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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
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Il wish I knew a good way to xii
time"
I'll tell you one way"
what is it,"
Put out your note for thirty days"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
N L. STIMsON,

of Root & Clark, which afterward be-
came Root, Howard. Winthrop & Slim.
son. the senior member being the pres
ent secretary of state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

che county refuses them aid they are
forced to theft. Coal dealers receive
daily requests to sell 1--WE and ten
cents worth of fuel. 1t is a waste Of
time to fiji such small orders and
many dealers refuse them, but these
purchasers are. among the more hon
est OF the poor class people who
have only ten cents to nay for coal
and would rather spend it than bear
the humiliation they feel in appealing
TO charity. But Mr. Kent says he
finds that when once a person sui
mits to receiving help from the coun
ty, even the most proud ones. alter
wards find it easy OF oysiconie thcii'
pride and continue to depend upon
others for Their support. The only
way he has found to mold them in
creek is to cut down thesr apportion-
ment as low as possible so as 70
make it impossible for them to waste
anything.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
GAZING EoR The POOR.

This is the most sever season OF
the year for families in destitute con
dition and the county poor fund is be
ing drawn on to it's full capacity by
those whose needs have put down theiI
pride and compelled them TO apply for
assistance. Early Monday morning
r. A. Kent, overseer of the county
poor, received twelve applications
for food; four for orders for coal. and
one for a pair of shoes. These were
all from parties who have been depend
ent upon the county for some time to
certain extent and each was given a
small order to temporarily supply his
needs. The work of caring for TIE
poor is considered, by those who are
familiar with existing conditions, t.
be one of the greatest social problems
of the day The experiences of the
oyerseer would be a revelation to
many who think there is no excuse
for poverty and pauperism. 1t IS true
that very few worthy cases are found
and these generally with widows
mothers deserted by their husbands
or in cases of sickness and decrepti
tude. But large class of cases are
where the head of the family Is will
ing to work, but on account of his
lack of pride and proper training OF
good common sense, his services are
not wanted. For instance, certain
pauper in this city was employed last
summer by a sympathetic citizen to
do a little work in hoeing up some
weeds He was told to ell them of
below the ground and to take as long
at the job as was necessary, with the
understanding that he was to receive
20 cents an hour for the work. In two
hours he went TO the house and pre-
scented his bill for forty cents. He
had cut the weeds down with a sickle
about two inches above the ground
and was again out Of job, with forty
cents in his pocket, whereas II ne had
taken all the time he needed and
done the work as Me was told to do
he could have just as easily earned
three or four dollars for the job. But
that was in the summer time when II
didn't cost much TO live. Now it is
winter and he must have coal and food
or die. He IL still willing to work,
but no one cares to hire such man
and the county has no choice in the
matter, but must support him throush
the cold weather. There are dozeas
Of similar cases--some women who
are willing to take in washings or do
house work, but who are SO careless
and Indifferent about their work as to
make their services worthless. All
these must be warmed and fed. and II
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
BOYS ARE BARRED.

Very often when people get SIGH
they send for their minister, when q
physician is what is really needed In
the case, That same rule often Oh
tains when there is something in the
community which the citizens object
to- Several complaints have been
lodged with the herald lately of boys
being admitted to pool halls. The
city authorities instead of the news
papers are the, ones VINO should be
informed If the ordinance governing
these places is being violated. The
ordinance IS No. >. and is very ex
plfcit 1t is as follows:
"An ordinance licensing billiard
or billiard and pool tables, kept fol-
hire and repeating Ordinance No. 81
Section /. That Ordinance No. 81
Is hereby repealed and the following
enacted in lieu thereof. That no per
son shall operate any billiard or poo
table, for hire, within the corporate
limits of the city of Oskaloosa, Iowa
without first obtaining license there
for. under provisions Of this ordin
ance, provided a license may issue
for any length of time not. more than
one year nor less than SIX months. up
on the payment by the applicant Of
the sum Of $3.50 for one year or 1925
for six months, for each table SO kept
for hire
Section 3. Before such license
shall be issued the applicant therefor
shall pay to the city treasurer the
amount specified in Section /. and the
mayor shall issue such license 70
said applicant for such time as the
applicant pays for. as provided herein,
but in no event shall license be is
sued for less than six months.
Section 8. The room or place
where billiard or pool tables shall be
used shall not open before 600 a. m.
and shall be closed at 1900 o'clock
D. m. of each day except Saturday,
when IL shall be closed at 1900 O'Clock
p. m. Nor shall any person be permit
ted to assemble or remain in said
room or place between the hours of
IL p. m. and 6 a. M, except the owner
or keeper thereof. Nor shall such
place be open upon the first day of the
week, commonly known as Sunday
Section 4--No minor shall be al
lowed 50 be in said room or place at
any time, or be allowed to play any
game therein. or be employed therein,
without the written consent of his par
ent or guardian. z ..A. .,x..-.
Section 5. 1nat the amount Of Ii
cense to he paid herein shall become
in force and date from January l,
1905, and this section shall apply 10
no other part of this ordinance.
Section 6. Any person violating
any part OF this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdomeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall pay a fine not
to exceed $1O8 and shall stand COM
mitted to Jail until said fine and costs
of prosecution are paid, unless sooner
discharged by law"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Il
is connected with touching episode
|of Lincoln's lifess IL is perhaps gener-
ally known that Lincoln was engaged
Ito be married to Miss Ann RurledSe
of Salem, ILL.,, where young Lincoln
lived, and that she died in less than
half a year after the engagement. She
was the idol OF his life and he loved
her with the whole love OF his great
heart. Her death was a terrible shock
to him, and it is said that his neigh
bors at the time we're much concerned
lest his mourning for her might de-
stroy his reason. His friends, who
knew him before and after this heart
Irending bereavement, have said that
the melancholy that marked Lincoln
in after years and the fits of abstrac'
ton and observation-disclosures that never
entirely ceased, all took their rise in
the lamentations over Ann Rutledge,
though these were strongly reinforced
by other causes later in his life.
IL is this Rutledge incident, of 1885,
which finally touched Van Buren, ecoun'
ty, for in 1885, AIMS mother, the widow
Mary Rutledge--for her husband
James Rutledge, died few months al.
ter the death of his daughter Ann
moved to Van Buren, county with her
son, Robert B. Rutledge, locating near
Birmingham. Lincoln never forgot
this firsG love and when president he
is reported 10 have said on one occa'
sion: Il love the very name OF Rut.
ledge" That the family was not for,
gotten by him is manifest in the fact
that he appointed Robert Rutledge,
then resident OF Keosauqua, proves,
marshal of Iowa, the commission Is.
sued in 1863 being signed by Lincoln s
own hand.
This Robert B. Rutledge, or Bob
Rutledge. as he was Familiarity called
became prominent man Of this coun'
ty and is kindly remembered by many
of our older citizens While in the
dry goods business at Birmingham he
was elected sheriff of this county, in
1859, and he and wife-who was a
Miss Jenkins moved to Keosauqua-
He was reelected in 1861, but resigned
before his time was out in order to
accept the appointment of provost
marshal. and John 4. Stuart was ap-
pointed sheriff to fill out the term. AT
ter the close OF the war Bob" Rut-
ledge moved to Oskaloosa. where he
engaged in the hotel business. Later
he moved to Harrison county, in this
state. where he died. His mothers
home at the time OF the death, we un-
derstand, was in Lick Greek township,
Van Buren, county
The senior editor Of the Republican
remembers Bob Rutledge well anc
always had tender place IN his heart
for him. for when the former, ais a
mere boy. ran of from home to join
the army and got as far as Burlington,
where he enlisted In the FIRST Iowa
Battery, and where he was overtaken
by demonstrating father II was the
sensible advice and pleading talk Of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

If the dead pioneers could awaken
long enough to learn that the farms
they bought for $1.25 an acre were
selling on the market for $3.50, the
Marshalltown Times-Republican says
it would be hard to induce the Old fel,
lows to go back to sleep in their low
green tents. Still, above the graves
of the men who are buying today the
next generation will speak of $225 an
acre as we of present prices. And
what will their Observation-Disclosures
hold the old farms att" 4.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
Asoe. RuTLEpeE lN IOWA.

Keosauqua Republican: Van Buren,
county Is given 10 Boosting and for
good reason--of the great men who
have lived within its confines The
greatest man this country has pro
duce6 Abraham LincoIn--who is be-
ing honored this week al. over the ma
tion, and whose birthday ~
has been made a legal holiday in
this state never saw Van Buren,
county. However, Van Buren, county
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Iowa is still responding to the ap
peals of the suffering people of Sicily
and Calabria. The Masons have sent
$500 from the grand lodge funds to be
used for the relief of Masons and their
families in southern Italy, and it is
deemed quite likely that collections
will be ordered for the same purpose
in every one of TIE $40 lodge IN the
state While there has been most lib
eral response to the appeals, the disas
ter was one of such vast magnitude
that there will be very many who will
be able to receive very little aid.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
YIN. A. NOTES

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
(1S419-20) of this week the Boys De-
partment will have campaign for
new members. The Boys Department
has been divided up into two teams,
and Curtis Van Voorhis is captain of
the Reds" and Cecil smith captain
of the blues" Each team has its
emblem either tie red or blue tag.
Every boy MEMBER who does not know
to which team ne belongs to should
either see one of the captains or call
in at the Y M. G. A. at once and get
several application blanks and then
hustle for his team. Every boy secur-
ing new member during the cam
paign will be give a Y. M. G. A. pin.
Any boy over twelve years of age is
eligible to membershipin they. M. C.
Al. and he should Join now SO as Ito get
into the best part OF the Boys work.
Don't forget the dates Feb. 49, 1920
The monthly meet of the Ward
School Athletic League will take place
in the Gym tonight commencing at
1870 o'clock. t' ".' ss9 @te =
The 1900 o'clock Mems class has
been started with an enrolment OF
eight the first night. thursday at
700 o'clock they meet again.
Tuesday evening two very interest
ing games of basket ball were played
the first between the High school nrst
team and the Junior boys, resulting in
score of 3S to IL for me o. II. S. The
second between the Seniors and Work
ing boys; the boys were ahead 8 to 8
at the end of the FIRST half and fair
ly outplayed the older team, but the
Seniors got together in the second
half and won 20 to 49,. d..
Tuesday but one game was played
of the regular schedule and Miller and
Noel won it from McFerran and Kill
patrick. The postponed game OF Vol
ley Ball will be played Saturday
morning. .-...E .., ...H.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
BUXTON LEADS ALL.

Buxton Gazette: Those who have
been interested in the material pro
press and moral uplift of the commun.
ity will be pelased to know tat Bux
ton is now the largest membership Of
colored department Y. M. C. A. in the
world We give few statistics:
Buxton membership. -. ........ 325
New York City membership ~. 225
indianapolis membership. 800. EOS
1t is interesting to note that the
membership OF Buxton is at the head
OF the list with much smaller pop
ulation to draw from than the other
cities. Almost every man in Buxton
belongs to some lodge and yet that
does not keep him from the " Nj
G. A. Secretary Tucker and the
board OF directors are hoping to round
out the year with a. membership Of
Ave hundred men, over twenty join
ed during the month Of January.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

People often wonder. particularly
those who have travelled for hundreds
of miles through the corn belt, what
becomes of corn which is grown very
year. In the year 1908, when the to-
tai crop was 666,000,000 bushels !;
241,OO0,000 bus-els were consumed in
-four and grist-mfll products; 100000
bushels in the manufacture of starch,
100000 for malt. liquors; 17,000,000
bushels in the production of distilled
liquors; 100000 for glucose; $780,
100000 for export and 100000 for
seedg making a total of 5I6,000,00O
bushels or 1913 per cent of me entire
crop. The remaining S0.7 per cent,
or 2,14S,0O000O bushels, seems to
have been used almost entirely for
feeding purposes. 1t is an interesting
fact that about 80 per cent of the
corn crop, roughly the above amount,
was shipped out of the counties in
which it was grown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Bob Rutledge. provost marshal, witch
headquarters at Burlington, and with
Judge Alex. Brown Of Keosauqua as
mis- clerk, that decided the boy, more
than anything else, to go back home
with his father, after being dfscharg-
ed because OF under age.
Interest in the Ruteldge family is
very properly reviewed at this time,
when the whole country is recalling
the incidents pertaining to the life Of
the Great Emancipation and this in
cident will no doubt be read with es7
pecial interest by the people OF this
county.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

the town even 10 yourself and forge
the idea that your children mus
leave home In order to become sue
cessful or acquire wealth and honor
Right here at home there is opportun
lily for all to succeed and in speaking
well of our own city We can do much
to quiet that spirit OF unrest which
is an obstacle in the path of mos'
young people.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

The Washington Democrat hands
down the opinion that it pays mar
ried folks to be pretty decent. for if
their children ever act up" folks will
think back and say 20, well, what
could you expect with such parents?''
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

I'm case of McCalhoun VS.. hcCon-
aghay, from Washington county, the
supreme court reversed itself and now
holds that it is illegal for liquor
houses outside of the state to solicit
c. o. d. business in Iowa. They can
sell only to saloons and drug stores.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

That rs to 40 per cent of the
blindness of Illinois could have been
prevented by the simplest remedies
applied at birth was the declaration
Of the commission appointed by the
State Board of Charities of Illinois
recently.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

BY vote of nearly two to one
Austin has joined Galveston, Houston
and Dallas in running the municipality
by a commission. These commissions
get right down to the work in hand
after the manner of an ordinary bust
ness conference.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

--Hoarded and secreted money in
India is said to amount to $1,500,000,-
900, yet the postal savings bank has
long been in operation there. n COM
plete remedy for the foolish habit of
keeping surplus money out of circulat
ton has not yet been invented.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
some Early Arrivals.

One Of the earliest broods OF little
spring chickens hatched out this sea,
son was presented to Or. Ellsworth
by one or his hens at his place south
east OF the. city. yesterday. Nine
healthy little chicks were hatched out
in anticipation OF Easter,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
Standings.

SATURDAY Otdnulnb -IllSH jump anu
Scrimmage Ball: -~a
Miller VS. Fitzpatrick
Noel VS. McFerran.
On next Monday evening, Feb %
Mr.. C. H. Easton, of New York City,
will give lecture on "3,0O0 Miles
Through Labrador" Illustrated by 10C
beautiful stereopticon views. The
lecture will given in the associa.
ton auditorium and the public l.
cordially invited to attend. Admission
freee Mr.. Easton has most inter
esting story to tell of his lire among
the Sskimo, of the Moravian mission
aries, of his 1000 miles trip by dog
sledge and 1000 miles by canoe and
portage through Labrador. The views
are from photos taken by himself.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Mt. Pleasant is to have seven.
day chautauqua next summer under
the direction of the Redpath bureau
The arrangement was contingent upon
the sale of 1000 tickets at $3.50 each
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

"A gambling table controlled by
electric wires has this advantage over
the furniture at Monte Carlo. 1t
reaches the same result. but more
quickly.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

The pioneer law makers of Iowa
win meet for their twelfth biennial
session in the historical building in
the city Of Des Moines Wednesday,
March 10. 1909. az 10 O'Clock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
Iowa is Elobteenth.

According to statistics Just com.
piled Iowa ranks eighteenth in size
|of the leading universities of the
United States Columbia has forged
ahead OF Harvard for first honors,
while Michigan is barely ahead OF
Chicago. Iowa ranks ahead of Indi-
ana, Kansas and Leland Stanford.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

I'm two years past w. A. Duck
worth, Of Keosauqua, has sold to this
Rock Island Railway company 4,1S0,
600 feet of sawed native lumber.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

The Des MONIES Capital says the
reformer has no use for any reform
law which does not reform things the
way he wants them reformed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Duncan Smith has noticed that
when girl thinks she has swan-like
neck she is apt TO make a goose of
herself over it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

THE new battleship Delaware is
$40 feet long and IS feet wide. AL
most as big as the state for which it
is named.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

MR.. Seller has been elected presi.
dent of the Nebraska Bottlers' asso-
citation. Something in a.name after all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Invitation has been extended to the
United States to be represented at
the International Musical Congressto
be held in Vienna in May. the occa-
sion being the centennial Of the death
Iof Joseph Haydn, the composer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18
LOCAL pAsHEs.

II IS interesting to note that the
biologists report that the Oskaloosa
public square is about $50 feet above
the level of the sea. The bed of the
Des Moines river at the southern
boundary of the county is ABOUT 66O
feet above the same level. The sur.
face of the water in South Skunk river,
about the center of the county, is
near 500 feet.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

-WapeIlo county has floating
debt of $4,000 and proposes to issue
bonds to pay 1t off.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

lin fifty-two American cities the
building record is 81 per cent ahead
Of last year 'Rah for Taft!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

A local clergyman says when he
was living in another town, he was
much surprised one day at receiving
a basket of potatoes from an old wo,
man in his parish. with message
saying that as he had remarked in his
sermon on the previous Sunday that
some common taters" comments
tors) did not agree with him, she had
sent him some real good ones.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

Get out your war paint for dedi
cation day. Whoop,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-02-18

No report has yet been made by the
February grand jury and they have
been at work for more than week.
Some unexpected developments may
be announced when they complete
their Investigations