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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
WRIGHT.

A number of our people will attend
the chautauqua.
Roe Ireland thresned his barley
Thursday of last week.
Web Yotaw is. painting his barn
adding much to its appearance.
The weather has been extremely
hot for the past ten days. 'H'r
X. Knudson has the foundation fol
his new house almost completed.
By the close of this week the thresh
ing will be almost thing of the past
Mrs. Dallum spent a few days al
Packwood last !, week visiting rela
tiyes.
Professor Walter Cochran, of. New
York, is visiting at the parental .. G.
Cochran home.
The Ladies' Aid Society gave an ice
cream social Tuesday evening and
cleared about SIS.
Mrs. Young, of Chicago, has been
spending several days at the homes
of the M. w. Crozier and w. II. Har-
hison.
Miss Cora Mcbride, OF Cedar, who
was operated on for appendicitis al
the Ottumwa hospital some days since
is doing 'fine.cas a@ap ssasns slr /,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
SKUNK RIVER.

Perry Ferree' and wife spent Sunday
at the |. Ferree home. = ~ ....i
,,s The hay, crop is about all in store
and some already threshing oats
Corn is needing rain just at this stage
Elmer Bailey, after, several days
work about the home place, has re.
turned to his home in Valley Junction,
Iowa. ., g-. ..,
Isaac Ferree is still down at his
farm near Eddyville, but thinks he
will get through with his barn this
week.
Misses Fern and Emma Belle Stan
ley, of Pekay twisted over Sunday with
their uncle, Isaac Ferree, returning
homo Monday.
Thursday of last week was the hot
test of the season, from 50 to 100 in
the shade. Hay makers were com
PEELED to lay by for several hours af
ter dinner, as there was danger in ex
posture.
Jake and Alice Cartee, of Call, Tex
as, visited with old friends here few
days recently. y" Twenty years have
rolled into the past since their eyes
beheld their former home in fail
Iowa. They were great sufferers by
the hurricane of September, 1900, but
have since been fortunate to regain
their feet in financial way. '"i
The children spent a very pleasant
day at the parental "A w. Bailey home
in honor of their fathers eighty-firs,
birthday, July 81. The old gentleman
was much pleased with the numerous
and beautiful post cards he received
on that day as tokens of esteem from
many friends. "Tis sweet to be re
membered," and especially so wher
one has grown old.
Aug. 6. Wood Violet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
CORRESPONDENCE
OLiVET.

IT,. -a,,s.E. OLiVET. .s,.f.... ....
j. A. Nelson, of Des Moines, was
here Thursday on business.
J. B. Slocum, of Perry, was bust
ness caller in Pella Saturday.
Mrs. Mike Grady of Abba, visited
at the parental John Dolan home last
week. ........ -..E:.
Mrs. VIM. Druse returned home
Thursday from Oskaloosa, where sne
had been caring for the sick.
Miss Alice Wharton. who has been
attending normal and visiting friends
in toskaloosa, returned home this
week. g., ~,
Our mine run FIVE and one-half days
last week. Mr.. Rodgers says trade Is
good, but prices are low for all kinds
of coal. I . - :5' .',
The NJ p. church is Being treated
to new coat OF PAPER on the the in
side and paint on: ithe outside, which
gives it quite a metropolitan appear.
ance.
Mrs. Alice Billings took her little
son to a doctor in Oskaloosa Thurs
day. . He was stung all over by a
swarm of bees, but is getting along
very nicely so faHp r.3..- ...ro-.
We have noticed with much inter
est the indignation that Samuel Com
pers has brought down upon his own
head. All some people want is the
chance to show their true nature.
People here were panied to heal
of the accident that befell Uncle Ma
than Pearson at Bolton. He used tC
live here and buried his wife here
1t was a narrow escape from death.
The writer passed his 61st mile
stone on the journey of life, Aug. !
and we feel just as young as. ever and
Just as ready to write up the happen
ings around our home as we have N
the past.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
GIVliv.

The blackberry crop is nearly all
gathered" @"r4 t~uro9 ,"rl ~ W. /
Dave Roberts, who was hurt by a
mad COW, is slowly improving. lra1
We are waiting patiently for good
threshing machine to pull into this
neighborhood ~ {.
Mrs. Morgan Williams has returned
from Saylorville, where she visited
for few days with her children.
VIM. Hughes, Geo. Hughes and Evan
Hughes have returned from Geneseo
ILL.,, where they went on a business
trip. ..y.. .--~
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jones, from near
White City, were Sunday visitors at
the home of her mother, Mrs. ID. W.
Edwards, of Sand Ridge.
Elmer Seaman, our mail carrier,
went to Chicago last week and return
ed in his new auto mail cart. He will
now be able to serve the patrons OF
his route early in the day.
A social was held Saturday evening
at the VIM. Peters home west of Givin
for hte benefit of the Welsh Sunday
school. A good time was enjoyed
by all and a large crowd was out.
The Welsh people of this .neighbor,
hood are anxiously waiting for their
yearly meeting called the Cymanfa,
which will be held at Givin and other
Welsh settlements next month. :"
NIVIG.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
JEFFERSON.


Mrs. Gladys Mehanna is in this
neighborhood giving music lessons.
The hay harvest is almost finished
and threshing has begun. .'"1;"'
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Gray are re
joicing over the arrival of a baby
girl.
The funeral of Mrs. Thos. Havener
of Oskaloosa, was held at the Butler
Cemetery Aug. 3.
Dick Eveland and E. NJ. Evans de
livered 365 head of sheep to John Tay
lor of Oskaloosa Monday.
Is Mrs. Clara Lacey Green, of Des
Moines, is visiting relatives and
friends n this neighborhood.
Mrs. Lizzie Eveland became over
heated about a month ago and is still
suffering from the effects of it.
A number of people from this vicin
ity are intending to attend the Chau
tauqua at Oskaloosa this week.
Aug. 10. 'i arst'4 Farmer boy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
CRICKET.

Mrs. o. Price is. on the, sick list this
week. '.-s. .r5a .F'v .eas~.3
Geo. w. Nevins' is putting up hay
for Cricket Coal Go. go To-.
Ralph Stewart went to Oskaloosa
Saturday and returned Sunday; =
" Guy Cameron bought ashorse last
week from Will Henly, of Green Ridge
Mrs. P. S. Corrigan, of Casey, and
Miss Elizabeth Neagle, of Oskaloosa
were visiting a few days last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. James Neagle.
willard Hatfield, who has been al
Abbott's hospital in Uskaloosa the
past two weeks, returned home Sat
urday feeling and looking much bet
ter. ..... .s.
Madeline, the six-year-old daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hoskinson, fell
out of swing last week and sprained
her arm and shoulder very badly. DIR
Anderson, of Bussey, was" called and
she is reported getting along nicely
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
Bohne's Hand Book For optician'

Bohne's Hand Book For Opticians.
Isl pages copyrighted in all civil
lied countries and in the United States
1892 is without doubt-as to the quail
ity of glasses-the worlds greatest
authority. This is said in the Hand
Book for Opticians, page 20, as re-
CARDS glass lenses:
Glass barely good enough for table
ware or window glass is turned into
spectacle lenses because they can
readily be sold to one or the other
party"
AT present it is Impossible to find
the genuine lenses made of real OPP
teal glass"
Prof. Mayne Arnold is the only OPP
tician in Iowa who dispenses genuine
pebble lenses to, his patrons. Bohne's
Hand Book, for Opticians, page 81,
has this to say of pebbles: .
THE genuine article has two strik'
ing advantages over glass which can
not be denied it's brilliancy and its
hardness" - Again regarding
pebbles. page 81: "Its hardness and
clearness surpasses any glass ever
offered to take it's. place, its dispers.
ing power is the lowest of all lenses
manufactured for optical purposes. .
. Pebbles are particularly fitted
to correct cases of presbyopia (old
sighD and hypermetropia (far sighD
because the eyes subjected to these
deficiencies are rather benefited by
the slightly increased index of refrac-
ton" Although costing ten times as
much, Prof. Mayne Arnold charges no
more for genuine pebbles faultlessly
fitted than others, do d fer common
glass lenses.
215 West High over Lyric Theatre.
Special low prices till after Chau.
tauqua. Free eye examinations.
Money back II not as guaranteed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
THE SUNFLOWER.

A farmer was so good. and true,
And wise, in days of old,
The people made him king, ant
crowned
His dark-brown locks with gold.
But on his royal throne he pinned
To sow and reap once more,
And nod his head in drowsy ease
Beside cottage door. @tt = ~
lie died, and from the dusky mold
That hid his silent clay,
A little stalk of living green
Appeared one summer day.
1t grew SO very fast and tall ...
In sunshine and in shower,
That soon it lifted to the light p. =.
A gorgeous yellow flower -.
1t tops the humble picket. fence,
And shades the lowly sill;
1t loves to SOW from year to year
Its crop of seeds at will.
Conserving most with struggling weeds
1t blossoms; but behold!
Though fallen from it's high estate,
1t keeps the crowd of goldl
-Minna Irving.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
MAJOR LACEY ON PAYNE BILL

We asked Mr.. Lacey what he thinks
of the action of Congress and the
President on the Payne bill.
He has participated in the contest
over the Mills Bill, the Mckinley Bill,
the Wilson Bill and the Dingley Bill
and his views are entitled to consid-
Grafton. He says: From a party
standpoint, l cannot fail to approve
of the adoption of a Republican Tar
If Bill. The fact that very few OF
the republican members of the House
and Senate voted against it and turn
ed a deaf ear to the appeal of the
President, does not show that the
bill is a bad one. On the contrary,
should have sincerely regretted the
passage of bill that would have met
the views of these republicans, who
have been denouncing the protective
tariff for years. Their disapproval oil
this measure is one of it's best recon-
mendations. l have no sympathy with
their proposition, that the protective
tariff is of no value to Iowa. Under
the Dingley protective tarff law passed
in 1897, We have seen Iowa land rise
from $500 an acre to $4,000. $4,000
and many sales at $125.V0 and s150.0e
an acre. We have seen our farmers
pay off their mortgages and prosper
greatly. s''
have never understood why any
Iowa farmers should have been de
ceived into the belief that protec-
tive tariff was not good for the Iowa
farmer. l had expected that when
revision came the democrats might be
right as to some of the schedules
proposed and the republicans might
be wrong as to some of them, but II
never occurred to me until l saw the
vote of our Iowa Senators that the
democrats would be right on every
thing and the republicans would be
wrong on everything. The bill is a
Republican bill, passed by Republi-
can congress, approved by a Republi-
can President, and the attack upon 1t
by seven Republican Senators does
not change its party character
l regret that Iowa should have fur
nished two. of those votes in the
Senate and that the Sixth and Eighth
districts should have aided the demo
Gratis in the House in voting against
this Republican measure. Mr.. Tart
in his statement to the country makes
it clear that although there may be
defects in it, as there will be in every
tariff bill, covering many schedules,
that the Payne Law will meet the
pledges of the party. That it is a
clear protective measure along Ding
ley and Mckinley lines, is suggested
as its worst defect. To me this is
its chief merit"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
MY MOTHERS COFFEE.

/ can smell my mothers coffee,
Tho I'm half way round the earth
l can get that Whit of fragrance,
And it fills my soul with mirth.
For | see the steaming nozzle
OF that coffee pot at play,
AS ii hurries to boil over,
In the good old fashioned way.
4 can scent the creamy richness,
That was MIXED from our old COW,
AS my mother pours the coffee,
And can taste it now.
Golden brown the heavenly nectar,
Which | sip in perfect bliss,
Feeling that there is no equal,
Less it be my mothers kiss.
-Floy McCready Billiard.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
OPPORTUNITY.

A craven hung along the battles edge
And thought, Had sword of keener
steel,
The blue blade that the kings son
bears-but this
Blunt thing" He snapped and
flung it from his hand,
And lowering crept away and left the
field
Then came the kings son, wounded
and sore bestead,.
And weaponless, and saw the broken
sword,
Hit buried in the dry and trodden
sand,
And ran and snatched it, and with bat
tie shout .
Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy
down
And saved a great cause that heroic
day.
Edwin Rowlond Sill.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
THE HOPE OF PEACE.

This year is the twentieth anniver-
sary of the first International Peace
Congress in Paris and the tenth ami
versary of the Universal Peace Con
gress held at the Hague in response
to a call issued by Emperor Nicholas
of Russia. Both of these memorable
events, so important in the movement
FOR world peace, will be fittingly com
memorated when the international
Peace Congress meets in Stockholm
the latter part OF this mont. A meet
ing of the British section was he'd II
London this week to further the plans
for successful meeting when the
opponents of war gather in the Swed
ish capital three weeks from next Sat
urday. s''
Despite the fact that the English
people are agitated by visions OF a
coming conflict with Germany, the
friends of peace are hopeful and many
at this weeks meeting declared that
the last great war in the worlds his
tory had been founght. 1t is pointed
out that there has been great growth
in the movement for international
peace since 1889, when a few friends
of peace from the United States, Great
Britain, France and two or three other
capitol, and held the first of the mod
ern series of International Peace Con!
crosses. The meetings passed quite
unnoticed by the press and the pub
lie, or were ridiculed as the sentimen'
tai performances of Missionaries. Last
year in London, after nineteen years
of congresses held in the great CAPT
tails and chief cities of the world, and
growing in numbers and power from
year to year, the pacihsts met for
their seventeenth international gath
ering. They were welcomed by the
King and Queen Of England and by
the British Cabinet with a. cordially
and generosity of hospitality rarely
extended in those days to any body
of philanthropic workers. King Ed
ward and the Queen received in Buck,
ingham Palace large deputation
from the congress, and the great clos
ing banquet in the Hotel Cecil, In
which the prime minister was the
chief speaker, was given the dele
gates by the government itself out OF
the hospitality fund, then just estab
lished by the chancellor of the exche'
quer. This congress represented more
than 500 peace organizations and a
great body of peace workers through
out the world
During this same period the Inter
parliamentary Union, founded also ir
1889, grew into a powerful organiza
ton of more than $500 statesmen
members and ex-members of Pariia
nent, Banded together solely to foster
international friendship and the sup
planting of war by rational pacific
methods of settlement. The standing
which this union has made for Itself
and the government shows perhaps
more than any otner one thing the
enormous progress which the cause
has made within twenty years.
National peace congresses have
been held for several years in France
England, Germany, the United States
and other countries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

B. F. Burnett. the candy man from
Oskaloosa, was in town Friday and
ate dinner at the J. L. Thompson
home. Aunt Martha had the fatted
calf killed and If Ben failed to do JUS
tice it was his fault.
With sadness we read of the acct
dent to John Martin of Hiteman. We
worked for him at Fiagler Is years
ago. He is much respected resident
of Monroe county and has raised a
family of fine children.
In letter from Senator Cummins
OF Washington, he says that the Payne
downward as'1he anticipated. but as
far lower than the Dingley bill and
will come nearer meeting the wants
of the people and that it will virtually
get rates to where they are wanted
1t was our pleasure to make the &C
quaintance of Mr.. Cumnins in 1854
when he represented Polk county In
the legislature. we always found him
true to his convictions. s.laas
The home of ]. L. Billings was burn
ed August 7th. The writer noticed
the fire in the summer kitchen at II
a. m, but the building was too fal
gone to save at that time. Everyone
from the town and surrounding coun
try responded to the fire alarm and
part of the furniture was saved. II
is heavy loss to these people who
are in their declining years and one
that will be hard to replace. Their
son Clark and family, who live with
the parents, are also without home
The insurance was $500, but money
cannot replace many things that 9
fire totally destroys. Mr.. and Mrs
r. Williams desire to thank the kind
people who aided them in saving their
home on the adjoining lot. '' '' -
If any one should sing praises, it Is
the Iowa farmer, and especially, thai
portion of him that lives in Scott
township. The weather for harvest
has been fine and it is ideal corr
developing weather. A few showers
now and a little5 warm weather IN
September will make "a bumper croI
in spite of bad weather during the
early part of the season. The man
between the pillow handles and the boy
on the cultivator are the prime fac
tors in the building up of these con
ditions which assert the greatness and
grandeur of Iowa. This state within
the last few years has developed In
many enterprises with astonishing
rapidity and now Is a great timothy
clover and blue grass country as well
as corn producer. Our friend Dick
Clark says he has third more corn
on the same ground this year than he
had last, in fact the best crop he evel
had. Now will you be good! ..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

Rev. Campbell, of Heirick, was in
Wright between trains Saturday
Also Rev. Moore, of your city, en- route
to Deep River saturday.
Rev. Branson, of New Sharon, spoke
at the Friends church Sabbath night
on the subject of Peace, The lecture
was we'll received by a good sized
audience. 's,Uf NV tblt, r-.e,e,. .,,,,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

Three and four-tenths mills of ey-
cry dollar of assessed property in the
state of Iowa will go this year to make
up the s2.300,000 appropriated last
winter by the Iowa legislature to meet
the expenses of the state government.
This was the levy for state purposes
fixed on Tuesday by the executive
council. 1t is reduction of one-tenth
Of mill from that of 1908. which was
80 mills.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

Because of the scarcity OF labor
ing men in Iowa. the Iowa State Man
ufacturers' association has decided to
advertise in the east and with state
labor commissioners of eastern states
to induce laboring men to come to
Iowa. According TO the secretary OF
the organization. many of the Iowa
factories are crippled for want OF
Workmen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
Some one of a mathematical turn

Some one of mathematical turn
of mind has been doing a little ngur-
ing and has come to the conclusion
that it will require $4,000 worth OF
rope if the hotels all over Iowa are
going to obey the law and put rope
in every room, wherewith guests can
save themselves in case of fire. But
the saving of one life would be worth
all of that.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

best possible care ,and is watched OVER
as are the patients. A few days ago
the state veterinary inspected the
herd and found eleven animals infect
ed with the white plague. They were
taken out of the herd and ordered
killed at once.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

Mrs. Russell Sage is constructing
cottages near her home at Cedarhurst,
l.. which will be rented to working
men, s12 month to be the maximum.
The cottages will be two stories high,
and will have all modern improve
upufs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

1T is said that Polk county pro
duces 100000 tons of coal per year.
Unless we get different furnace next
winter, we can use most of the supply
produced In Polk county" asserts the
Ames Times.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

Eternal vigilance is the watch
word at the state tuberculosis sanitar-
lum at Oakdale, near Iowa City. One
OF the important articles in the daily
diet OF the patients is rich. pure milk.
The sanitarium has its own herd
which furnishes the milk for the pa
tients. And this herd is given the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The Commercial Club should look
toward the census that will be made
by the government in Oskaloosa next
year. Good men should be chosen for
the work and every man, woman and
child should be listed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
SOC Ties 33c at
WALTON'S.
The Lincoln Penny.

The new Lincoln penny recently
issued by the United States mint ana
which was recalled on account of the
initials of the designer being on the
coin, have made their appearance To-
cally. The Mahaska County State
Bank received one hundred of the
coins but this was all they could
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
-Oskaloosa has reached the point

-Oskaloosa has reached the point
where space in the business part of
the city is becoming valuable and
larger buildings will hereafter be con-
structed upon the sites occupied by
present business houses. All desir
able locations within radius of sew
eral blocks are occupied and clamor
is heard for more room.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
Cut rates on Under
wear at WaltOns'.

Mahaska county people are eagerly
watching the drawings of the land in
the government land lottery at Spok-
ane. Many Iowa people have register
ed for claims.i aa H e3fG A
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The poet of the Marshalltown
Times-Republican thus paraphrases
Tennyson: Better the next ten years
OF Iowa than a cycle of Cathay. The
next ten years of Iowa are to be the
greatest decade in its industrial. agri'
cultural and moral development"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The board of parole has conclud'
ed that Imprisonment for life does not
mean simply a sojourn at Anamosa be-
tween trains" announces the Des
Moines Capital.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

DIR. Baker, national superinten
dent of the Anti-saloon League. says
that at the present rate the nation
will be total abstinence in eleven AMI
half years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The Charles City Intelligencer
says that If the new hotel inspection
law will drive the bed bugs out ~
the hostelries of iowa there will be
for which to cal the last
legislature blessed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The Woman's club OF Ardmore,
Pa. has turned down Andrew Carne-
gie's offer to give $500. for library
providing a like amount is raised at
home. The women declare II they can
raise $4,000 they can raise more and
ask no odds OF the ironmaster. ' Y
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

The statement is made that the
inaugurating of the Mckinley regime
in the interurban life of Des Moines
means much for Oskaloosa. 1t is said
that line southeast from Des Moines
along the valley of the Des tMoines
river is one of the first lines projected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.

secure. Since their recall the little
piece of money is becoming valuable
and they are bringing premium OF
twenty-five cents in Washington.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12
AROUND The CIRCUIT.

Bussey Press: One great help in
building up your home town is to take
good care of the lines of business you
already have. Take Oskaloosa for an
example. Suppose the people there
send away from home mostly to edu-
cate their young people, what would
be the result of their three colleges?
Suppose they buy factory articles
away from home rather than from
home factories, or ship in farm pro-
ducts. butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables,
instead of buying of the farmers near
by, or farmers would send TO mail or
der houses for their dry goods, hard-
ware and clothing. the outcome would
be that grass would grow even in the
paved streets, owls and bats would
infest the colleges and the factory
smoke stacks would stand like dead
sentinels. Take care of home people.
Hang together or some day well hang
separately.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

According to the state officials The
last session of the legislature cos; the
state about 100000. That is at the
rate of s125.OO0 month.