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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
LESSON IN GOOD MANNERS.

Short Stories: A well-known law
yer is telling good story. about him
self and his efforts. to correct the
manners of his Office 10y. One morn
ing not long ago the young autocraI
blew into the Office, and, tossing his
cap at hook. exclaimed: >',
Say. Mr., Blank, TIRES a ball game
down at the park today. and I'm go
ing" -t. ...- l,a -at.:. TEL
Row, the attorney is not hard
hearted nan and was willing the boy
should go, but thought he would teach
him little, lesson in good manners,
Jimmie" he said, that isn't the
way to ask a favor. Now, you come
over here and sit down, and III show
you how to do it, sa
The boy took the office chair and
his employer picked up his cap and
stepped outside. He then opened the
door softly, and holding the cap in
his hand, said quietly to the small
boy in the big chair .,.4a
please, sir, there is a ball game at
the park -oday; il you can spare me
| would like to get away for the al,
ternoon." .T -4I % .a.,a .- O..
In a flash the boy responded:
why, certainly, Jimmie; and here
is so cents TO pay your way in"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The Indiana state board Of health
reports that in one2year that state lost
100 mothers between the ages of Is
and As, and 425 fathers killed by con.
These fathers and mothers
swept away by consumption in one
short year left behind them 2,5l5 chill
dren under II years of age, who were
thus deprived of parental love, care
and training. Ordinarily figures are
regarded as mighty dry reading, but
these just given aare drenched with
tears, and calculated to stir the heart
of the coolest statistician to sympathy.
Surely the fightfT that is now being
waged against the Great White Plagse
must not be stopped until the fearful
loss of lives each year from this cause
has been overcome. ~--..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
AN ANCIENT CONCRETE BRIDGE

In the south of France is concrete
arch bridge known as the Pont du
Gard which was erected in the year So
B. C.. The concrete in this was not
composed of crushed stone or other
small aggregate of the variety now
employed in concrete bridge work, but
was OF the old style consisting of al
ternate layers of large and small
stones, gravel, etc., and OF cementi-
tious materials. Vitruvius describes
the materials and methods In use be-
fore the Christian era, and other writ.
ers like Alberta intlS45 and Polladio in
1870 accurately describe the method
which "the ancients? (as they call
them) employed. "of using boards laid
on edge and filling the space between
with cement and all sorts OF small and
large stones mingled together" 1t is
very improbable that the Pont du Gard
would have withstood the Tfgors of
climate OF the Northern United States,
but its actual state of preservation. as
well as that OF many other specimens
of ancient concrete work. proves that
II modern work Is honestly executed,
IL will many times outlast any reason
able bond period, so that very small
yearly sinking fund per cent is all
that is required for properly designed
and erected concrete work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Before, you sell any of your eggs
be sure they are fresh. Pure Food
and Dairy Commissioner H.. n. Wright
has begun crusade on sellers oi
bad eggs, and every one OF his In
spectors has an eagle eye turned
toward the statesmen of hen fruit
The first prosecution comes from
Livermore, where Inspector Ottoser
caused the arrest of farmer who
sold a supply of rotten eggs to .
grocer. While the report to Commits
sioner Wright indicates that the far
mer was acquitted because the pur
chaser could not successfully identi
fly the eggs, more painstaking efforts
along this line will be followed, sc
Mr.. Wright has ordered.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The champion butter Jersey COW
OF the world is dead She was known
as Pedro's Estelia, and her home was
at the Missouri Agricultural farm al
Columbia. Mo- Estella was in good
health, but stumbled into ditch and
was unable to get out. When aid
reached her she was too far gone TO
recover. In twelve months she had
produced 712 pounds Of butterTfully
one hundred pounds more. than ..heI
nearest competitor. The university
statistician figured that the income
from Estella for one year would have
kept an average student in the uniyer
sity for a like term.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

In business circles there are con
tinued signs of revival, says Henry
Clews in his weekly New York let
ter. This is particularly true of the
building trades, in which there Is
much activity in the erection OF
large buildings resulting from cheap
money, lower raw materials and in
creased efficiency of labor. There is
also much activity in the structural
department of the steel industry
The railroads are now placing orders
more freely, and IL is not improbable
that April will be reeord-breaking
month in structural material orders
OF course, prices are exceedingly
low and in many cases profit has been
reduced to minimum. AS a result
economies are being enforced In every
direction, sometimes by lessening the
force. sometimes by lowering wages.
Another sign of activity is shown in
the large purchase OF wool by man.
ufacturers who see orders ahead.
The cotton industry is also in salts.
factory condition; the retail dry
goods trade IL becoming more active,
and on all sides signs are multiplying
that we have. turned the corner and
that better times are ahead. IL Is not
TO be supposed that the period OF
readjustment is ended-that must 60
on: because In many cases prices
be commodities are still upon too high
a plane Bun the lesson is being
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The Washington Democrat likes
Uncle Joe" Cannon because he plays
the game of politics fair. You know
where he stands" continues the DEM
ocrat. He assumes no false position.
He parades no virtues, but he is just
merely an old-fashioned cigar-smoking,
leans wearing sort or an old republi-
can, and IN spite of ourselves we find
ourselves admitting him we do not
like his republicanism any better than
we do like that of any'other politician,
but we like it better than we do Cum
minis or LaFollette or Murdoch or Will
liam Allen White, for these are Meth
er fish, flesh nor fowl. They are So
cailed feformers, but there Is no re,
form about it., They are out and want
in. That is all there is to 1t. They
want to get at the fesh-pots of Egypt,
that is aIl."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

j. J. Richardson began his con-
.neetion with the davenport Democrat
on the 18th OF ApRilS 1859. and has just
rounded out half 5cenutry of contin.
nous connection. with that newspaper.
He occupies a unique position in the
ranks of, those associated with the
daily press OF the state at, this time.
DDS n. Richardson, the elder brother,
died on the, Attn Of July, 1898, after
farty-three. years of. brilliant service
as editor of the PAPER. On the 22d Of
Octoberl9G5, the Democrat celebrated
its 50th anniversary, and now il has
this other half-century celebration.
The present editor of the paper is b.
F. Tillinghast. who has been with the
paper about twenty-five years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

--Bussey Press: Penn college has
set about to raise $l25,000 in two
years. She will do it easy, or if not
the Friends should go out of business,
for Penn is the child of the Iowa Year
ly Meeting of Friends, large and
wealthy organization embracing many
states and Gmang ,Neryy wealthy men.
She will get the money. ensi u3 nuis
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

New Sharon Star: An old negro
was asleep on the Iowa Central train
out OF here the other day, mouth open
and snoring. when drummer emptied
a quinine capsule on his tongue. The
old darkey awakening. began splitting
around and called for the conductor,
saying: BOSS, is dere a doctor In
dis here train?" Il don't know said
the conductor Are you sick -
yes. sir. sho' Is sick. I sho' is sick"
s'What Is the matter with your" Il
dnhno. SIR. but II taste like busted
my gall"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Most OF the members or Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet seem 10 prefer
hotel life to the comforts OF private
residence. or the nine men who
make up that important part OF the
presidential family. only three main.
tain homes in Washington. They are
Secretary Knox and Meyer. and At.
torney General Wickersham. Secre-
taries Wilson, Macyeagh, Dickinson,
Hitchcock Ballinger and maggie live
in hotels.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
"Fever and Ao,Ie -

Physicians have discovered several
cases of the old-fashioned malarial
fever We supposed the grippe and
several other of the new-fangled com
plants had crowded it off the calen-
dar of human ills, but it seems that
the doctor has permitted it to enter
appearance once more.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
-Tbat they are DbysieaIlv and NOR

That they are physically and NOR
ally fit to wed is what prospective
brides and bridegrooms in the state OF
Washington win have TO show by ply
sicians' certificate and affidavit after
June /, before any county auditor can
issue marriage licenses. The new law
also provides that women must be OF
legal age. fixed at Is years, and men
81 years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
Burlington is Popular

The members of Company F gener-
ALLY are pleased with the announce
ment that the annual camp will be
held at Burlington this year The adj
iyantages to be enjoyed at that place
are great and good schooling will be
provided.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
The Penalty of a jau.

Mayor Bacon means business when
he deals with DRINKS and tramps II
they have no money to pay fine, he
does not accept the excuse that III
released thev will never do it again"
II the money is not forthcoming. out
on the street they go, to do labor to
pay for their. boarding.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The recent graduation OF class
|of Filipino physicians from the Philip
pine medical school marks an epoch
in the higher educational work OF the
American government in the Philip
pines. Filipino women are also in
hospital training as nurses.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
New Pine orqan.

The St. James Episcopal church is
planning to have the new organ in
place for the celebration OF the holt
day season. The instrument must be
built to order and according to special
measurements, and the factory Will re-
quire several months time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

-Thesamount ofsmopey which is be-
ing expended to keep up our military
and naval, establishments would stag.
ger the average, citizen If he eyer
stopped to think about it, Probably
not one person in, ten thousand real
ICES that we are spending daily upon
che Army and Navy, MORE than half a
MILLION dollars! or to- be M more exact,
$685., AIS. 49,, - .t,5, .,.--.,.. r.,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

AN Iowa paper infers that tobac-
co users are growing scarce because
at a recent wedding but one out OF
nineteen guests took cigars when they
were passed around. But the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican is mean
enough to hint that possibly the rest
all knew the vrand. f<''',f'.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

"A bill has been introduced in the
Illinois legislature 10 tax telephone
and telegraph poles 81 year N the
country and 80 a year in tine city.
This is special tax which the COM
panies pay on their property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

When two Young people enter into
a suicide pact and carry out the con-
tractiit is pretty evident to the Mar
shalltown 3Times-Republican that they
would have found it much harder. to
live together than to die together.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

when country editor admits
that he doesn't know a great deal
about the "details of making a tariff
bill he has in him the making OF a
good citizen" is the i5gic Of the Sioux
City Journal .e.. gGrrr.g
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
A Good investment.

Muscatine Journal: Muscatine is
just nine thousand, seven hundred
and five dollars richer as a result of
the work accomplished by the tax
ferret. Judge Ben Mccoy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
rhat Interurban AGAIN

Malcolm Leader: The Oskaloosa-
Montezuma, Marshalltown and Cedar
Rapids Interurban question is again
being agitated. and with fair pros
pect of receiving good deal of at
tention.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

s-f is some Satisfaction to the mail
carriers. after handling the avalanche
OF Easter cards, to say nothing of the
regular picture postal cards, to know
that the revenue or the department is
increasing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
License Is Now $500.

The town council of Sibley recently
passed a resolution permitting only
two saloon licenses to be granted. and
raised the license fee from $1,000 to
81, 800 per year. aE aG GfEfE 3,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
.RetterlThnn1ItaLooks.

The published sgetsAes iof the new
'postoffice and federal building TO be
erected at Ottumwa are said to give
"a poor idea OF the real beauty and
merit of the architecture of the struc-
ture which will be much larger build
ing than the sketches make 1t appear.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

-"Of course says the Brighton
Enterprise, the father is legally en-
titled to the services of his son until
he is twenty-one years old, but il is
a mighty stingy old man who takes
it without paying the boy what he
earns"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
Cardinal Gibbons says: ~

Cardinal Gibbons says: When
woman gets false idea of liberty
there is danger for the nation!"e Tae
sexes have equal rights, he says, but
this does not mean that women should
take up the burdens of men, put rath'
er that they should pursue their own
work while man does his, eacn equal
~ responsible.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

There are more than seven mil
lion telephones in regular service in
this country and during the past year
more than 1900. 100000 messages were
sent over the wires. %. -.-.. .,.. e.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

yellow fever has been stamped
out in the Panama Canal zone by
draining the mountaineering
swamps and treating them with coal
oil ....
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

4 Weston is walking over forty
miles a day, sometimes in a rain, and
lecturing in the evenings. This vet
eran OF 20 is a splendid example of
what right living will do for any
man
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Government experts estimate that
the Mississippi river carries off one
tenth of the total rainfall of the
United States. ..s.a q b.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
AN OLD TIME PRINTER.

John Nichols. now OF Des Moines,
was among old-time friends in oska
loosa yesterday and today Mr.. NJ,
chois is now d linotype operator IN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Since gold was discovered in the
Klondike. about a decade ago, $l2o,-
900, 900 worth OF the precious metal
has been taken out
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Bank your money" is the advice
of all responsible financiers to the
man who is looking for,the best place
for small savings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
Good Work For a Rox.

B. Y. Walker. of Van Vert S91k
years old, sawed, split and piled up
thirty cords of wood last winter. The
pile was 24q feet long and four feet
high,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The Brighton Enterprise has no
ticed that the man who moves to a
different farm every year or two
never gets ahead much.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The return of horse radish time
has moved the Keokuk Gate-City to
sing. ''Hinc lilac lachrymae."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

dragging has certainl" helped
the roads the past few days. Keep it
up" urges the Poweshiek. County
Palladium.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
LOCAL DASHES S.

William Rose, who is a close obserV-
er of local affairs, told a reporter the
other day, that he had been puzzled to
know why so many people stopped
and read a certain sign that hangs in
front of a west side mercantile estab-
lishment and then peered cautiously
into the entrance of the building, until
he happened one day to read the sign
the wrong way. The sign from top to
bottom spells Regal. People who
read it from bottom to top get an en-
tirely different Interpretation of the
meaning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Drag the roads. Better transpor-
tation facilities will pay big interest
on the investment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The season approaches when he
average small boy would rather be
a pitcher than president.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

The Washington Democrat won
ders how some folks get their fine
looking clothes
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Familiarity with 1.-The King drag
makes eyerybod9 itssffishda y
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
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There is in Mahaska county the ma
terial for the making of the highest
grade of floor and fancy tile, and it
will only be a matter of lime before
lit will come out. Several propositions
have recently been made to owners of
certain tracts of clay for the erection
of tile works. The opportunity will be
taken advantage of some day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22
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Judge WillcOckson has stood as a
Ipeacemaker many times between war
ring indivldalls and factions, but he
had an experience not long since that
was somewhat new to him. He was in
store of the city at the time per-
sonal encounter took place between a
couple of men. The Judge got into
the case in hurry. The evidence of
personal violence being sufficient, no
time was lost in argument, but the
Judge stepped in between the parties
and, his 'fdTing in the matter was not
appealed from. He proved himself a
man of action as well as a man of de-
liberation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Coming back to OskaloOsa after be-
ing in any other OF the county seats
OF Iowa of equal population, is like
getting back into heaven after visit
TO the internal regions" is the way a
man put it few days ago after a
visit to a neighboring city. I'VE fell
lows who stay at home" he continued,
think we have a multitude of short
.comings, and we know of places where
improvement might be made, but we
would have different ideas If we were
to spend a few weeks in looking
around the state and in county seats
of other states"
Rumors are heard OF the probable
building of a number of apartments
or fats on lot near the business
center OF the city this season. The
new building will be something like an
apartment hotel. Suites OF from two
to four rooms will be grouped in two
or three-story building. They will
have heat, bath, Iavatory, water clos
ct, wardrobe, light, etc. A dining
room will be operated in connection
with the building and meals will be
furnished IL desired. The fact that
many families OF oskaloosa during the
winter season engaged rooms at the
hotels OF thg tiry IS taken as the foun-
dation upon which the Interested par
ties base their calculations for patron.
age for such an enterprise. Mason
City parties have had success with a
similar property which is said to give
good returns upon the investment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-22

Talk is being INDUCED among the
mine workers and their families of CIV
ing. a series of, socialls and entertain
ments for the benefit of their people.
They will be similar in character to
those held the other evening in honor
of Edwin Perry and other similar oc-
casions when they have come together
for an evenings pleasure. They pro
mote sociability and friendliness and
are a great benefit. Effort would be
made to have the entertainments upon
the eve of holidays when they would
not interfere with the work of the
miners. Mine workers do not look
with favor upon late hours.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Decision Favors SmeIter.

HELENA, Feb. l9.-Judge William
H. Hunt of the United States court to.
day rendered his findings of fact in
the celebra ated Magone case, in which
Hugh Magone, Deer Lodge valley
ranchman, sought to close the smelters
of Butte and Anaconda, and to re-
cover $40, 900 for damages alleged to
have been done his land by tailings
from the smelter.
Judge Hunt absolves the Anaconda q
Copper Mining company from liability
for more than nominal damages, fix.
ing the amount to be assessed to that
company at 81, the remainder of the
total damages, 81, 726. to be divided
among the other defendant com.
panies. 1t is asserted that the find
ings effectually dispose of any ques.
tion of an injunction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Montana Matters In Congress.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The Indian
appropriation bill which passed the
senate contained the following Mon.
tana amendments, which were adopted:
Appropriating $1,000 for employing
line riders on the northern Cheyenne
reserv alton, and prohibiting for 25
years the sale of intoxicating LIQUORS
on the Flathead and the Fort Peck
reserv ations.
The attack of Senator Dixon of
Montana, upon the naval appropria.
tion bill may contribute to the defeat
OF the Canadian waterways treaty now
pending in the sen ate. The Montana a
senator has been one of the most
urgent advoc ates of ratification of the
treaty in it's present form, and has
stoutly resisted the modification pro.
posed by Senator Smith of Michig an,
affecting the right to water in st.
Mary's river. When the treaty was
last discussed in executive session,
it was shown that many senators con.
Cured in the views of Senator Smith,
and it Is feared by friends of the
treaty, If for no other reason than to