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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

tam in the world. Couon has been doing
some good fighting in the south and has
shown himself to be a master Of the two
fisted art. The only condition attached to
Pop Coulon's offer is that both boys weigh
in at 115 pounds at the ring side
Packey Mcfarland is here to go after Ad
Woigast, now that he failed to get fight
with Freddy Welsh abroad. Welshs tao
tics have been so glaring that he is COM
pletely discredited both in England and
America. Packey offered Welsh every in
ducement, but the Welshman absolutely re-
fused to listen TO terms. Packey now wants
to get match with Wolgast. While Welsh
claimed the lightweight championship Of
England, he really has no international
standing, because he has repeatedly re-
fused to meet the lightweight champion Of
the world.
Jack Johnson is the bad man" of the
ring, according to Joe Choynski, the only
man who ever knocked johnson out And
this knockout came IN the early days be-
fore johnson knew much of the game
Speaking OF the event. Choynsk says:
"As the only man who ever knocked John
son out, it might be inferred that I know
considerable Of the punching ability of this
big black man, who viii soon battle for
the supremacy Of the world IT was in
Galveston, Tex, in 1901 that johnson and
met. The negro, stripped was formidable
antagonist. His long, gorilla-lIke arms
were muscular and he was extremely quick
on his feet
Il was promised $500 and a percentage Of
the gate receipts to knock out the negro.
and as soon as l got into the ring / com
menced to formulate my plans. was
skipping around Johnson. darting and duck
Ing while he was doing the same to me-
l don't think there was a blow struck In
the first two rounds. In the third l saw
something must be done. 1 purposely
raised my guard to nave Jack lead to my
ribs and he bit. / lashed out with a left
hook for his jaw and those days l had a
mighty wallop. reached for the point Of
the jaw, but the blow was high and caught
the big fellow right behind the eye He
went down with terrible crash Just as
was congratulating myself, the sheriff
and couple Of Texan rangers arrested us
both. We spent month in jail and
neither got a cent for the fight Then We
were ordered out OF the state, and / don't
think either one OF us has been back since
gave Johnson his first scientific lessons
In that Jail at Galveston and he was a
mighty apt pupil"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

tam in the world. Coulon has been doing
some good fighting in the south and has
shown himself to be a master of the two
fisted art. The only condition attached to
Pop Coulon's offer is that both boys weigh
in at 115 pounds at the ring side
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Magic City GOssip.

Kitchen woman wRnud at the Burton
restaurant.
The top price for hogs at South Omaha
yesterday was sl0Tb.
b. e. Wilcox was In South Omaha yes
terday, He was In from Fremont
For LETTERS BOTTLED BOOK beer
call 86s. Prompt delivery TO all parts OF
the town. HENRY J. LETTER.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. ). Farrell, 1918 North
Twenty-fourth. announce the birth OF a son.
Mrs Almira Courtwrich OF Mechanics
Vile, Ia. is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. 70.
III. Roberts.
The WoriIinEmen's Political club will
hold a meeting Tuesday night at 260 j
street All working men are requested TO
be present.
Mrs. E IA. Roberts has improved IN
health quite satisfactorily OF late, She has
been seriously III,
Four carloads OF feeder steers sold yes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
CUpAIIYs.
WEsT sIDEs.

cudShys win in roIloff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
Sunday a Scorcher,

Sunday, August q, was about the
most uncomfortable day OF the seas,
ON. Rain fell Saturday evening and
refreshing showers were distributed
over the greater. part of the county
The temperature was on the up grade
Sunday morning and although the sun
shone through mist of clouds the
evaporation from the wet ground was
like fog and the atmosphere was al.
most unbearable. The heat became
oppressive with the afternoon hours
and the mercury went to IS in the
shade. Sleep in many places was
made impossible Sunday evening.
Cooler weather is promised within a
couple of days and the drop will be
appreciated in this section OF the
state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
THE STAKES ARE SET.
Material For New Button Factory
viii be On Ground in Few Days.

Vice President Vetter OF the Hawk.
eye Button Factory, came to Oskaloo-
sa Saturday and the contracts for the
erection of the new factory building
had been reviewed and signed, the
stakes for the switch and buildings as
planned the necessary settlements
made, all negotiations completed, or
ders issued and the new factory, that
means the employment OF new energy
and new people in the city, is as;
sured. hatf
Material viii be delivered on the
grounds adjacent to the factory. exca.
vations for the foundations made and
work of construction commenced at
the earliest possible moment.
The stakes for the new buildings
were set Saturday afternoon by Civil
Engineer Cummings of the Iowa Cen
trai, approved by Mr.. Vetter and the
surveying of the factory tracks was
completed by the railway official and
his helpers.
Pearle Sparks, who was awarded
the contract for the erection of the
buildings, will have force of men on
the ground as soon as conditions war
rant. The work will be started some
time during the present week and suf-
ficient men will be employed to insure
completion on contract time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
THE MAKING. OF 4 CITY
improvements and New Enterprises
=" by Town Builders. y

The South Third street grading and
paving is chargeable with lot of bet
terments and improvements in the
Third ward that win make a big
change in the appearance OF the 10.
leaiity.g ~ N
n One of the notable betterments is
the grading of South Fourth street
between Fifth and Sixth avenues;
The level OF the street has been rails
ed about six feet at its lowest point
and the fill has been extended to in
clude the sidewalk. A permanent
sidewalk will be laid along the west
side of the street, including the east
side Of the Standard Oil Company
properly. .ls,Ia
Fourth street is supposed 20 be open
across the Rock Island right-of-way
and by rights" the Rock Island Rail
way company should be made to main
tain a crossing at the place. There
is no way of getting to the south side
Of the Rock Island tracks between
Second and Seventh streets.
Other grading along Sixth, Fifth
and Fourth avenues has been done
with the dirt taken from the excava
tons for the paving, and portion OF
the ground on the west OF the Stand
ard Oil Company yards has been used
in the filling of depressions in the
company yard. Street Commissioners
John Corcoran has been in charge OF
the street work done in connection
with the paving and he has used the
dirt to the best possible advantage
and has given general satisfaction in
the good work that he has made pos
sible. aHA HH p. Aa.NIn i
An Improvement work of consider
able extent is to be made at the local
yards of the Standard Oil Company
this fall adding to the capacity and
equipment of the station. The work
has been contemplated for several
months and plans have been arrang
ed. An Improvement is now in pro.
gress at the Davenport property and
as soon as this is completed the force
of workmen will come to Oskaloosa
Local Manager E. A. Drake has the
assurance of District Superintendent
Watts that the work will be started
as soon as that at Davenport is com
pleted.
The improvements include the cree
ton of an addition to the storage ca
pacity OF the plant, the erection of a
new brick building for the accommo
dation of machinery. and a new build
ing for the shelter of heating plant
for the Office and store houses.
new engine and pumps will also be in
Guided in the latter place. Repairs
are also to be made where needed and
accommodations added as required.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
THE CHAUTAUQUA
ssD9@G@@@
The Concluding Day Of Most Successful Session
8993@G@ee

The total receipts for the 1919 as
ssembley amounted to s4;s43.26.. This
II is; figured win tack little of pay
ing All expenses. The talent alone
this year cost nearly $4,ee0, leaving
about 81 900 to s1,20es toy meet all
other bills for publishing the pro-
grams, advertising, paying the secre-
tary and other employees, and the
many expenses incurred in preparing
the grounds and In maintaining order,
ste. The deficit. however, will not be
large. .asa IS Ni
The Friday morning session at the
chautauqua was especially interest
ing, as this was the morning when the
children had full charge. Miss Ste
vens has been having children's hour
during the week and this morning the
children gave program, displaying
the result of this young woman. She
has most charming ways which attract
the child, and ali have learned to
love her. The program this morning
consisted of an Indian war dance, first
by the boys and then by the girls.
Then came the little Swedish dance,
followed by the -go-round and
playing horse. There were about so
boys and girls on the platform and
they all enjoyed the games. The au-
dience was, delighted with the capers
of the little ones and were well pleas
ed with the result of the work done
by Miss Stevens. "..,- ~ ...u
At the Bible hour this morning Rev.
4. o. Kemblei spoke on The Relation
OF God to Modern Medicine" He
closed by giving his opinion on
Christian Science" or as he termed
il, "Eddyism." The Reverend showed
how all of Ithe fundamentals of cor
rect thinking, which is Taught by
them, can be found in the Christian
religion. #.E E ty ,sl% 4
T. Governor Glenn.
Another talented orator was brought
to the city by the 0skaloosa chautAu.
qua, and the people of the city and
vicinity have been permitted to hear
an excellent lecture. Gov. Robert B.
Glenn, of North Carolina, proved to
be the man, and his lecture, which
so many have praisedswas, sour Coun-
try, It's Dangers and Its Possibili'
ties" The governor told Of the past,
the present, and the future of our
country. At the OPENING he dwelt
quite. extensively ons the wealth OF
the South in agriculture and factor
les and how the great nations of the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
N FACTORY ADDITION
interesting Items From a Busy
Part Of Town.

! Is
The following have accepted posi-
tons with the Artificial Ice Co:
Mike Mitchell, as driver, and Albert
Kinney in the ice cream department.
Carl Finley has resigned his posi-.
ton with the Oskaloosa Manufactnr-
ing company and has gone TO ColorR-
do, where he viii spend several
months in a pleasure and business
trip. Lorenzo Brissey has accepted
the position made vacant by Mr.. Fin.
ley's resignation.
Frank Juber, an old Iowa Central
engineer, has accepted position as
night engineer with the Artificial Ice
company. Tom Jones, formerly EN-.
ployed at night. has been transferred
to day Job. - ~ I
Clyde Graham is building an add
tion to his home on Ninth avenue
East. Room is being added to the rear
of the house. {, y
Mason Myers has returned to his
home from Everist, where he has
been visiting relatives and friends.
Albert West is improving his prop
erty on Ninth avenue East. City wa
ter is being added and other neces
sary improvements are being added
which will add to the comfort OF the
home. nt4 gas
Some work on the streets in this 10
cality has been done. The city has
dragged a number of the streets and
the street car company has dumped
ashes along the right-of-way. This
work is highly appreciated, as work
along this line was certainly needed
An old Iowa association base bal
fan has suggested that base ball
tournament be held some time in the
near future. This would arouse in
terest for recognizing the old Iowa
league. The game would be played
on some week days mot Sunday be
tween teams composed of local players
Some of Oskaloosa's ball aggregations
are, BilPs Wonders, McKenna's White
Sox, Little Giants, Little Quakers and
the Cubs. Admission would be charg
ed and the proceeds would go to helI
defray expenses incurred when Oska
loosa had league ball.
j. N. Anderson has improved his
home at 9O2 South Eighth street with
coat of paint.
Geo. w. Workman has built new
barn in the rear of his home at 315
Ninth avenue East.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
.LLAMAS In HARNESS
zebras, Elephants and Camels Also
in Ringing Parade.

A team of llamas pulling fairy
land tableau is one of the novel sights
TO be found in Ringing Brothers pa
rade. There is also team OF zebras.
They are supposed to, be untamable
animals. Ringing Brothers have
proved that they are not problem to
their trainers.
There are elephants hitched to a
great India float in which a potentate
with his retinue sits in state. Anoth-
err immense chariot OF gold is drawn
by twenty camels. The three-mile
procession is headed by team of
twenty-four white horses hitched to
"a great band wagon. From this spec
tRcular hitch" to the big pipe organ
on the tail end, all is novelty and
richness. The sights of the world UNI
fold themselves In a bewildering pan
Drama. Every mile is a mile OF won
ders. There are 1880 people in the
line. They come from every corner
and crevice of the world. A larger
menagerie than any other circus pos
sesses is disclosed in this parade in
open dens and cages. Two-thlrds of
the elephants in America are shown.
This circus comes to Oskaloosa on
Wednesday. August 81. Ii Is larger
and better than when last seen here.
The train on which It travels Is con
siderably over mile In length.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
SOME MAHASKA YIELDS
Northwest Garfield Township Has
Excellent Crops.

A trip through the north and west
portion Of Garfield township and
through the Prime neighborhood shows
the corn crop up in fine shape. Many
hundreds Of acres are seen in this
portion OF the county and with but
very few exceptions the fields appear
good and the color, which means
healthy and vigorous corn. is still
there in spite of the dry weather. A
majority OF the fields are clean from
weeds and the only thing that may
be injurious is the grasshoppers,
which are eating the blades OF the
corn. Threshing over this part of the
township is completed and the yield
is very satisfactory. The yield in the
oats was especially good and the
average was over so bushels per acre.
VIM. Vanderbilt thrashed an oat field
of 40 acres and the total yield was
1920 bushels. making the yield per
acre so bushels. Homer Prime thrash
ed 230 bushels Of oats from q small
patch of five acres. G. Dykstra had
field go 81 bushels per acre. John
Lyle thrashed a 2S-acre field and the
average per acre was So bushels. This
is good yield and is slightly higher
than the average.
AL Hines thrashed 50-acre field
and the yield ran at 4S bushels per
acre. Wm. Pomeroy had field of
oats that ran So bushels per acre.
The field contained 80 acres. The
wheat yield was fairly good and aver
aged near rs bushels per acre. Near
~ all the fields were small, however.
One small S-acre tract ran at 80 Is
bushels per acre, ,audYf Il
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
NORTON IS CHAIRMAN
Chosen to Head Republican County
Committee.

At largely attended meeting of the
republican county central committee
at the court house Saturday afternoon
A. P. Norton, of Cedar township, was
elected chairman. Mr.. Norton is the
editor of the Fremont Gazette and is
a hustler who will conduct an ener.
getis campaign.
John Owens. of Beacon, was elected
secretary OF the committee by unani,
nous vote. The selection of an ex,
ecutive committee of three members
was deemed advisable and the chair
man was empowered to name the
committee at his leisure.
Robert Holt was named to serve as
committeeman in West iDes Moines
township, no committeeman having
been elected at the primary. a..l
After the business of the meeting
had been dispatched the several coun.
ty candidates were called upon for
brief remarks and all responded with
encouraging words.
H. w. Gleason served acceptably as
chairman of the meeting and A. p,
Norton, secretary. H BE-. F..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
FELL UNDER CAR.
r. NJ. Rivers Misses Footing and is
Seriously injured. a."'

=. VI. RIVERS Misses roofing and is
Seriously injured. -"
F. M. Rivers, colored restaurant
keeper and barber, operating places
at 212 and ZIG Rock Island avenue,
was severely injured in a street car
accident Thursday evening. Thursday
evening about II O'Clock, after looking
after the wants of several customers
he left the barber shop and ran to
Second street, where he attempted to
board an up town" street car while
in motion. No one was an eye wit.
ness to the accident, but the car was
stopped almost Immediately and Mr..
Rivers was discovered under the
wheels in semi-unconscious condi-
ton. He was removed to the board.
ing house and the physicians state
that his condition is serious. Imme,
ditely following the accident one OF
the legs became swollen several
times its normal size. Mr.. Rives has
been in the city for several months
and has been attending school in ad'
dition to his other duties and has been
studying with the intention of enter.
ing the ministry. = ..".. 0t...
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
PASSED INTO HISTORY.
Ticket Offices, ETC., Be-
ind Removed From Fair Grounds.

Ticket Offices, ETC., Be.
ing Removed From Fair Grounds.
The amphitheatre at the fair ground
has passed into history and other sur
rounding buildings are also being re-
corded in the annals. The old am
phitheatre, ticket office and few 9th.
err surrounding buildings have been
torn down and removed from the
grounds. The lumber has been load
ed on a c., BIZ Q. car on High avenue
west and will be shipped to Alton,
Iowa, where a barn will be construct
ed with the material by Mr.. McCul-
loch on his farm near that town. The
county fair which at one time was
popular has died out and the build
ings at the fair grounds have become
dilapidated and an eye sore, especially
the amphitheatre The grounds pre-.
sent much improved. appearance
since the removal of the buildings. No
plans have been made for erection
of other buildings on the ground.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
Ihe relI.rale Safety Pin.

Lewis Lewis is in receipt of an in
teresting paper sent him by his sister
1t is copy of a special Sunday morn
ing issue of the London News, gotten
out especially to give the latest par
ticulars OF the DIR. Crippen case
which had set the metropolis afiame
The paper is profusely illustrated and
describes in detail how the wife muir
derer and his companion. Miss Leneve
were chased across the Atlantic and
identified by ship officers and detec
tives. Miss Leneye. It will be recall
ed, was disguised as boy. and the
first thing about her appearance that
aroused suspicion was the fact that
her trousers In place of being held in
place by suspenders or belt were fas-
tened with safety pins. 81
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25

world depend in the products of the
south.
In speaking of the past OF this ma
ton, Gov. Glenn dwelt upon the great
strife between the North and the
South. He told OF the struggle that
existed in the South, and how now
they have built up grand country
since the ruins of the war.
The governor dwelt upon the pres,
emit OF our country The laws of the
country should be gone over, Repeal
the bad laws and enforce the good
laws" He spoke about the evils OF
the country, naming below all evils:
Divorce. white slave trade, employ.
ment of child labor and the liquor
traffic. are all evils that are lowering
the reputation of the country. LII.
quor teaches vice. shame and damna'
ton"
Only one thing is necessary for the
welfare of the future development OF
our country and that is, strong
Christian men and women. If we
have these the future OF the nation
will be a success. Without good
Christian men and women the future
Of our country will lnot be what ii
should be. FL. .--..
Gov. Glenn was introduced by Hon.
s. ". Reynolds. 10.
The Last Evening.
The Weber Quartette and Miss
Stevens entertained large audience
last evening at the final session of the
0skalOosa Chautauqua. The quartette
furnished excellent music for the oc-
casion. The voices of the four men
blended nicely. Every one who was
present last evening was we'll pleased
with the program; the only thing was
that the time went all too fast. The
Weber Quartette was the first organ
ization this year to entertain with vo-
cal music. They furnished the music
that all enjoyed. Only a few humor-
Gus selections were given. IS.
Miss Stevens appeared last even
ing dressed as a small girl. She be-
ing small herself, and appearing in a
short dress, bobbed hair, and child
Ike voice, she made an excellent, i'm.
preston upon the audience and 1t
would have been difficult to have
thought but that she was really
small girl. Miss Stevens appeared in
number of preludes and at each
time she appeared she pleased more
and more.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-25
Personal Properly.

The taxation of personal property Is
an interesting feature Of the report
and gives an idea of the valuation of
live stock, ETC., in the county. The
report shows that the value OF horses
in the county amounts 3, to 1891, 1873
Black Oak township leads in this item
having GIL horses valued at $38,004
The value of horses in Jefferson town
ship is $3S,96S, which exceeds that OF
Black Oak, but the number of horses
is less, being 63s. r. ..
The total value of mules and asses
in the county amounts to S56,176. JET.
ferson township leads in this product,
having LAG of the animals, whose to-
tai value reaches $8,344. a.e
The total value of cattle in the
county is $669,142. The report does
not give the township that leads in
cattle, but gives the total for cows and
cattle in feeding. Black Oak town.
ship leads with 902 cows valued at
s21. AGA. Pleasant Grove township
holds the honor for having the largest
number of cattle in feeding. At the
time OF the assessment there were 430
cattle valued at $lS.4S4. s.
The total value of swine, sheep and
goats amounts to $369,346. The re.
port does not make a general item of
the sheep, swine and goats. Black
Oak leads in the swine as there are
AGA in the township with value
fixed at $685. 9s. Harrison township
has the others beat on the sheep, as
there are $3.50 in this township val
ued at S10,524.
The total value of personal proper.
ty other than live stock reaches the
sum of S4,431,31S &C.,
The value of vehicles In the county,
including bicycles and automobiles,
amounts to $106,526. oskaloosa leads
in this item, having 467 vehicles val
ued at $44,344. stti III s. 1NHt
There are moneys and credits in the
county amounting to the sum of 81.
308,9S6. Oskaloosa has the largest
amount of this, as according to the
assessment report there is s5O7, 972 in
tho city. cd
There is total of S947,S38 in mer-
chandise in the county. Oskaloosa
leads, having $65S,152 of this amount.
Corporation stocks and shares
amount to $54S,244 in the county Os-
Kaloosa has $470,5S4 of this amount.
Other personal property totals $SlS,-
404, of which oskaloosa has $15S,272.
The total amount OF personal prop
erty in the city OF Oskaloosa amounts
to $1,962,704. The total amount In the
county reaches S4,431,3lS.
There is $i16756 in the county in
vested In buildings on leased land.
New buildings that have been con-
structed prior TO the assessment re-
port amount to $s7s6s.