable sale was that made by
Ernest Kellerstrass, OF Kansas City
when he sold to Nine. Paderewski
wife of the pianist, five birds for 81,
500, These were children OF the ia
nous Peggy, who travels from fair to
fair with a man in constant attend
ance to smoth her feathers and polish
her bill and her spurs.
Another instance of a high price be.
ing paid was when George H. North
rup, of Raceyille, N. r., sold severa
rosecomb black Riporcas about five
years ago to q German buyer, TO be
shipped abroad, getting $500 for one
and $1,000 for another male bird
About three years ago U. r. tishel, Of
Hope, Ind, sold white Plymouth
Rock for $500, and at last years Mad
ison Square Garden show G. III. Welles
refused $1,000 fora barred Plymouth
Rock hen that mad taken first prize.
The incubator has been a big factor
in promoting the poultry industry. The
business never could have grown t.
such magnitude without the aid o
ARTIFICIAL means. Public hatcheries
are coming into vogue. Like the big
central creameries of farming and
dairy districts, these will be able tc
minimize expense and increas the out
put of the product. &# 5gtsN
Some of these public hatcheries have
grown up in he past three or foul
years and are so arranged that spact
for egg trays can be let in each plan
at SO much per tray, or the eggs arr
lincubated at SO much per thousand
Eggs are brought to these Incubator
either by hand or are shipped Dy ex
press, 1t having been found that eggs
for Matching can be shipped hundred:
of miles and still yield good percent
ages when incubated. as f.
From the English poultrymen Ameri
cans have learned that day-old chicks
can be shipped long distances. and now
the modern incubator is sending then
out the day they are Matched on lont
journeys of hundreds and even tnou
sands of miles. '.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
AccosTEp BY STRANGER.
A Practice That Is Becoming To
Frequent on the Streets.

Mrs. Rhea Oppenheimer, who has
apartments at the Hotel Downing, was
accosted by a strange man Sunday
evening while on the way to the hotel
from the Levi residence on North
Third street, She had been accom-
panied as far as High avenue and
started down High avenue alone. As
she was passing the. Y. M. c. A. cor.
ner she was addressed by a man who
approached her. She ran to the no
tel. a distance of two blocks, the man
following her almost all the way. Such
occurrences are becoming to frequent
in Oskaloosa and some steps should
be taken at once 10 suppress the eyli.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
Cured Of Piles ,

Dr.. Josiah Johnston of Des MoinesS
will stand investigation He is the only
exclusive Rectal Specialist in Iowa and
has cured hundreds Of people who have
been suffering for years with Piles, Fis-
tula or liberation, by his mild methods.
No knife or chluroforn Is necessary. IL
you are troubled with any of the above
don't fail to write him for his illustrat-
ed book s.Plain Truth, and also
proofs from cured patients which is free.
You don't pay until cured. Address
him 613 Walnut Street. o.
Below are few names Of Cured pa
tients in this vicinity:
D G. Galloway. Rose Hill
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
Chas. v. Eonmann. p. M,
The Statue 81 Mahaska.

Nine weeks from next Wednesday.
May IL, is the date set for the formal
dedication and unwilling of the new
statue of Chief Mahaska. which viii
by that time occupy its permanent po-
sition on the conspicuous pedestal in
the center of the west side of the
city square.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
Who win be First

Who win be the first to start a good
roads movement In Mahaska countyg
a little interesting competition along
that line would prove valuable
source OF benefit to the community.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04

More than 100 farms in Monona
county have changed ownership re.
Gently and the amount OF cash. involy-
ga will total 81 500, 600.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
VIII Be Sent to Dead Letter office II
Not Called For.

Following is a list OF letters remain.
ing uncalled for in the post office at
Oskaloosa. Ia. for the week ending
February q, 1909:
Gents List.
American Friend. Burleigh w. B. Rev
Blair Thos., 2. Lansing Button
(FacIory. ..
Griffith j. D. Rev. Parker p. G.
Gambrill II. G. Snoothersby NJ. j.
Harris T. j. Wilson j. w.
KonanZ e. White Il. III.
~ ..' Ladies' List.
Boswell Anna Fl. Johnson Eda
Chew Mary. McWilliams Fran,
f.... s. tees
Cox Bill Mrs. Uric Anna.
Coke Ollie. Warren Mabel.
Evans Lizzie. Wilson Ruth Mrs.
Fry c. Mrs. VIM Florence.
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please cali attention 10 adj
yertised list OF this date. The above
letters will be held Two weeks from
date and then sent to the dead letter
office.
Chas. " Hoffmann, r. M.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
TWO LAND BARGAINS

For Quick Sale.--ro close ont III the next
80 days, offer the following tracts Of land
sofa.
160 acres In Aitkin Co, miles from Fip-
layson. in s. 2. r. 4s, n. ~. $1,000 per acre.
so acres close to new electric car line.
miles from Bruno. Pine Co. in s. 10, r. as.
n 49, $1,000 per acre
VIII sell either tract one-thlrd cash, btl4-
ance on easy payments
Address.
JOHN y. fl0FFERT,
1888 University Ave, st. paul. MINI.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04

played a prominent part in bringing
the guilty party to Justice.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
The Confession.

Junkin said ne lett his mothers
restaurant at $50 Friday evening,
February 9Th, and went north on JEFF
ferson street to Ducrow's grocery.
and met a woman on Dora and Cara
streets. He grabbed her hand satchel
and she resis'ed him, telling MIN to
leave her alone, as she was Chris
tlan girl. Junkin knocked her down
and tore the hand satchel from her.
the handle becoming detached and re-
manning IN her hand. where IT was
when her body was found. He then
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
DOUGLAS PERSONALS
~ . - . . . . . .

Miss Ruby Ellis, who has been wis ting Mrs. Frank Krentz, left yester- day for her home at Bisbee.
 Miss Edwiges Trevizo, daughter of Presbyterian Mexican Missionary Miguel Trevizo, left yesterday for Santa Fe, New Mexico, to attend school.
 Misses Mary Dunlap. Laura Lassi- ter, and May Webb left this morning for Tempe to enter the Normal.
 Late this afternoon Dan Williams was remanded to jail to awa:t the outcome of RusselPs injuries. Dist. Atty. Williams has put in the day gathering preliminary testimony.
 ". o. Wills, of the c. Q. Shelter, returned this morning from a trip to Catalina Island, where he remained two weeks on a vacation.
 ". s. Dixon returned this morning from vacation of several weeks spent in Los Angeles and San Diego. Mrs. Dixon is in Los Angeles at present and Will be home in about two weeks.
 Mrs. Anna NJ. Dyer came home this morning from a long vacation spent with relatives and friends Tn Washington. She also made short trip to Alaska.
 MT. and Mrs. F. c. Henderson re- turned last night from the Igo ranch. in the Huachucas, where Mrs. Fen derson spent the summer.
 Reverend and Mrs. A. D. Shaw. formerly of the Baptist church here, left yesterday for Los Angeles where they will spend several weeks before going to their next post, possibly in Idaho.
 P. c. McMullen left this afternoon for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. This trip is for his health, which has been poor for some time. He will be away for an indefinite pc riod.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
5 USEFUL ALLY OF FARMERS
PIover Destroys Various Insects That Damage Crops, Is Assertion of
 English Publication.

or all our birds the blower is abso- lutely the most useful on the land, end we have the authority of the beard of agriculture for saying thai "the multiplication of insects injurious to crops" is the direct consequence of the fashion for plovers' eggs.
 The bird destroys snails, wireworms, beetles and all sorts of noxious in- sects that damage crops. As it feeds largely at night it destroys many in- sects that other birds do not touch. and it has also a peculiar virtue in killing a water snail which indirectly Is the cause of liver rot, deadly dis ease in sheep.
 Plover have been more than usually numerous this year, and no doubt If their eggs were protected, as in Scot land, they would multiply yet more and save many thousands of pounds that are now spent on the fattening of the wireworm. 1t is becoming also g more popular practice to keep lovers as a garden pet. They do incalculabie good and are very interesting to watch, especially at this season.-Lon- don Daily Mail.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
Stock Markets, Railroads and Mining
WOULD GET REAL ENJOYMENT
Zachary Msiiek. with Million Dollars, haS Plans to Scatter Little
 Sunshine.

T wouldn't care a rap for a mil lion dollars" said Zachary Melick, If l couldn't divide it among about 20 people l know. And I reckon they wouldn't enjoy their little s50.00o apiece unless they divided 1t among their friends. too.
 "Fhe charitable societies don't cover the whole field, not by a good deal. Sometimes it seems to me the peo- pie that deserve kindness most ars the ones that ask for it last. 1 know an old lady, past 80 she is. and her crippled daughter, & woman of 50. Those two live and keep house on g. pension of ten dollars a month. That ten dollars is absolutely all they have to spend; it has to pay for everything, but they manage to keep inside of if, though no one but the Lord knows how they do it. When the mother goes the daughter won't have a cent. yet they're always happy. always glad to see company, and to put up an extra chair to the table. Their hearts are warm enough. if they do have to keep rug at the crack of the door.
 There's thousands of good. gentle people in just such a fix If I was a : young man again, one of my main ]. reasons for wanting to succeed would 1 he sos I could euualize things lit.le .n this uneven old world, after I'd made my pile. I reckon there would be at least one millionaire who wouldn't look careworn." = Newark (N. J.l News
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
CLOCK HANDS 20 FEET LONG.
Made of Bridge Truss Design, Q Manganese and Bronze, and
 Weighs 1,7oo Pounds.

On the building of clock company in Brooklyn just now are to be seen the largest hands that have ever been made for a clock. They are destined for the tower of the Metropolitan Life building.
 Fourteen feet from the center pin to the tip is the length of the minute hand, and there is six feet of counter poise, making a hand 20sfeet over all. The hour hand is Il feet long.
 In making a sweep around the circle the minute hand passes three stories of the building. When one of the hands is in front of window it is necessary for those working within to cease work, owing to the hand com pletely shutting out light.
 These hands are made of manga nese and bronze. and are of bridge truss construction. They weigh more than 1,7O0 pounds.
 Over the hands there is a covering of wireglass which wilI ai2ow of illu; imitation. Through each hand there are "A electrical tubes, in pairs. When the hands are Illuminated 1t is esti- mated that it will be possible on a clear night to tell the time they mark at a distance of 24 miles. They will be about 400 feet above ground level.
 There is to be a clock on each of the four sides of the tower, There will be 7.000-pound bell, with ham. mer weighing TO pounds, and four smaller bells to strike the West minister chimes.--New York Herald.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
NoN-PAYlNe HOTEL PATRONS.
Inevitable Expense That Proprietors of New York HosteIries Must
 Be Prepared For.

The proprietor of one of the largest hotels in New York. speaking of the uses made by non-paying customers of his house, said to rural gues: few days ago: 'fWe have large number of patrons from whom we never ool- lect a cent, although we have no such thing as a free list. They come here in the morning. pick up a cast-of pa per. which they read, keeping an eye open for another, which they grab as soon as it is dropped. After reading awhile they stand at the ticker, cften giving long lectures to their fellows on financial conditions and stock pos abilities. The oyercoat becomes bur densome, and it is taken to the check room, where it's owner knows it will be perfectly safe. Then. if they can tear themselves from the ticker, let ters are written cn our . stationery They do not use our tele phones, be- cause we charge an extra iive cents for the call, but they carry home matches, toothpicks, blank cards and blotters, and use up the soap in our lavatories. They also take generous nibbles of the cheese and crackers in the cafe. The strangest part of all is tnis. that the majority of this class are well to do and highly respectable, and on that account we do not shut them out"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
HORSE PARTIAL TO PEACHES
New York Animal Passed Up Real Fruis in Favor Of Millinery
 Ornamsntation.

That horses prefer peaches 10 oranges was demons 1ated yesterday. says the New York Sun. Two women just through shopping emerged from a store and stopped to talk neGr the curb. A few feet away was push cart loaded with oranges Two yards away stood a delivery wagon.
 One of the women wore a peach basket hat set of with several bunch es of flowers and two artificial peach es. The conversation between the two women evidently was of great in. terest to both, as neither noticed the horse edge himself gradually to where they were standing until he almost touched the tail end of the push cart with the oranges.
 Then the conversation was brought to an abrupt end by the woman with the peach basket feeling tug at her hat which caused her to turn around to find the cause With shriek she made a hasty retreat for the store. leaving the horse in possession of the two peaches which he had nibbled at in preference to the oranges oG the push cart.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
B|GGESTPUMP| PLANT IS IN
 MEXICO

The largest pumping plant in the world will be installed within few days at the mine of the Candaleria Mining company at San Pedro. Chi huahua, according to General Man ager George D. Laird. who was in Bisbee yesterday. Mir. Laird is a member of the firm of Smith, Laird & Zeismer of tilis city.
 The present capacity of the pump ing plant of the company is 2,20O to 2.3o0 gallons of water a minute. With the installation of the other pumps the total lift will be 5000 gallons per minute or greater flow than that from any other mine in the world, so far as Mir. Laird is aware of at pres ent.
 4 number of new ore bodies are be ing opened in the mine and the out look is particularly promising for the future There are several shafts be- ing operated by the company, the pro duct of each varying in contents. From the two best shafts come silver gold and gold-silver, copper ores. Shipments. at the rate of about 100 tons a day are being made to the Fl Paso smelter.
 The company has holdings of 10,- 900 acres of surface ground of which about 2,S00 acres are highly miner alized It is owned by group of eastern capitalists headed by E. D. Morgan of New York.
 The Coralitiosn Cattle company composed of the same capitalists, but incorporated under separate title and directorate, owns 9O,000 acres of the finest grazing land in that section of the state on which 65,000 cattle are grazing at this time. All cattle in that section are fat and in fine con dition. A large number of shipments have been made this year at hand some profit and the percentage of calf crop is especially good. Accom- panying MT. Laird to Bisbee were W. B. Field of New York and B. Arkeli of Los Angeles, both of whom are well known mining engineers. The three were oa their way to Can anea where they will examine prop critics in which eastern capital is about to become interested, accord ing to report, although Mir. Laird re- fused to confirm the rumor at this time, saying that the deal is not in a condition for publicity at present.
 MT. Laird will be in this section for about a week befor returning to San Pedro.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-07
rh, Rlekshaw Id Japan.

Tn 1871 the introduction of the .!n. rikisha tman power carD. now an- glicized over the east as rickskaw. came at a critical time for the i'm 4nense hordes of bearers and porters who had been employed On the great main roads. These men had supplied the demands of the processions of the territorial and smaller daimyo on their journeys to and from Yedo and when the shoSun proceeded to do no- mage to the secluded emperor in Ki- oto. These had been out of work since 1868, and much distress was expert enced.-From the Journal of the American Asiatic Association.