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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE,

Saturday Globe: A few years age
business firm from another town
came to Oskaloosa, bough. out a
small store in a standard line, ap.
piled strictly modern methods, and
the next thing that happened, this
old business under new manage
ment, was about the biggest and most
prosperous of IT'S kind in the city.
Probably the'a most striking thing
that the newcomers did was to adyer-
tise - hberailylia and continuously.
There was always something doing
The weather was never too bad or
the season too dull for this concern
to use space in the newspapers. They
did not pursue Ireakish or spas
rmodic policy; but just advertised, reg,
ularly, intelligently, consistently--and
of course, they got resultsAanybody
could isee that they were getting re-
suits. 'If&sA '."'
Among the first to notice this re-
suit was the. three or four competi-
tors-the other stores in the same
line of business. Plainly Lnere was
nothing left for them to do but the
same thing the other fellows, the new
corners, were doing, and that was ad.
vertise. Wisely enough they did this.
All were advertisers before in a small
way, but now every competitor of the
new firm took to advertising good
and strong. Well, they all got re-
suits, largely in proportion to the
merits of the respective stores, the
stock carried, the treatment of the
management and the like factors that
always apply in any business.
. This same condition has now been
maintained for quite a period-three
or four years. Every merchant in
that particular line in Oskaloosa dur
ing that period has prospered, and
there is reason to believe to greater
degree than ever before. The cause
is already before you. They have all
prospered because they all hustled,
and they all had to hustle because the
new corners set the pace, and set 1t
right. Xii
The above is not simply a STORY"
colored to suit the desired conclu-
sions. We, could give you the names.
and If at all observing you would at
once recognize these statements as
simply a review of facts and condi-
lions that have actually worked them
selves out in Oskaloosa.
The benefits, If you will permit a
little further PHILOSOPHY upon the
situation, in a case like this are gen.
eral;, they are. city and county wide.
The more gooa stores, If the people
are properly advised about them week
by week the more business there will
be done in any line; this is history;
and the more business done, the bet
ter viii be the service rendered the
buying public--this is also history.
SO the upshot OF the whole matter IS
what seemed .misfortunate to com,
petitors, in this that we haye related,
viz: the "buttfng in Of new. firm.
proved a decidedly fortunate happen
ing, to competitors, to buyers, to the
general public, and incidentally to the
advertising department Of the local
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
TIE SMALL EARN.

| Fifteen acres of land in southeast
ern Pennsylvania, cultivated accord
ling to the best known methods and
yielding, principally in dairy products,
an income of more than So, 400. year,
have been selected and described by
! the Department of Agriculture as a
model for the farmers OF the United
States.
The Department has thoroughly in
Ivestigated the methods used, and finds
| 1t possible to point out that upon a
comparatively small area good in
come may be produced merely by the
Iexercise of intelligence and knowl-
ledge. This farm, when it came into
the possession of it's owner, was mort
gagged for 1920. Six years later the
mortgage was paid off and the profits
lhad begun to accumulate. But thjr5
teen acres of the land are under culti-
alton, the remaining two acres. being
occupied by buildingsl ati ~
| The Government is greatly interest
led in bringing attention to farms of
this character. 1t has become Gov
lernment doctrine that smaller farms
and better methods of cultivation will
greatly add to the production and
wealth of7the nation and to the. oom-
fort of the farmers, besides multiply
ing by many times the number of
persons who may obtain livings from
the soil.
In the newly irrigated lands of the
Far West, the policy of selling not
more than forty acres to any one per-
son has been adopted and the Depart
ment of Agriculture is endeavoring
to demonstrate that upon even much
smaller areas than this profits exceed
ing those made upon many of the
larger farms can be obtained.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Kansas G. A. r. Encampment.

Ottawa, Kan. May 1.-THE twenty.
eighth annual encampment Of the De
partment of Kansas, Grand Army OF
the Republic, opened here to-day in
Rohrbaugh's opera house, and will con.
tinue three days. w. A. Morgan, de-
partment commander, is presiding,
The allied organizations, Woman's Re.
lief Corps, Ladies of the @. A. r., Elk
Prisoners of War and Sons OF Vet.
Grams. also are in session The peo-
pie Of Ottawa have made extensive
preparations for the entertainment OF
the visitors. 40
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
DRY FARMING.

The Fourth Dry Farming Congress
will meet at Billings, Mont, October
26. % and 2S, 1909 Seventeen states
and ten foreign countries viii have
delegates at this Congress. .
In the west 200,O0O,0O acres of ara
BILE land awaits development by Dry
Farming methods. Texas has 25,.
100000; Montana. Colorado and Wyo,
ming, 50,000,O00; New Mexico, Okla,
homa, Idaho and Arizona, over co.,
100000.
Experts estimate that in ten years
every drop of water available for ir-
rigation will be utilized. or every
acre irrigated here will be So acres
of dry farm land when irrigation pos
sibilities are exhausted. Experience
shows that nonirrigable land yields
crops averaging so per cent the guam.
tity reaped under irrigation. TO
this land the future homeseeker must
come. s # i-
The Dry Farming Congress teaches
farmers how TO conserve moisture by
intelligent cultivation, educates them
in soil culture and seed selection and
guides inexperienced settlers in
methods that bring them their share
of the harvest profit. 1t extends the
limit of producing area to the limit
of acreage in arid and semi-arid re-
gions and. therefore. is the keynote
upon which the future prosperity OF
the great west is established.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
ANCESTRY s EsTABLIsHEp.

They say farmer near town sent
his boy on horseback with a bag OF
apples tied behind the saddle. and
told him to so to town and sell the
apples. AT night John came home
with the apples still in the sack.
The farmer asked him why he did not
sell the apples, and John said: Il rode
all over town and no one said any
thing to me about apples"
What! Didn't any one speak to
you all day." 81 All ~ a3G
Why, yes, several men hollered and
asked me what I had in my sack, and
] told them it was none OF their darn
business sz
Thas boy is the father to the man
who does not believe in advertising.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
The most costly bird in the world

The most costly bird in the world
is the dove of peace, according to fig
ures compiled for the Peace Congress,
held in Chicago this week, which value
the time-honored emblem at one hun
bred billion dollars. This is the total
annual expense capitalized of main
tanning the armies and navies of the
globe. which have been increasing at
an astonishing rate during the past
few years. 1t is this enormous drain
on the resources of the nations which
the peace advocates hope to put a
stop to by international agreement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
THE MILLS Of JUSTICE
Troubles of People iSifted Through
Court Hoppers.

Deputy Sheriff Perry Black return
ed Monday noon from What Cheer in
charge of Louis. Small, who was ar
Iraigned in Justice. g. Woodruffss court
upon the charge Of breaking and en-
Itering. The young man is accused of
having entered the home of Chas.
Sanders, farmeF9residing in Monroe
county, last Sunday, and taking away
with him a watch.a He was placed in
custody in the county jail in default
|oi $1,000 bond, his trial having been
set for May II. Small claims he has
been working at the Sanders place
and has been allowed the privilege Of
going ins land out of the house lat will.
He does not understand how he hap
pened to get the watch in his posses
sion, where it twas, fglnd when'he was
placed under arrest by the officers
at What Cheer. He has telepRoped to
his mother who, 1t is expected, will
come to oskaleosasahd go on hpr sons
bond.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
WIN ouIt the supreme Lodae.

Lincoln, Neb.. May 11.--Wheh the
delegates to the Grand lodge. A. o. u
W.. began their annual session here
to-day there was virtually unani
nous sentiment that the state body
should cut loose altogether from the
Supreme lodge Jurisdiction. This
action, which is certain TO be taken
is in line with that OF the Kansas
Grand lodge, and results from recent
legal controversy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Is No Relation.

The information given out at the
police station yesterday to the eff
feet that the Dix men, implicated in
the stealing chickens OF Mrs. Ida
Sloan were relatives of the victim.
Mrs. Sloan states that she is neither
"kith nor kin" She befriended the
men last winter when they were in
needy circumstances. She gave them
work about her property and paid
bills for them in town. Her kind
ness was rewarded by the theft OF
property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

lean retain all the best things intro
duced by. his predecessor and in ad
|dition he can put into practice the new
wrinkles that he has evolved. And in
|other ways, an occasional change may
be benecial. Sometimes it is good
thing to he able to begin all over
again, with no friends in the town and
mo enemies.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Karl Litton, former student of
Drake university, now in India, has
discovered cure for the fatal sleep
ing sickness. He resorted to desper-
ate methods; removing one OF the
friends front teeth he administered
a prepared liquid through a tube that
led to the stomach; for days the young
man slept on-but one day he awaken
ed with start and since has been
rapidly improving. Every year thous.
ands of people are carried away by
this malady, and the discovery is be-
ing hailed with delight by the English
physicians as well as the natives
there.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

In the middle of the tariff fight the
bureau of statistics OF the department
OF Commerce and Labor has issued an
elaborate statement of tariff duties
and the chief articles on which they
are collected, etc. that is timely and
will be read with interest by those
who are attempting to follow intelli-
gently the discussion and acts of con-
gress on this vital issue. While the
statement is very elaborate one,
covering in outline the tariff history
of SO years and showing the duty col.
lected in recent years on thousands
of different articles. Its chief facts
may be summed up in a few words.
The amount of customs or tariff duty
collected in 1921 was ~ million dol
lars, in 1880 28 millions, in 1850 40
millions, in 1860 SO millions, in 1870
1872 millions, in 1880 1873 millions. in
1890 221 millions, in 1900 229 millions.
In 1907-the largest sum ever collect
ed from tariff-329 millions, and in
1908 283 millions; the annual average
In the past three years being in round
terms 800. millions per annum. The
duties collected amounted in 1921 TO
IS per cent OF the value OF the total
merchandise imported. in 1880 to as
per cent. in 1850 to 20. per cent, in
1860 to lG per cent. in. 1870 to AZ per
cent, In 1889 to 20 per cent, in 1890
to 20 per cent-sin 1900 to 2s per cent,
and in 1907 TO 20 per cent of the to-
tai value of the merchandise brought
into the country.
Twelve articles or classes OF arti.
clcs pay three-fourths Of the 800 mil-.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The young Scotchman never liked
his mother-in-law, and this weighed
heavily on the mind OF his wife, who
was i'll.
Calling her husband to her bedside
she said-to him. Sandy. lad, I'm vera
ill and think I'm gang to dee, and
before dee want you to gle me
a promise
IN promise" replied Sandy. What
is it?'
Well. | ken that when I dee III
have fine funeral, and want you to
ride up in front WI my mother"
"Weel." sadly responded Sandy.
~rye gied We my word. an it's nae
me that's gang back on that. but III
tell We one thing, we've spoilt the day
for me. ASS M SIX.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

THE bread that mother makes is
still the substantial staff it always
was" says the Waterloo Reporter.
mo short weight in those loaves, no
matter what the price OF wheat. And
proof that there is profit in the loaVes
can easily be ascertained by watching
little Willie get outside of several
acres of broad slices"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

A rule proposed requiring all
Methodist ministers to bend the knee
when engaged in public prayer was
laid on the table at the regular Mon
day meeting of the ministers of that
denomination in Cincinnati. Several
OF the ministers expressed the view
that it was unwise to adopt it as the
attitude of prayer was matter that
should be left TO the discretion of the
individual.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Out OF the $50 white children from
the United States in the public schools
of the Panama canal zone q are from
the state OF Iowa, which ranks sixth
in the total number of these Panama
pupils. Nine children from Nebraska
attend the canal zone schools. and two
from South Dakota. There is one
pupil from Iowa in the school for col.
ored children, which numbers 1,2I5.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

A New ORLEANS judge has decided
that woman doesn't even own the
shoes on her feet. Wherefore news
paper wit points out that a Louisiana
woman cannot say that ner sole is
her own.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Dennis Ricard, an inmate of the
county home in Palo Alto county, is
III years of age. lie says that he
was once an employee of Abraham
Lincoln and that they had a disagree.
ment over the amount of wood Ricard
had cut. He never married. = "-".
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

THE boys dad and leather strap
about four feet long with a buckle on
the end can accomplish more reform
in this direction than seventeen laws
says the Ida Grove Pioneer, referring
tot he law prohibiting cigarette smok-
ing by minors.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

"A Texas editor expresses the opin-
ion that there is an indescribable fas-
cination about work" The Des Moines
Register suggests that he bases his
conclusion on the way crowd gath
ers to watch man doing some.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The Brotherhood or Railroad
Trainmen will meet in annual conven-
ton in Columbus, Ohio, May IL. An
effort will be made to increase the
number of vice grand masters from
four to seven.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The highest paid working-women
lin. France are said 70 be the cutters OF
precious stones. They receive about
81 so day. The lowest wage is 60
cents day, and is paid to dressmak-
ers. There are 100000 women in
France, and the majority of them
earn their own living.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Speaking from experience the
Brighton Enterprise says: In count
ing the expense of wedding dinner
deduction must be made for the fact
that the rest of the family will live for
a week on the scraps that are left
over.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

y. U. Sammis would like to fall
heir to E. H. Hubbard's congressional
shoes" notes the Sibley Tribune.
An so would 500 other republicans"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

. The notable feature of this table is
the comparatively small variation in
mean temperature between what we
call genial mild spring and cold
and ddisagreeable spring. A very few
degrees in mean temperature makes a
very noticeable change.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The government will in time have
reclaimed 100000 acres of wholly
or partly waste lands in the state OF
Washington at an estimated cost OF
S5O,0OO,OO0, which is pro rated among
the owners Of the land where water is
used. 80. .l.,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

-"One way to reduce the cost of liv-
ing is to cut off the luxuries," sug-
gests the Burlington Hawk-Eye. But
If you insist on the Injuries do not
veil about the cost of living"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

"A gain of 100000 in four months
is reported in foreign immigration
compared with the corresponding per-
iod in 1908. immigration is always
good barometer of prosperity
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

While there is some disappoint-
ment over the sex of the new heir to
the throne of Holland, all rejoice that
the Princess OF Orange is not Prince
of Lemons.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

--"An income tax would sharpen
the wits of everybody, and there would
be lying enough TO sink the republic"
saws the Des Moines Capital.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

st. Louis building operations for
April represented value OF 81, 679, $50,
an increase of $1,646,49O over April,
1908.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

lick everyone in the mining camp. 1t
lis needless to say that he did not ac-
complish his purpose, as he had only
started when some one who might
lhave been Jim Jeffries in disguise put
Ithe ''flxings to him" He was brought
over from White City in the custody
Iof the constable. He had two big
black eyes and was badly bruised
about the face. He was arraigned up
on the charge of ifitoxication before
Squire Woodruff, to which he pleaded
guilty and was fined ten dollars and
costs, which he paid.
R&E
Bert Bennett, also of White City,
was before Mayor L. NJ. Bacon for in
toXication. He paid a fine of two dol
lars and costs and was released from
custody.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Too much politics has made the
state house hive of loaters," asserts
the Webster City Herald
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Death bed and prison bar repent
ances may be AL right, but they never
atone for the mischief. already done.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

The Mt. Pleasant Gravity Lock Co,
with a capital OF $4,000, has been
organized for the manufacture OF a
patent lock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
AROUND rHE CIRCUIT.

Buxton Gazette: We have just re-
ceiyed, in booklet form, copy OF the
First Annual Report of the Oskaloosa
Hospital and Training School for
Nurses. at Oskaloosa, Iowa. 1t shows
a splendid equipment and good rec
old OF work for the year.
gSE
Centerville Citizen: The Red Men
plan taking in class of five hundred
candidates at the grand celebration at
Oskaloosa on May II, on the occasion
OF the dedication OF Chief Mahaska.
1t will certainly be red letter day in
the history of the order
gH1
Bussey Press: Some people think
that all the new things happened in
the XIX century, but that is not true
for T. b. Garretson OF Oskaloosa has
invented dish drainer that will take
the eye of every housewife in America.
II is device whereby she can wash
all the dishes at one sitting" and
place them on edge in the drainer.
then pour hot water over them which
imedistely runs on, leaving the dishes
in good condition for drying.
gHU
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Oskaioosa
gets new secretary for her Young
Mems Christian association. The re-
cent incumbent went to FL Paso. Tex
as. and the new man halls from Wor-
cester, Mass. Perhaps II is good
thing to keep shifting the secretar-
les now and then. For every man has
ideas OF his own and little plans and
schemes, Coming 70 a new place. he
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Whenever you can spare the time,
drag the roads.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

John Harding. OF White City, inn
bibed too freely and started out to
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

Figure all your lumber bills with
the Green Bay Lumber Co. w1-al
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
BIC NAv|ES ALARM
GEAR OF RUSSIA
Nicholas Will Urge the Restriction
of Naval Armaments When He
Meets European Rulers.

ST. PETERSBURG, June lo.-There
is excellent authority today for the
statement that In the fOrthcoNrns
meetings between the car and soy
eral other European rulers. he VII
urge che restriction OF future naval
ornaments
The real purpose OF the czar in thus
seeking 10 check the tremendous
growth OF naval power Is not as hui
manitarian. as might appear on the
face, out springs, according 10 several
high officials, from his knowledge that
Russia cannot hope TO keep pace with
the present program OF England, Ger
many and France
Unless the mad race for Dread
naughts' is checked the cabinet real.
ICES that Russia must remain Il more
or less passive participant in the game
OF international politics. utterly un-
able TO compete in a naval way with
the other European powers.
The first of the cars conferences
is scheduled To take place Thursday,
In the Gulf of Finland, where the kais-
er viii be on a cruise on the royal
yacht Hohenzollern. Following this,
Nicholas will pay visits to President
Fallieres of France, and King Edward.
In addition to these meetings, the
cars advisers are again trying TO ar
range meeting with King Victor or
Italy, the original plans for such
visit having been abandoned for fear
OF an attempt upon the life of NichO-
las b. the anarchists OF Italy.
Negotiations are also under way for
a meeting between the car and En-
perOr Franz Josef. It has been deiin-
itely settled that the car will see
King Edward at Cowes. where il is be-
lieved the car can come nearer es-
Gaping the hostility OF the English
public large part OF which is bitter
ly denouncing King Edward for act
Ing a. the host Of Nicholas.