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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
An Oklahoma Delegation.

A car containing delegation OF
colored people from Oklahoma who
have been attending the convention
|of United Brothers of Friendship and
Sisters of the Mysterious Ten" at
Minneapolis, PASSED through the city
Saturday night attached to passenger
No. OF the Iowa Central. The next
convention of this order viii be held
at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Mean ThieverY.

The farmers wife brings complaint
of chicken thefts. The roost raider
does not wait for the birds to be fair
ly grown before he begins to lay trib-
ute. The law deals too leniently with
these culprits. They should be taught
a more severe lesson that would in
sure safety for this class of property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Onions Good AS Gold.

The onion crop is said to be making
satisfactory progress. Onions are to
be onions this fall, so it is said, on ac.
count of shortages elsewhere. and the
fellow with several acres of the vege-
table will be able to count a nice bank
account when the crop is harvested
and disposed OF at good figures.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Produce On a HIoh Perch.

The prices of poultry and produce
remain at top notch figure. Spring
chickens bring unusually high prices
and eggs have been around twenty
cents all season. The current prices
have been pleasing to the farmers.
Much of the poultry has been shipped
to eastern and southern markets.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
AUGUST BUSY Month,

August will be busy month with
Oskaloosa building tradesmen. The
work at the Central Holiness univer
sity is calling for many hands. The
new Second ward school building will
require all the laborers that can be
handled, and there are innumerable
other pieces of work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Wall Paper Sc per roll and up at
Central Book Store. 32tf
viii Be Liuht and Airy.

With an abundance of sunlight the
new prison house at Fort Madison will
be one OF the most up-to-date build
ngs of its kind in the United States.
The building is 334k feet in length
and 5lh feet wide. 1t contains $50
cells in four tiers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
New Locomotives.

The new engines recently purchased
by the Iowa Central from the Bald
win Locomotive works of Philadeli
phia have passed through the city
and they have attracted considerable
attention on account of their monster
size.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
National Guard suraeon.

DR.. Horace l.. Hustled of Muscatine
has received notice from Governor
Carroll that he has been appointed as
sistant surgeon of the second detach-
ment of the Iowa National Guard with
the rank of first Lieutenant.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
New City Hall.

The town of Waterloo is talking
about a new administration building, a
new city hall. What has become OF
the enthusiasm Oskaloosa experienced
some months ago concerning this
same sort of an enterprise?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
May STOP ths eresk,s I,

Greek shine parlors in Iowa may he
compelled to go out of business II Az
.orney General H.. w, .Byers, finds thai
the hundreds of Greek boys imported
from abroad come within the child la
Dor law.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
The ThirtyThird Soldiers.

The prospects of large gathering
of the Thirty-third regiment brighten
as the time for the reunion draws
nearer. The secretary is in daily re-
ceipt of letters from comrades telling
of those who will surely be here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Elevator DESTROYED.

Fire at Logan completely destroyed
the Faltoner elevator which contain
ed, besides considerable oats and
wheat, about 500 bushels of corn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Many Potatoes.

Hardin county Is taking the lead in
potato raising this year. Four thou
sand acres have been planted and are
now on the road TO a full harvest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Postmasters Quit.

Four postmasters in Franklin coun-
ty have rendered their designations,
Sheffield, Burdette, Hansell and Faux
ner are the postmasterless towns.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
We All Know the Kind.

Some fellows imagine they are such
hot stuff that all their friends should
suffer from heat prostration upon
their approach. Philadelphia Record.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Wall Paper Sc per roll and up at
Central Book Store. S2tf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

]. G. Maybray ana wife, of Abba,
who have been visiting IN the East,
visited Congressman Kendall on the
way down into Old virginia. where
they will spend a few weeks at Mr..
Maybray's boyhood home. Both were
pleased with Washington, and hap
pened in the city on Friday, when both
the house and senate were in session.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24

or improved same during his lifetime. with the exception of building a small Ihack thereon but never occupying the same after it was built. and that since the death of the entryman the heirs. eXecutor and deviseeS have failed to establish residence or cultivate and improve said land; that more than six months have elapsed since the death of said entryman, and that the heirs. eX- ecutor and devisees have failed to com ply with the requirements of the homestead laws as above set forth; that the only known heirs and devisees are Anna KiStermaker, niece of said Peter Los, living at Dillingham;, Wash ington; and Anna Kistermaker. sister of said Peter Los. living at Billingham, Washington; the eXecutor being H. A Severinghaus. living at Phoenix, Ari- zona, said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond, and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock q. m. on December ', 1909, before the register and receiver at the United States land office in Phoenix. Arizona.
 The said contestant having. in proper affidavit. filed June 26. 1909, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publica- ton.
 FRANK H. PARKER. Register.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24

stead Entry No. 5146. Serial 03149, made Jan. 31, 1905, for SEA Sec 1. Tp. IS. Range 2E, G. & S. R. Meridian. in which it is alleged that said Thomas Clark, deceased, never established an actual bona fide residence on said land during his life time, and since his death for more than six months last past his heirs have failed to maintain and keep up the improvements as re quired by law; that said homestead has been actually abandoned for more than six months last past: that the heirs of the said Thomas Clark. deceased, are nonresident and unknown; that one. Mrs. Ray. of Phoenix. Arizona. is the beneficiary under the will of the said Thomas Clark, deceased; that the said beneficiary, Mrs. Ray, has failed to keep up the improvements on said land for more than six months last past Said parties are hereby notified to ap- pear. respond, and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on November Is, 1909, before the Register and Receiver at the United States Land Office in Phoenix, Ari- zona
 The said contestant having, in proper affidavit, filed July 6, 1909, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not be made. 1t is hereby ordered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication.
 CHAS. E. ARNOLD. Receiver.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24

Commissioner. has filed in this office its application to enter under the pro- visions of the Act of June 4. 1897 (30 Stats. 36). the following described lands, viz:
 The northeast quarter of the south east quarter. and the southeast quar- ter of the northeast quarter of sec tiOn six. and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter. and the south west quarter of the northwest quarter of section five. in township four north of range one east of the Gila and Salt river meridian Arizona
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely the lands described or desiring to object because of the mineral char acter of the land. or for any other req son. to the disposal to the applicant, should file their affidavit of protest in this office on or before the 26th day of August. 1909
 FRANK H. PARKER, Register
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
Misdemeanor Charge Kept Acadorvs on the Run for Several Weeks.

When Officer Peterson took Ruis to the county jail he accidentally ran across Filiacino Acadovra. who slip ped through his fingers at this place along during the latter part of last March. Acadorva was arrested on a charge of being drunk, but had not been arranged when he escaped from the officers one day while being fed. He went from here to Tucson and afterward went to Florence and prac- tically all over the southern part of the territory in order to avoid being tried on plain drunk charge. He finally concluded that he was safe and secure as long as he did not come to Mesa, and had just arrived in Phoenix when he walked up against Marshal Peterson. He was brought to this place and fined $10 for his lone drunk committed last March
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
PREMATURE CHRISTMAS TREE.

C. Fred Bracket of the Shattuck- NimmO store has a unique ad in his west window in the shape of Christmas tree. The idea seems to be to consider the whole matter as joke but it has advertising value and that is why it is placed there
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
.CANTALOUPES DAMAGED
 BY LOCAL SHOWERS
The Loss, However, Has So Far Not Been Serious.

Local showers continued throughout yesterday. which tended to add de- pression to the cantaloupe industry. While there has been no appearance of the woody apis or rust. to any ex- tent as yet, the continued wet wealth CT is destroying the value of the melons as they mature. Ninety-three cars of melons have been shipped from here to date. which is over half of the amount which would have left here had the weather been favorable to the industry. The rain has ma terially helped the vines in many i'm stances. and the crop that has not matured with few exceptions has been little damaged. The losses experience ed by the growers so far having been confined to the melons which were in a ripened condition and ready for picking at the time.
 There have been reports current on the streets that the losses to the local growers had reached up into the thousands of dollars. investigation. however, proves this to be untrue There is little doubt that should the wet spell continue much longer, there would be heavy losses to some of the growers, particularly those who plant ed late
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
MESA DEPARTMENT
CHAs. F. JoNEs
 Manager
THE STAGE WILL RUN
 MESA ID ROOSEVELT
Notwithstanding the Expiration of the Mail Contract.

The stage, which has come to be recognized as one of the best appoint ed and most finely equipped in this section of the country will continue to make its regular daily trip, except Sunday, between Mesa and Roosevelt regardless of the fact that the mail contract will expire on the first day of August. The postmaster at this point has received instructions to de- liver no mail to the stage company after August first and the stage com pany has also received instructions to carry no more mail after the first of August As has been stated before in these columns, the matter has been put before Louis C. Hill, who is now in Washington, and he will take the matter up with the post office de- partment.
 It is a well known fact that the discontinuance of the mail from the valley to Roosevelt by way of Mesa is bound to be a seirous obstacle in the way of a more successful working of the reclamation department and this point will be put up to the post master general in its strongest light. Delegate Cameron has been appraised of the discontinuance of the service and he has been asked to take the matter in hand.
 The Mesa Roosevelt Stage company have announced that they will con tinue to operate as long as the busi- ness iustifies it, but probably on a less extensive scale. They. in the event of less amount of passenger business. will take little more time in making the trip and will possible cut out a station or two.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
WANTED.

Bids for labor in laying up about 5000 cement blocks. SXSX20 in a one story building and fire walls. Center partition IA story. building 45X1OO. Open front. Struct joints. All mate rial and scaffolding furnished For par ticuIars inquire of U. $ Durham. Ash Fork. Ariz. Also labor clustering the same two coats with Ideal plaster Ceilings to be lathed Open front Two rooms 21.6x99x14 high. Every thing furnished. U. $. Durham.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Phoenix, Arizona, Land Office.
 July 20. 1909. Serial No 061S5
 Notice is hereby given that the SANTA FEE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, by Howel Jones, its Land
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior. Unite States land Office
Phoenix, Arizona. June 26.

Phoenix, Arizona. June 26. 1909
 A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by Ralph D Jones. contestant, against Homestead Entry No. 1922. 02594. made May 20. 1908, for S1A, SEh. Sec. 21, and NE NEH, Section 2S. Township IN, Range 1E. G. & s. R. meridian. by Peter Los, deceased. cOntestee. in which it is alleg
 ed that Peter Los, deceased, failed to comply with the homestead law, in that he never established his bona fide residence on said land, never cultivated
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Phoenix, Arizona, Land Office.
 July 20, 1909.

Phoenix, Arizona, Land Office.
 July 20. 1909 Serial No 06167.
 Notice is hereby given that the SANTA FyB PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. by Howel Jones. it's Land Commissioner. has filed in this of flee it's application to enter. under the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stats, 36). the following described lands, viz:
 All of sections twenty eight and twenty-nine, the east half of the east half of section thirty-one, and all of sections thirty-two and thirty-three in township four north, range one east of the Gila and Salt river meridian, in Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24

Any and all persons claiming ad versely the lands described or desiring to object because of the mineral char acter of the land. or for any other reason. to the disposal to the appli- cant, should file their affidavits of protest in this office on or before the 26th day of August, 1909.
 FRANK H. PARKER, Register.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
CONTEST NOTICE
Phoenix. Arizona.
Department of the Interior.

VI IfIN United States Land Office. O3149-S05.
 Phoenix, Arizona,
 June 23, 1909 A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by George w. Peterson contestant. against Home
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
OFF FOR THE MOUNTAINS

MT. and Mrs W. K. Bowen left for the mountains yesterday morning and expect to be gone until cooler weatn- CT, They went from here to Flagstaff where they will remain a week, after ward they will go to Holbrook and then overland to Heber. where they will be the guests of MT. and Mrs. George Wilbur
Arizona republican., 1909-07-24
SEVEN DOLLARS.

Jose Rodriegus was brought up standing yesterday morning for frac- turing the drunk ordinance of the town of Mesa City. Justice Irwin taxed his account seven dollars for the offenSe.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15
DISK HARROWS AND PLOWS

field about twice, just as the alfalfa is
beginning to grow in the spring, the
second dislxing being done at right
angles to the first The disk cuts or
splits the crown of the alfalfa plant
and thus causes it to throw out more
shoots, thus thickening the stand.
The twenty-four inch disk plow can
safely be recommended as being su-
perior to any other size. The smaller
size pulls easier, but it does not pull
verize the soil so well.
Do not try to cut a furrow wider
than eight or ten inches with disk.
The wider the furrow, the deeper will
the corrugations be and the poorer
will be the work. 1t is better to use
two twentyfour inch plows, each cut
ting eight inches in width, than to use
a single twenty-eight or thirty-inch
plow cutting sixteen inches.
The disk plow is capable of han
ding ground that has become too dry
and hard for the moldboard plow. 1t
is of somewhat lighter draft, does not
require sharpening so often, cuts
through trash better and does not
clog so easily.
The moldboard plow must be recon-
mended as able to do the best work in
all places where the moisture sondi-
tions are favorable. In nearly all ir-
rigated and humid sections, and often
in dry farming sections, this type of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

The disk harrow may be considered
as the most important tillage tool for
grain farming. There is no other tool
that will conserve more moisture by
using it on stubble, after harvest, and
before plowing time than this. 1t may
be used as cultivator for summer fal
lowing. On ground where small grains
are to follow such crops as beets or
potatoes, the use of this tool will of
ten make plowing unnecessary
The sixteen-inch disk is of proper
size for ordinary farm work. This size
of disk pulls somewhat heavier than
the larger sizes, but pulverizes enough
better to justify it's use. The sixteen
inch disk penetrates the soil deeper
than the larger one because it has less
bearing-up surface; it revolves faster,
thus pulverizing the soil better.
For hardness and ease of operation,
each gang of the disk should be con
trolled by an individual lever. All the
bearings should be well protected from
dust and dirt and so constructed as to
be easily oiled. Each disk should be
provided with satisfactory foot lever
cleaner.
Experiments have proved the fact
that the disk harrow is an excellent
tool for thickening thin stand of al
falfa. The disk is set almost straight,
in which condition it is run over the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15
VALUE OF HUMUS.

1. Humus is derived from decom-
posing vegetable matter in the soil.
2. 1t is the storehouse of nitrogen,
the most expensive and the most nee
essary of all plant foods.
8. 1t contains the food upon which
the soil organisms live, whose func-
ton is to convert organic nitrogen
into nitrates in order to be available
for the use of plants. 1t materially
assists in decomposing the mineral
constituents of the soil, such as pot
ash and phosphoric acid making them
available for the use of plants.
4. 1t increases the power OF the SOIL
to hold water without becoming water
logged.
5. 1t makes clay soil more open and
friable. 1t serves to compact sandy
soil and increase its drouth-resist1ng
power.
6. 1t prevents washing to a great
extent; thereby diminishing the loss OF
fertility by that cause.
7. Soil filled with humus more read
ily admits the air so necessary to all
useful plant growth.
8. There appears to be a distinct
relationship between the amount OF
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15
MORE LIVESTOCK AND BETTER TILLAGE NEEDED

large quantities of decaying organic
matter (humus) adds enormously to
the water-holding capacity of the soil.
One ton of humus will absorb two
tons of water and give it up readily
to growing crops. Not only that, but
the shrinkage of the particles of de-
caying organic matter and the conse-
quent loosening of soil grains keep the
soil open and porous.
Furthermore, humus of good quality
is exceedingly rich in both nitrogen
and mineral plant food. The mainte-
nance of fertility may almost be said
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

humus in the soil and the amount of
available nitrogen therein. 1t has been
observed that when it is absent from
the soil, there is distinct reduction
of the ability of that soil to grow
crops. Hence in practice in order to
obtain the best crops we have to re-
sort to barnyard manure rather than
the use of concentrated fertilizers.
Dealing with methods of improving
the condition of land in low state of
fertility Farmers Bulletin 245 of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, entitled "The Renovation of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

Worn-Out Soils" has the following pas
sage on the Importance of maintain
ing a proper supply of humus in the
SOIL
In producing sufficient grass to yield
a ton of dry hay on an acre of land, a
quantity of water approximating to 500
tons is withdrawn from the soil by
the grass. In order to supply this
enormous quantity the land must not
only be in condition to absorb and
hold water we'll, but it must be porous
enough to permit water to pass freely
through the soil. The presence OF
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15
PRODUCING BACON.

The production of good bacon is an
item of interest to every feeder or
breeder of swine. The taste of the
American people is being educated to
demand a certain kind of bacon, that
with the greater amount of lean laid in
streaks throughout the fat, to come
from the young hog, representing
nearly the natural production of the
hog. This is produced through the
system of feeding, which throughout
the early months of pigs life per-
mits the growth of muscle and size, to
which is added a few weeks of rapid
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

to consist IN keeping the
soil well supplied with
humus. The first step in
renOvating worn-out soils
is to give them an abun-
dant supply of humus of
good quality. Perhaps
the best source of humus
is stable manure contain
ing both the liquid and
the soil excrement, espe-
cially when the stock are
fed rich or nitrogenous
foods. Even a poor
quality of barnyard ma
nure, which has had most
of the plant food leached
out of it, has consider
able value because of the
humus it makes.
Another cheap and val
liable source of humus,
but one which must be
used with judgment, is
the use of green crops
grown to be plowed un-
der as manure. The
legumes such as cow
peas, woolly pyrol, Ben
gal beans, and velvet
beans are especially val
liable for this purpose,
because of the nitrogen
they contain; but other
crops such as rye, and
even corn sown thickly
may sometimes be made
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-15

Not a great many years ago the
average yield Of wheat in England
was IS bushels per acre. today the
average is close to 35 bushels This
larger yield is not due to climatic con-
ditions nor to change in the soil ex-
cept what has been brought about
through better methods of cultivation.
This suggests that there are vast pos
sibilities in the United States for i'm
proving our methods of farming. While
it may not be possible to get average
yields of 35 bushels per acre in our
spring wheat growing states, it is pos
sible to materially raise the average
. in the states where winter wheat can
be grown. Winter wheat almost al
ways gives a higher yield than spring
wheat for the reason, probably, that it
has longer period for growth. There
are many farmers in the Inland EN-
pire that are seriously considering a
change of practice in favor of win
ter wheat growing in order to better
conserve the moisture and soil fertil-
ity and increase their yields of grain.