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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
WHITE OAK.

Miss Emma Olson has been under
the doctors care for some time.
Cottage prayer meeting will be
held at Mrs. Ann Covey's next Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. LYDIA Allgood, who has been
working for VIM. Zollers, spent Sun
day at home.
Asa Francis, who has been quite
poorly for some time. is now able to
be out and around.
Several in this neighborhood re-
ceived a shipment of fruit trees at
Rose Hill last week.
Will Ravens has rented 40 acres oil
the Cook farm across the river and
has turned his sheep over there.
N. c.. Bedford, who is working west
of What Cheer, and Willard Douglas
spent Sunday at the Bedford home.
Selma Woods has been having
some plastering done at his store
here. A man from Rose Hill did the
work
Several have hauled dirt to put on
the GOCk SIdue South VI IoSS 'iih
which makes the road much smoother
for wagons.
Tom Alexander and wife. James
McBurney and wife and Mrs. Earl
Caldwell ate Sunday dinner at the
John Woods home.
After attending horse sales at Sig
Quincy and Ottumwa, Herm Larson
found team to suit him at Oska
loosa. They are good horses.
Zed Banks cat met peculiar death
a few days ago. He was catching
birds and chased them up tree in
which was hole made by them into
the hollow part of the trunk. The
cat went through the hole and upon
trying to get out could only get his
head through. After getting his head
through he could not get it back and
there he stuck. The birds attacked
their enemy and peCked him to
death.
April &c. T. A. b.
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POLITICS AND PUBLICITY

1t has always been the policy OF the
Herald 10 keep out of local politics
until after The county convention was
held, or under the new regime until
after the primary election. From
time to time it will give the news of
such matters for the benefit of the
public, but as to urging the nomina-
ton of one candidate as against an
other, it feels that only discord and
ill-feeling would result. We cannot
but feel kindly toward anyone who as
pires to position of honor and trust
and We often wish that we could say
the good things about each, to which
he is entitled. But only those who
have tried to do such things know of
the trouble that begins with the first
mention of one candidates good quail
tiles, and never ends with those who
suffer defeat.
The voters should be their own
judges in the preliminary contest and
each one should take enough interest
in such affairs TO size Zip the candi,
dates for himself and pick out the
men who best measure up to his
standards and his ideas of qualifica-
tiOn. There should be no prejudice in
these matters and no undue outside
influence should be brought to bear in
neighboTly contests but candidates
SHOULD be allowed to stand on their
own responsibilities and make the
fight on their own merits.
II will therefore be understood that
aside from the news of general char
acter, all announcements and words of
commentator made in the columns
of the Herald before the primary will
be in the nature of advertisements.
and the responsibility for the same
will rest either with the candidate or
his friends interested in his success.
And there is no reason why modesty
should prevent any man from setting
forth his qualifica tions and his claims
upon the nomination in clear, energetic
terms. The successful merchant new
er misses an opportunity to set forth
the superiority Of the goods he has
for sale, and in telling the public ex-
actly what he has to offer. The can
didate should be proud of his record
and should let all the voters know that
which only his close friends may be
cognizant of. Publicity is the mod
ern way of doing things, and there is
no reason why the same methods that
apply to prosperous merchandising
would not bring success in the politi-
cal field. After the nominations have
been made the Herald will as usual
use every honorable means of promot-
ing the success of the republican par
ty, principles and men
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
ELM GROVE,
Golden Rod.
April 2


Several of the young people about
here attended church at Lacey.
Mr.. Burlington and family visited
Sunday afternoon at viii Hties.
Charlie Dewitt and Jerry Stout
were New Sharon callers Friday.
Charlie Shoemake took his fat cat
tie to Lacey Friday to ship them.
Pearl Smith and Leonard Stout ate
dinner with Earl Stout and wife on
Sunday.
Small poX, measles and humps are
reported to be plentiful all around
his spring.
The Elm Grove directors are think
ing of treating their school house to
q new coat Of paint.
Mrs. Stout and mother. Mrs. Stig-
ers, attended the funeral of Absolom
Ryan at Peoria THURSDAY
Grace Bartlett is over the measles
md about again The little daughter
IF John WaldOck is improving.
Cold weather continues and we
ear there will be no fruit at all this
7ear. For even the leaves on the
trees seem to be killed.
q. T. Pointer, of Oskaloosa, spent
one night with Charles DeWitt's. He
'as around looking after the inter
ests of the Saturday Globe.
Miss Bessie Holser, teacher at Elm
Grove, spent Saturday and Sunday
With her friend, Miss Lorena, Beman,
teacher at North Center, and her
cousins, the Long young people.
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EVANS,
1eatn.
April 20
T. A. B.

Miss Rena SilcoX was Sunday
guest OF Lulu Gear.
The Ladies' Aid met Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Geo. n. Evans.
Tot Richmond, of Oskaloosa. spent
Sunday with Elizabeth Meister.
Ida Cox returned from Beacon Sun
day. where she had been visiting
friends
MI and Mrs. Bohy, of Blyth, spent
one night last week with her sister,
Mrs. Clyde Moulton.
Ella Toomey, OF OskaIOosa, was
pleasantly entertained Sunday by her
friend, Rena O'Brien.
We have all been busy the last few
days-nOt making garden, but sweep
ing snow from our sidewalks.
Mr. and Mrs. Adey and children
came out from the city Sunday and
spent the day with Mrs. VIM. Bland
Watkin Griftiths and Clarence
Burke went to Valley Junction Mon
lay, where they have obtained rail
road work.
The Misses Stella Davis, Hulda
Burke and Mabel Davis started to
work Monday at the overall factory
in Oskaloosas
MI. and Mrs. r. Nj. White, who have,
been Visiting with their daughter, Mrs,
Nellie Harris. neaFfi 0ttnmwas return
ed home Sunday. a.
John Melcher left Friday for Chi
ago for a ten days business and
pleasure trip. During his absence his
wife will visit in Beacon with the
PARENTS
Mr.. Avoux and brother-in-law, Mr.
Deibert. Of What Cheer. have beer
spending few days with the for
rers daughters. Mrs julie Leydon
md Mrs. Clyde Moulton.
irene Edwards has obtained en-
,loyment at the Dede & Janney tailor
,hop. and Elizabeth Meister at the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
CEDAR ROUTE /.

Chas. Moore is on the sick list.
John Ross. who has been sick, has
recovered ...>...
Mrs. w. A. Funk shopped in Ottum-
wa last week.
Mrs. Etna Newell shopped in Kirk
Vile Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. Will Parsons are Wis
ting at the J. L. Moore home.
Miss Grace Frye, of Eddyville, was
business visitor in kirkville last
week.
Mrs. J. D. Allison and Miss jeanette
Cotton visited at the John Ross home
Tuesday evening.
John Lathrop,of Kirkville, has gone
to Nebraska where he will work at
the carpentering trade.
Mrs. Nora Lathrop and Miss Jessie
Brown, of KirkvilIe, have opened a
dressmaking establishment in the
Brown residence.
MI. and Mrs. J. l.. Moore. Miss Ber-
tina McGlasson and Frank Moore went
to Eldon TO attend the fifth annual
convention of the Rebekah lodge.
They made the trip in Frank Moore's
new auto, and had a delightful jour
ney going, but coming back a rain
| caught them and they had to leave
the machine at Ottumwa and come
home on the train. Mrs. Moore came
home by way of Oskaloosa.
April 26. Snowdrop.
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NO OCCUPATION.


She rose before daylight made Grim
son the east
For duties that never diminished,
And never the sun when he sank in
the west
Looked down upon work that was
finished.
She cooked an amending procession
of meals,
Preserving and canning and baking,
She swept and she busted, she washed
and she scrubbed
With never a rest from it taking.
A family of children she brought into
the world
And raised them and trained them
and taught them,
She made all the clothes, and patched,
mended and darned
Till miracles seemed to have
wrought them,
She watched by the bedside of sick
ness and pain,
Her hand cooled the raging of fever,
She carpentered, painted, upholstered
and scraped,
And worked just as hBrd as 3
beaver.
And yet as a lady of leisure, it seems,
The government looks on her sta
ton;
For now by the rules of the census
report
1t enters her: mo occupation"
-McLandburgh Wilson.
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WRIGHT,

Arson Tennis lost valuable mare
Friday night.
A number of our people were in the
city Saturday.
Rev. J. c. Warnock, of Oskaloosa,
preached at the Union church last
Sabbath
The Methodists will hold quarterly
meeting at this place next Sabbath.
Rev. Jones, principal at Penn col
lege preached at the Union church
Sabbath evening.
Men from Pella are putting in tile
for C. D. Randall with a machine
that cuts the ditch, lays the tile and
fills the ditch. -....
Mr.. Grubb, of New Sharon, has TAX
en- the contract to repair the Union
church and commencer work Monday
morning.
The Friends church at this place
caught fire Sunday morning just as
the 10 o'clock services closed. As
they were ready to start home the
fire was discovered. They got live
ly move on for few minutes and
with the assistance of some ladders
and few buckets of water, the fire
was put out after burning part of
the roof about four by ten or twelve
feet.
April 26. w.
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- 49, 49, 49, Za
@ % O. @ 90

ually as it approaches the sun.
The tail is not continuous, scien
fists believe, but is formed anew
each second.
The tail is curved, its curvature de
pending upon the relative velocity of
the matter leaving the head of the
comet on it's course.
Conflicting theories have been ad.
vanced to explain why the tail points
away from the sun, in apparent con
tradiction of the law of gravitation.
1t is assumed that some electrical
force in the sun repels the tail.
The best time to observe the comet
in the morning will be from May 10
to May 10. when it will rise in the
east, tail first, about an hour before
sunrise.
After May 16 it draws toward the
sun, and after May Is will be seen in
the western evening sky, setting after
the sun.
Haley comet is a trifle when com
pared with the comet of 1911, which
had head of million miles in diam
eter. 1t is not SO large as the comet
of 1882, which, with a head 100000
miles across, had a tail 100000 600
miles long, with a spread at the end
OF 10000, 900 miles.
The course of the comet was first
calculated by Edward HALEY, an Eng
lish astronomer and friend of Sir
Isaac Newton, who was born in 1856.
HALEY observed it in 1882, identify
ing it with similar visitant seen by
Appian in 1881 and by Keppler in
1907 He predicted its temperance
about the end of 1853 or the begin
ming of 1853. It was observed on
Christmas day, 1853, after Halley's
death. Since then its regular ap-
pearances at intervals of three-quar-
tiers of a century have been Traced
back to II 3. c. The earliest appear
anCe known is 24O B. G.
Its latest appearance was. in 1885,
and its next is scheduled for 1885.
On it's present visit IT was first des-
cried Sept. II, 1909.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

MI. and Mrs. Geo. Smith and fam
lily left Wednesday night for thei
home in Livingston, ILL.,
Gwen Reese came home afte
spending two weeks with relatives il
Hiteman.
MIR. Evan Reese came home Satur
day after working two weeks at Og
den.
Mrs. Paris visited her daughter
Mrs. E. j. Willis, in Oskaloosa owe
Sunday. ri.
Lewis Price, who is teaching lsehoa
south of town, attended church herr
Sunday.
Misses Fassssts tanaxsssladys Gler
came. from Nsis6f a sFlaiaisRear lath
err, who works Mere. 49,.
hIrand Mrs. Bud Williams spen
Sunday with his mother in Hamilton
Carl Anderson attended church il
White City Monday night. %>gf
The Junior and intermediate EP
worth League held its regular cleo
ton and social at the parsonage las
Wednesday from to 6 p. m.
Mr.. Albert Theuer since his mar
riage to Miss Susie Bell has movet
his household goods to the farm
where she and her father live.
A y M. c. A. is being started a
this place. About 100 names haV'
been secured for members. Tn
building in which the post office i
located will likely be fitted up for tn
rooms.
Nj. D. Cox preached in White Cit,
Sunday p. m. at o'clock, the regula
appointment at that place benz
changed from Monday night to sur
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warren drov
over to Hamilton Thursday to b
present at a surprise party at tn
home Of Mr.. Rilev Sullivan in homo
| of his birthday. They report goo
| time.
Little Maggie NiChoLl died at tn
home of her parents in Havstown o
| last Wednesday from scarlet fever
| Her body was taken to Abba Thurs
day for burial The parents have tn
sympathy of all in their sad bereaVe
ment.
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and Tracy tbtring the past few days.
The Ladies Aid Society met Win
Mrs. Zoe Garden Thursday, April "a.
rhe next meeting will be with Lydia
Eyeland, May IL.
owen Houser closed successtui
term OF school ut Union last fIldaS'
rhe attendance has not been very
large for the past two weeks on ac-
count OF the measles.
We are sorry to hear that smith
ClendeDoD, of near Lakonta, was
kicked in the stomach by a horse last
Wedpesdass He is thought 70 be III
a serious condition.
Sunday visitors were MI. and MIS-
w. s. Lockwood and son Harvey, a.
the Ed Bowles home; L, NJ. Evans and
family at the Frank Mehanna, home,
and Frank Gay and family at the
Dick Eveland home.
Auril 26. Farmer Boy.
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BUCKEYE.
April &c.

DR.. Sarbaugh is busy planning to
build his new house.
The w. C. r. U. met with Mrs. W.
II. Morrow last Thursday.
James Ferris is entertaining his
nephew, w. NJ. Jarret, from Pennsyl
vania
Mary Ferris. Willie Jarrett and
Walter Ferris spent Friday evening
at the w. H. Morrow home.
H. F.. Schultz and family and J. G..
Perry and family were Sunday visit
ors at the Arthur Fowler home.
Mrs. NJ. A. Smith and daughter Gail
departed for Ohio Friday morning
for an extended visit with friends and
relatives.
Misses Ada, Aida and Alice Morrow,
Miss Estella MCBurney and Miss
Hazel Ballard spent Sunday with Miss
Mary Ferris.
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FACTS ABOUT rHE COMET.

| Halley'E comet is travelling through
space with a velocity of forty miles
a second.
Its head is over 100000 miles in
diameter and its tail, which is at its
greatest length, is approximately 80,
100000 miles long.
1t achieved its maximum brilliance
at perihclion, On April 20, owing &c
its proximity 10 the sun did not make
50 fine a display in the heavens as il
win later
II viii be brightest, so far as the
earth is concerned, on May 25, when
1t may be seen in the western heav.
ems just after sunset.
From a scientific standpoint the ap,
pearance May Is will be the most
interesting. 10 the evening of that
day the earth viii be whisked through
the comets tail, the earth'g atmos.
phere warding off the deadly cyano-
gen gas. Al that time the head will
be nearest the earth, trifIe of IA
100000 miles away. Attendant phe-
nomena will be best observed from
the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
The nucleus Of the comet consists
.ot loose conglomerstion of matter
like rocks, With large interstices.
The density and mass Of the com.
cts tail In proportion 10 its size is
extremely small, almost too minute
to be measured. The comet starts
without a tail, accommodating one grad
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HAVE BEEN GOOD TO HIM.

The people Of Rural Route No. 2
out Of Oskalooss have been good to
Carrier George Sherman. since the
loss OF his household goods by fire
and without insurance. They have
given bin almost $50 in money and
have donated lot Of fruit and other
articles. Mr.. Sherman Is sure he
has the most generous lot OF people
in Iowa on his route, and he appre-
ciates what they have done for him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

like the diamond, ruby, emerald, or
any other precious stone. s.5
In Mayne Arnold's extensive optical
library can be found the Hand Book
for Opticians which is the worlds
greatest text book and optical author
ity.
Chapter 3rd describes pebble stone
lenses. w. Bohne,-the author-has
this to say descanting on the great
superiority of Pebble Stone Lenses
over all others. page 80: "A superb
cial glance at them revealed their ex-
IRENE transparency and plainly show
ed that few spectacle lenses possess
ed that brillianCy which characterized
these crystals. The genuine
article has two striking advantages
over glass which cannot be denied.
its hriIiiancy and its hardness.
Page 81: Its hardness and clear
ness surpasses any glass ever offered
to take it's place" etc, etc.
The Mayne Arnold Optical Co. are
fitting Pebble Stone Lenses faultless-
ly to the eyes of their patrons, and
charging only one-fourth to one-half
what many others collect for common
glass lenses.
MAYNE ARNOLD OPTICAL CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Opticians.
You get the best and pay the least
at Arnold's.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
UNUSUAL. COMBINATION.

is and RS Predominant in Family As
Found by Directory CanVssser.
A directory solicitor came upon an
unusual combination of initials and
names yesterday in one of the old
families of the city and it is doubtful
il like combination can be found
anywhere else in the land. The fam
lily of children, a daughter and three
sons, have the same middle initial,
L., viz: X. L., B. L., w. L., and Fl. L.,
and yet the middle initial is for
different name in each ease. The
hree boys married girls whose first
lanes each began with the letter
r." and contained only four letters.
Rose. Rena and Ruth.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Yes, son." remarks the Fairfield
Ledger, the Iowa primary election
law was enacted to enable the people
to choose their own candidates for
Office without the interference of the
politicians. But when handful of
Iowa democrats met At Des Moines
last week to choose a tull state ticket
for members of their party to vote
for at the primary, they were perform
ing an act which the primary not only
winks at but permits. It's a reform
measure, YOU know"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
BUXTON.
r. w

T. J. Reese and wife, of Bussey
were in town Tuesday.
John Masters was in Flagler on
business the first of last week
Miss Eva Wing, of Oskaloosa, Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Bridges.
Mrs. Frank Phillips spent last week
at her parents home in Hamilton.
Mr.. B. C. Buxton, of Chicago, was
in town on business last week.
Miss Alta Page was in Buxton last
week visiting her sister, Miss Pearl
Mrs. Tovery. from Hooking, came TO-
visit her friend. Mrs. VIM. Jones.
Mr.. Harris has moved his family
from twelfth street to AZ East Fifth.
Mrs. Carrie Brown and son Arthur
were in Oskaloosa over Sunday
Mrs. Maud Thomas spent a few
days with home folks in ottumwa,
Mrs. Joe Reynolds and .',ildren. OF
Abba, visited few DAYS with her
sister, Mrs. Ed Thomas.
Miss Jessie Williams returned to
her home in Buxton after an over
Sunday visit IN oskalnosa.
Ethel Jones and Madolin Stump. O
oskaloosa. spent last week In BuxtoI
with their aunt, Mrs. Chas. Hartman
Mrs A. A. Preston returned TO hei
home after a weeks stay In Fremon'
with her mother, who Is sick.
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New Kind OF Hen.

A. ii. Tandy says heohas heard of
people sucking eggs, qbuh Ghe ibid not
suppose that an egg reouId be made
for that particular purpose. He says
he has hen that lays that sort of an
1gg and brings the Herald sample
IF her product to substantiate his
lain, The egg is somewhat under
lie and more round than egg.shaped.
" one end In the elongation or tube
y the same material as the wall and
hell of the egg, extending down and
nto the albumen and through which
he contents may be emptied Mr..
andy is thinking OF applying for a
)atent on the hen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Burlington Hawk-Eye; Iowa is
growing old Here we have had a
strike of garment workers at Oska-
loosa. And Iowa is growing very
close to the rest of the world. for one
man came out from New York and
another came over from Chicago to
settle the trouble. But a few years
ago the only strike that would have
been possible in or near Oskaloosa
would have been one of the coal min
.ers
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the expense involved has been raised
in the United States.

Warren Garst says he was forced
to become a candidate because GER
tain men we're organizing to carry the
coming state convention for Taft. He
entered the race then to keep Iowa
from indorsing republican president
"A queer platform, surely" comments
the Iowa City Republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Fifty supposed lepers on the Isl.
and OF Molokai have been declared
nonIeprous and will probably be re,
leased. The re-examinatien by physi,
clans of the members of the leper col,
ony was the result of resolution
passed by the last legislature in Homo,
lulu. There are at present SIS out
casts in the leper settlement.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28
JEFFERSON,

Frank Gay was a business caller in
.akonta Tuesday. --a.,-s.
r, Nj. Evans and son Don were
usiness callers in oskaloosa Satur
day.
Harvey Lockwood has returned
rom Texas, He expects to spend tn
ummer here.
Leo Holt Is suffering with gath
ring in his head which is the after
fleets OF measles.
The Des Moines river surveyors
ave been working between ottumwa
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lit has been figured out that il the
New York man who has just died poor
at the age Of 10S, had not lost the dol
lar his father let him have when he
was boy Of years old. but had put
IL out at compound interest, he might
have passed his old age in comfort
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Life in Brighton is thus pictured
by the Enterprise: "Housecleaning
time is at hand and the women are
studying up new combinations for
placing the furniture when it goes
back in the house"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

airs. Ballingtod Booth has sug-
gested that little bells be placed
around the necks of cats that the
birds may hear them and be warned
in time II Is said that surprising
number of birds in the trees in towns
and cities are killed by the cats.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

"A great many people wonder how
some men make a living, as they are
idle most of the time. The Pella
Chronicle thinks if you look into the
matter closely you will find in most
cases the wife provides for the wants
~ he family.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

MIR. and Mrs. J. P. Hummell, OF
Waterloo, have just disposed of the
last of a tract of Iowa land that they
secured for $500 some twenty year.
ago. The same land brought the
S140,650. Such is Iowa!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

The revision OF the Vulgate, or
Catholic Bible, has been sanctioned by
the pope, and viii, II is estimated, re-
quire a period of eight years for its
completion A large proportion OF
the sum thus far received to defray
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

The pension department of the
Pennsylvania railroad, including the
lines west of Pittsburg, last year paid
out the sum of S7S6,345 in pension al.
lowances to 1866 retired employees.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

New potatoes sold as high as Is
cents per pound, and are inclined to
come down slowly. Is there a posi-
bility that some one will organize a
boycott against the Jolly tubers2
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fFehd butcher shop. These are two
OF oui brightest girls and we feel
sure they will give satisfaction in
whatever line OF work they take up.
April 26. Brownie.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

The reorganization of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Society throughout the
United States with a view to enlarg
ing its efficiency is under considera-
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Mr.. Hobson's recipe is to rip up
the republicans with insurgency and
have all the democrats go forward in
brotherIy love. But Hobson always
was visionary.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-28

Alex. Mile. says he refused a
beggar the other day because she was
little girl and he is opposed to child
labor.
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--lt seems natural TO read that Gen.
Weaver has decided to be a candidate
for state senator on the democratic
ticket from the Jasper county district.