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The Forrest City times., 1909-02-05
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The Forrest City times., 1909-02-05
ST. FRANCIS RIVER
 BRIDGE FINISHED
Commissioners and Engineer Examine it Finally and
 Pronounce 1t Perfect
BRIDGE ACCEPTED SATURDAY
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The Forrest City times., 1909-02-05
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
n. w. THOMAS. D. o.

Editor Herald:-ln your notice OF
the recent death OF DR.. H. w. Thomas.
you quote from a letter written by
him, in which, referring to the refusal
of many TO accept his theological
views, he said, There may be some
excuse or explanation at least for
these things in the darker past; but
We have come into the larger light OF
these great years; the mind of man
for itself. Great changes are coming
in the world of religious beliefs, not
only in leaving many things that have
been authoritatively taught; but in
teaching truths that are new and help.
ful to the growing light of the age"
Well, of course, with the advance of
thought there may be an enlargement
OF spiritual vision, and a clearer COM
prehension of truth. But it has been
said, and there is truth in the say
ing. that whatever is new in religion
is false" And the baneful tendency
OF teaching, such as the Doctors, is
TO repudiate all final authority, and
the enforcement OF unaided human
reason. A striking example Of which
tendency is found in Dr. Eliot's New
Religion" There is no doubt that, ex-
cept among the mass OF Romanists.
there is now a fuller recognition of
the right of private judgment. But
when man like Dr. Thomas is called
TO account for denying and disputing
the creed of the church to which he
belongs, and to which he has sub
scribed. there is at once raised the
cry OF persecution, and the offending
church is unceremoniously condemn.
ed; but that condemnation is both I'M
reasonable and unjust Thus when
the Congregationalists OF New Eng
land found the faith to which they
were pledged assailed by those who
denied the Trinity. to maintain the
faith of the fathers. and "the unity
OF the Spirit in the bond OF peace
there was no way left open to them
but to separate from their fellowship
these unortbodox, .dissidents. and they
were justified In 50 doing. And the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

The free pass was legitimate not so
many years ago, but it would be no de-
Tense of judge caught travelling with
out paying his fare, now, that he few
years back rode free without criticism.
The only question is as to the
merit of the present day standard
set, up in the Cosson law. Is it fair
to say that a man who is in the habit
of getting drunk may be removed
from public Office in Iowa? Or is
this a Puritanical invasion of personal
liberty? In answering this question
it is proper to have in mind that rail-
road companies have set this stand-
ard in their service, and practically
all manufacturing institutions. The
state is not doing something without
precedent.
The Register and Leader believes
the Cosson law is right and that
drunkenness should be a sufficient
cause for removal. The state cannot
afford to maintain men in public Of
fee who could not hold a job with
a great railroad or manufacturing
institution. not only so, but the
state should go further and instead
of accepting drunkenness as miti-
cation in cases of crime the drunkard
should be held to have contemplated
any offense committed while under
the influence of liquor. And still
further, the state should make confine-
ment for inebriety a penal matter
and should compel all inebriates
cared for at Knoxville to have some
useful labor and to support them
selves and their families while con,
fined. Finally in every city men
should be arrested for being drunk,
without regard to being disorderly,
and the penalty should be labor of
some useful sort for their own keep
ing and that of their families.
There is no excuse in this day and
under present public sentiment for
drunkenness. Dillydallying with it is
merely feeding fuel to the flames. 1t
should be dealt with as potential
crime, for that is what it is. No
drunkard should be permitted to hold
office in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
SHIFTING SANDS.

Judge Prouty, of Des Moines, erst
while candidate for congress against
Capt. Hull in the Seventh district, was
the manager of Governor Cummins
senatorial campaign last fall.
He then regarded the active partici
patton of AL Urick in the campaign
in behalf of his candidate as very
proper thing in republican primary
Now the versatile judge is out N
an interview in the Register and
Leader, y denounefng aMr Urick as q
democratic auf1a socialist, and in in
sisung that, prick shall not be allow
ed to support c. G. Dowell, for the
republican nomination for congress in
the Seventh district.
Verify, Judge Prouty is shifty
politician.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
THE COMMISSION PLAN.

Signing the petition asking for the
calling of an election to decide upon
whether or no Oskaloosa is to adopt
the commission plan of government,
in no wise obligates the signer to be
an advocate of the system. Many OF
those who have signed are most bit
terly opposed to the plan, while 9th
ers are just as enthusiastic for it.
Before the election is held a full and
thorough discussion must be had. not
alone through the press, but by pub
lie meetings and a study of the plan
should be made by every citizen. II
has its bad features and it has its
good points, and those now living un-
der it are divided as to it's merits.
We cannot learn too much before vot-
ing upon the proposition. The signing
of the petition simply opens up this
discussion. 1t obligates you in no
way. When the election is held, vote
your sentiments then.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

"A. E. Kepford, the successful lead
err against the great white plague in
Iowa, who lectured before the Oska'
loosa Chautauqua, is branching out
He wants people to give up the siren
uous life, to work less and to give
themselves more time, more rest,more
air. He is still fighting the white
plague, and the new movement is
right in line with his old work. Men
and women, who are not run down
who are in prime physical condition
are not lin danger of catching the
white plague. They have within
themselves the condition necessary to
resist the onslaught of the disease
germs. .-.-. '...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

in Office, Is attracting much atten-
ton. 1t is the first case OF the kind
to, be brought under, new state law,
and is important, as a conviction
means expulsion from office Judge
B. w. Preston, of Oskaloosa, was
chosen as trial judge and after hear
ing the evidence he now has the case
under Amusement. Much newspaper
criticism has been offered throughout
the state and various opinions Of the
new statute have been aired. The fol-
lowing two editorials will show the
wide range of thought INDUCED in by
different papers: ...
Iowa City Republican,: We have
knocked around the world some and
know something of men as they are
found in everyday life. If Mayor Hen
derson's offense is crime and he is
to be removed from office, what about
the state officers, of the past of
course, who occasionally have been as
drunk as lords? What about the dis
trict judges, possibly some of them
now on the bench? What of half the
county officers of Iowa2, What, of a
third of the general assembly,? What
of many other mayors? What of the
other officers, who all on many occa-
sions get thick tongued, talk excitedly
and maybe, staggers little when, they
have rheumatism and are on bad side,
walks or in trembling hotels? Having
tenderly assisted in taking off the
boots of state officers, United States
senators and even one delegate to n
Methodist general assembly, and help
ed them to bed at various hours OF
night, it is with great fear of results
that we witness the efforts of the at
torney general to apply the Cosson
law to all phases of human weakness
and inclination to stagger and display
bad breath. Human nature is weak,
and often things are not what they
should be, but We believe the best way
is to endure some, have patience
and trust the. good sense of the com
munities to attend to their own af-
fairs without the meddling of an fiji
cious attorney general and his fana-
teal assistant, Senator Cosson. II
their policies are to be the policies
of Iowa. then heaven help the state.
The days of the Pilgrim fathers were
liberty enjoying times to what is in
store for Iowa. '".;' .'''- Co.,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

church of today maintains, severally
those principles they. hold essential
to the truth. And were they to ad-
NIT to their communion those whose
views and influence do not accord
Herewith, nothing but discord and
confusion would ensue. Under such
circumstances the church hasa right
to defend ITSELF; for it, is truce and
has been often proved, that ."one sim
ner destroyetll much good" How long
would q political party allow man
to parade under its banner, and to be
recognized as a leader, who at the
same time was engaged. publicly i'm
|denouncing its PLATFORM The. only
proper and manly course for one to
pursue who is thus in. disagreement
with the standards of the society of
which he is a member, is to quietly
withdraw But it OFTEN happens, as II
did in DIR. Thomas's case, that the par
ty insists on remaining, without any
promise of change of behavior with
in the fold. The doctor had openly
advocated doctrines at variance with
those of the church, not only with re-
spect to future punishment, but as to
other points, and certainly could not
be any longer safely entrusted with
the care of Methodist church. And
it is probable that as the years passed
his doctrinal divergence increased.
And this is indicated in the fact that
the letter referred to was devoted
mainly, to an attack ON various ortho-
dox religious teachings" Now no
Protestant will deny his right to main
tain his new views in his own way
outside of the church with whose
standards he was no longer in har-
mony; but it was no persecution for
the church, in view of the facts, to
exclude him from her fellowship.
And this without the least reflection
upon either his sincerity or integrity.
7E. H. Waring
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
THE TUSCALOOSA nERALD. THURSDAY. AUGUST

mental monstrosity. Moreover, Mr..
Grouch's" preponsllies for i'll temper
were declared to work against his re-
covery when, perchance, illness over
takes him.
DIR. McCormick's theories were ex.
pounded at the Lexington hotel be-
fore delegates assembled at the third
annual convention of the Association
of Independent Doctors. K The dele
gates pride themselves in the an
nounceinent that there are nc
"grouches" enrolled in their associa
ton, ma $40
The man with crouch is q queer
specimen of humanity said Doctor
Mccormick. He continually is ILL
tempered goes about with a lone
face, apparently believing the world
has formed conspiracy against him
What is the result? His mentality
becomes warped, IL you please, and by
the time his crouch reaches an acute
state he may properly be classed
among the mentally unbalanced.
don't mean to be understood as defin
ing this condition as insanity, but
will say the Crouch is an abnorma
being.
when he becomes i'll his menta
condition tells against him, and 1t Is
the experience of physicians who com
bine psychology with medicine thai
the chronic ill-tempered man is
most difficult patient to handle"
After the 9''grouch" had been pro
perly labeled, indexed and placed OF
the shelf Dr., Mccormick turned hi
attention to the even-tempered, well
balanced individual, whom he declar
ed to represent the higher order o
intelligence.
"The human body" he continued
may be dissected mentally and ply
sically, just as the component parts
of a great mechanical contriyanc'
are taken apart and put togethe
again. FROM, a. medical standpoin
man is a machine, science haVin'
taught us the miracles of his mechan
ism. Just as an engine needs constan
care, so does the human bobby, an'
when the man or woman loses sigh
of that fact the laws OF nature VII
retOrt" hN ..'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
-Mahaska county farmers are

-Mahaska county farmers are in
dulging in new wind engines this
summer and new wind mills of the
better and more substantial class.
Deep wells are also being drilled to
furnish a better and larger water
supply than is possible with surface
wells which have habit of failing in
quantity at the time they are most
needed. Some of the farmers, how
ever, are discarding the old time wind
mill and are installing engines and
pressure tanks" which make possible
the supplying OF house and barn yards
and buildings with a never failing sup
ply OF water. The water supply is
regarded by the farmer of today as an
absolute necessity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
RECORD CROPS THIS YEAR.

Crop statistics gathered by c. r.
Erwin, president of the advertising
agency of Lord & Thomas, show 'the
agricultural districts of America with
few exceptions, to be in record break
ing condition of prosperity.
In the west and northwest, the CEN
trail states; part of the southwest, and
great deal of the east, crops were
never so great In the south, with
the possible exception Of Mississippi,
the loss in acreage of the cotton; crop
will probably be more than made up
by the Increased value OF the baled
product, and the whole south has safe
guarded itself by diversified farming
and other crops, which this year
have come handsomely to the rescue
notably in Texas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas.
In other years of great agricultural
production crops have sometimes
been stored, but this year the condi'
ton seems to be that the farmer with
the product can get his money for it
as quickly as he desires to market the
crop, and at big prices. Sofhe report,
ers, state that grain is, being taken
right from the thresher by the buyers
at top notch prices. disco. - 70
Nothing but especially unusual and
entirely unforeseen weather condi.
tions could change the corn. crop from
it's apparent yield. IT,. -I
Mr.. Erwin's information is CLEANED
from leading newspapers in the vari'
Gus states. The special reports from
Iowa and nearby states are given as
follows: -r,..,... ......-t;
James Atkinson, editor of Iowa
Homestead, expects the Iowa corn
crop will be considerably greater
than last year. He believes the yield
will be close to 350,000,000 bushels.
The Iowa Oat crop is better than in
1907 and 1908. Mr.. Atkinson's OBJ
servation is that the farmers in the
corn belt are in better shape than
they ever have been.
The editors of the Ohio Farmer say
the wheat yield, owing to a decrease
in acreage, Will be rs per cent of a
full yield: oats, 80 per cent OF full
yield, and the corn crop will be a good
one.
The Michigan Farmer says the
Michigan wheat crop is excellent and
the yield is large. The oat crop will
be 80 per cent of normal. The yield
of rye is normal. The cash potato
crop should run about 3O,OOO,O0O bush
els for the state. Fruit conditions in
Michigan are above the average.
ThaIKansas dsarmerlstates that Mr..
Coburnia estimateiwfy78;0 100000 bush
els of wheat is too low and that it
will probably run the full government
figures of S5.O0O,OO0 bushels. This
will; mean sl5,O00,0OO more to the far.
mers of Kansas than any previous
wheat crop has paid.
Missouri's report furnished by the
National Farmer and Stock Grower,
states that the corn crop in general
will be large; wheat will be better
than last year: hay is abundant and
selling high, and oats in the number
OF bushels will exceed any previous
record. Missouri live stock is selling
well. .6
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
AeAs THE CROUCH.

Are you "grouch?" If so, you
may bid adieu to your aspirations for
mental achievement and become re.
signed to the verdict that you are a
little off in the upper story.
That specimen OF humanity long IA
miliar TO the divorce courts and gen.
orally known as Crouch was plac-
ed under the medical microscope by
DR. Charles Mccormick. analysed.
dissected and finally diagnosed as the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
IOWA BRIGADE BAND.
Names of Several Players Were In
advertantly Omitted.

In the item in Tuesday evenings
paper giving the list of the members
of the Iowa Brigade band who will go
to the State Fair and Exposition by
an oversight the names of the bari
tone and French Horn players were
omitted. e. T. Killough and DIR. j. 1.
Tony are the baritone players. and
Henry Husson, r. s. Nichols, Henry
Warner and Frank Perry play the
French horns. .--..L 49,.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The old familiar argument that
Daniel Webster was occasionally in
toxicated and therefore no public
man should pc criticised under sinrf-
lar circumstances is revived by David
Brant of the Iowa City Republican in
defense of the Mayor of Marengo,
who is before the. court under the
Cosson' law 81 .a.aa i. .s,..ra.tt
1t may be said at the outset that
there is no merit In this claim that
because one man has done thing
1t is to be excused in others. So
ciety constantly changes its stand
ards, for the better we are fond of
believing, and the fact that drunken
ness was common to one generation
is not justification for drunkenness
when the public has become more
sensitive to the abuses of alcohol.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
The National Printer Journal

The National Printer Journalist
is a paper supposed to be absolutely
free from errors. In describing the
forestry building at the Alaska-Y ukon-
Pacific exposition, the largest log
house ever built, the article says:
The dogs used in the exterior of the
building are being left in the rough,
while those used in the interior will
have the bark removed" Nothing is
said concerning the process by which
the dogs were deprived of their bark.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

The Vinton Eagel says Somebody
said the, rolhng!stones gathers no moss.
This means that it takes money and
time to travel and move around. In
doing,tfiis one not only gets rid of his
money, but also. rubs off the moss.
People may become deucedly back.
woodsy by eyerlastingly sticking to
one place and never seeing the
world"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
THE practice of building fires O

The practice OF building fires OF
paper and debris swept from stores
is dangerous, and disastrous fires
might easily be caused. Paper and
other dirt should either be burned in
a furnace or should be packed into a
box or other receptacle and carted
away. A very small spark may start
a monstrous confiagration, and too
much care can not be. exercised in
this direction. $500. .-.,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

The Waterloo Times Tribune
has been conducting campaign
against vice and criminals, and as a
result is in receipt of a threatening
letter, from some cowardly bloke,
threatening dire punishment. The
Times-Tribune will probably pay no
attention to .,thea threats. The, man
who writes threatening letters usual
ly isn't brave enough to do much dam.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26
More Paving Likely.

The city council will likely consider
more paving. 1t may not be possible
to complete it this season but the pre-
liminarles will be cared for so that the
work can be done early next spring.
The first block of A avenue west OF
Market street between the M. e.
church and the Herald Office is one OF
the spots that will be improved.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-26

According to the Times Republi-
can the Iowa Central strike at Mar
shalltown last year cost the road
$344,995. If that be true, it would
have been the pefsonifcation of econ
omy for the Iowa Central to have
packed up and moved their shops to
Oskaloosa.