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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
THE SECRET OF GOOD ROADS.

The time to appreciate good roads
is. when the roads are not good, but
are deep with mud, and when teams
mire down in their efforts to draw an
empty wagon remarked a farmer
the other day. This experience is
most common in the spring season,
therefore this is an opportune time
to direct the attention of the farmer
to the bad places that are found on
neighborhood.
There is nothing that pays the
farmer better than the attention he
gives the public roads. The usual
roadbed requires special attention,
not only in the original construction
of the road, to see that it is properly
ly filed and drained, but to see that
it is kept free from sinks, holes, clog
ged culverts, etc.
The general system of road build.
ing at the present time is pretty well
understood; the fault lies in the neg.
lect of keeping the roadway repaired.
Drainage is the secret in good roads
in the majority of cases. The time
to observe what should be done in or.
der to keep road in good repair is
now, when the influences of spring
rains and wet weather are most to
be feared in making the roads i'm.
passable for a season.
"A good road overseer is one of the
very important officers to be selected
in every precinct, and should be con-
sidered without reference to politics
Good roads add to the value of every
farm in the community, since time is
money and rapid travel, even by team
is recognized advantage. The road
drag can no longer be ignored. I'll
needs only an examination of the
work accomplished by it to convince
the most skeptical. The dry dirt road
is the practical, everyday road for the
farmer"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
THE SEWERS NEWS
MR.. AND MRS. J. w. PRICE WILL
MAKE AN EXTENDED VISIT TO
WALES-SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS
EXCELLENT PROGRAM.

Sewers, Apr. 1S-The NJ. e. church
celebrated Easter Sunday with &
good attendance at the morning class
meeting. John A. Bell, class leader
There were 121 in attendance at the
Sunday school. Collection $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Barker spent a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.
Clarkson at Evans and Mr.. and Mrs
Matt Eddy at Oskaloosa. So.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis is visiting al
the parental home of Mr.. and Mrs.
b. A. Davis, Des Moines.
Tom Roney has been in Des Moines
for the past two weeks attending to
business. E ISL
A great surprise was given to Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Price Saturday night.
A three course lunch was served.
The company broke up at a late hour
Mr.. and Mrs. Price leave this week
for their native home in Wales for
an unlimited visit.
The M. T.. Sunday school gave
splendid program Sunday evening.
The U. M. w. of A. hall was crowded
to listen to the children.
J.. Ar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
ITEMS FROM BEACON
MR.. AND MRS. ERNEST PHILLIPS
REJOICE IN BIRTH OF DAUGH-
TER-MRs. MORGAN AND FAM.
.LY NOW AT HOME.

Beacon, April 1s.-Friends were
shocked to hear of VIII Ream dying
SO suddenly Monday morning, after a
short illness. Much sympathy is ex.
tended the bereaved family. a,.
Mr.. Wiser continues very poorly.
Miss E.McCoy of Everist spent Sun.
day with her friend, Miss Pearle Wis.
ser
Frank and Louie Wiser spent Sun
day at the parental home.
Will Jones, Of Green Ridge. spent
Sunday at home
Mrs. Sophie Collier, Of 'Des Moines,
James Rodgers and family, Mrs. Mae
Matthews and family OF Oskaloosa,
spent Sunday at the parental John
Melcher home.
Mr. and Mrs. Rem Sillie moved to
Pella last friday
WIN Hartshorn and Fred Clements.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Morrow have
gone to house keeping in rooms back
of their store room.
Mrs. John Landine went to her
home in Grinnell Saturday after visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Ed Vance, for
few days.
Mrs. Charles Blackstone and little
girls are visiting her parents at
kirkville.
Mrs. Jas. VIM spent last week
with friends in Abba.
Mrs. Jones, on Third street. was
hostess to the Ladies' Aid of the M:
E. church last Thursday and served
a lunch.
Mrs. T. r. Cole is enjoying a visit
from her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tuck
er, who are here from Oklahoma.
E. F. Brown and wife were in Chi.
cago part of the week.
Mrs. A. l.. Tenant was in Abba
Friday.
Leon Baxter is enjoying a short
vacation from his school duties at
Davenport.
Mrs. Chas. Hort made a business
trip to Abba last week.
Mrs. Carl Carlson, of Oskaloosa,
was in town over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Horton and fam.
lily came up from No. 10 Sunday and
visited with the HORT family.
John Black and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Blair took Easter dinner
in Hamilton with friends.
Miss Alta Page, of Hamilton, is a
new clerk in the store.
larg audience listened to the
Easter program given by the choir
AMI Sunday school Sunday night at
the NJ T. church.
The funeral services for James
Scott, who was killed by the train
near White City, were held i'm the M.
K. church, and were conducted by the
pastor. Rev. M. d. Cox, last Thursday
at 2 p. m. Mr.. Scott was 35 years old
and a native of Eubank, Ayrshire,
Scotland. He had been in America
about year and in this community
only a short time. He leaves a wife
and six children in Scotland, there
being no relatives here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
DELTA A BUSY TOWN
EZEKIEL SMITH SUCCUMBS TO
HEART ROUBLE-DELTA HIGH
SCHOOL DEFEATS kEoTA BY
SCORE OF 10 TO 8,

Delta, April 1S.-Thursday morn
ing Ezekiel Smith, generally known as
Uncle Zeke," was found dead in his
home by his neighbor, Geo. Bensler
The coroner was notified and investi
cation proved he had died of heart
failure without a struggle, possibly
six or eight hours before he was
found. He is an old soldier and lived
alone in Sunnyside. He was also an
Odd Fellow. He was an old resident
of this vicinity and the |. o. o. f.
lodge took charge of the funeral Sun,
day, assisted by G. A. R., Woman's
Relief Corps and the Lodge of Re,
bekahs. He was buried in the GENE
terry IL miles northeast of Delta. He
leaves two sons who were here to
attend the funeral.
James Chisholm sold all his house.
hold effects Saturday and will go at
once to Spokane, Wash, where he
has daughter
A seven-year-old daughter of VIM.
Fowler died of measles last week and
was buried Thursday.
Jesse Pence and Charley Knox have
commenced hauling on their cream
routes as they did last year, but this
year E. d. Hewet will meet them at
their homes and take the loads gath.
cred to Sigourney. Last year they
shipped on the train.
The Delta High school went to
Keota Saturday to teach them the ma
tional game, which they did to the
tune of 10 to 3 in favor of Delta. S.
G. Wilson and DR.. Piercy went with
Eli DeMarce in the auto.
John Brainard, our gardener has
his engine so wired that when the
steam gauge gets to ten pounds it
sets an electric bell at his bedside
ringing and he can attend to his
plants in time to prevent loss.
Rev. w. B. Wilson will leave this
charge at the Christian chdrch June
lst. He preached trial sermons at
Grinnell Sunday. We are truly sor.
ry to lose him from this vicinity.
The Easter egg collection Sunday
evening at the NJ. E. church was
novel. 1t was divided in sections on
blackboard and the S. S. scholars
bought a twenty-five cent section, net
ting quite a sum.
Mrs. Hervey, of Thornburg, was a
visitor in Delta Monday to visit her
father, James Berthard
George Ball with his Elmore took it
in his head Sunday morning to take
a ride up to Thornburg and incidental
ly to try and induce man up there
to invest in his kind of an auto. But
when he arrived or had his man all
interested, 10 and behold two other
agents from here arrived in their kind
for sale. Now where George says he
has the advantage is he don't belong
to church and these other do Hence
he thinks when they see him strike
out on Sunday to do missionary work
they should not follow him.
n. Winters went to Pella Monday.
Mayor Randell was a county seat
visitor Monday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
THE EASTER FESTIVAL.

The Easter festival, with all its
symbols of the resurrection, is gen.
orally celebrated throughout the
northern hemisphere. The pagans
dwelling in the forests rejoiced when
the spring flowers came out, the birds
returned, the meadows became green
and the ice left the rivers.
The Saxons bowed before Easter.
the goddess of spring; the Romans
made garlands for Aurora, the fire
Worshiper on the Persian uplands
knew that the sun rays transformed
the earth with their warmth, and all
these and the legends told among
the folk of many beliefs made the hui.
man ready for the greater hope that
1t, too, having passed the winter of
age and death, might arise again
from the grave.
The Jewish passover depends on
the paschal moon, and the Christian
church, willing to admit all faiths to
support its truths, fixed its Easter
Sunday as the first Sunday after the
equinox, March Il. If by chance the
full moon falls on that Sunday. then
Easter is the Sunday after. Thus IL
happens that this is a season of re.
Joicing for the pagan, Jew and Chris.
tian, and considerable credit should
be given to those venerable fathers
OF the church who decided so wisely
and so well.
Many carols sung today in our
churches show this blending of ma.
ture worship with theology, such as
the following:
The world itself keeps Easter day.
And Easter larks are singing;
And Easter flowers are blooming gay.
And Easter buds are springing.
'r3 sAlleludias allelulia. sTE
The Lord has. risen as all things tell
Good Christians, see ye rise as well
Another favorite in the English
church Is this:
Let the merry church bells ring, ring.
ring, ring,
Hence with tears and signing.
Frost and cold have fed with spring:
Life hath conquered dying.
Flowers are smiling, fields are CAV.
Sunny IL, the weather,
With our risen Lord today, &c.,,
sAl things; rise, together. III l.ea, /
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
John T. Rose, of Montezuma.

John T. Rose, of Montezuma, re
Gently celebrated his one hundredth
birthday. Mr. Rose had planned to
walk down town on his birthday, but
took an automobile ride instead. I'm,
til the last four or five years Mr.
Rose has been quite active. He was
born in Sullivan county, N. T., on
March 81, 1911. He was a logger
for several years and would often
drive logs down the river to Phila-
delphia. Mr.. Rose was married in
1885 and is the father of seven chill
dren, six of whom are living. He
came to Iowa in 1854 and located in
Jasper county and some years later
went to Montezuma, where he has
since resided
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
A STARTLING ILLUSTRATION.

A STARTLING. ILLUSTRATION
A dispute between the publishers
of two Chicago Hearst papers, tht
Examiner and American, and their
printers, which broke out on the at
ternoon of Tuesday, March l, 1911
caused a temporary strike, which the
Chicago Publishers Association con
sidered as unjustifed and uncalled
for, and for that reason the publish
ers of all Chicago morning and even
ing papers decided to stand by the
Hearst papers. In consequence OF
this, all Chicago morning and even
ing papers of March 2 appeared in
size of four pages only, without any
advertisements. The strike lasted
however, less than twenty-four hours
union was quickly repudiated by the
International Typographical Union.
But this strike of few hours only,
which necessitated the Chicago news.
papers to appear without advertise
ments. showed what advertising
means to a big city. On regular bust
ness days, when the Chicago papers
come out with their usual amount of
advertising, the street cars are al
ways crowded, the business parts of
the city are filed with people and the
stores with shoppers. On the day
when the papers carried no advertise
ments Chicago had holiday appear
ance. The down town business street
looked almost abandoned; there were
no strap hangers in the street cars
during the hours from 10 a. IN. to 4
p. m. and the great department stores,
usually visited by thousands and
thousands of people, were quiet and
doing almost nothing. What the
newspapers lost, by not carrying the
usual amount OF weekday advertis-
ing was an insignificant percentage
of what the big and small stores lost
in trade on that day. 1t was a day
that made not only the business com
but also the entire city of
Chicago realize what advertising
means to modern life and how little
can be done nowadays without ad
By what happened on a
business day without newspaper adj
vertising, it has been demonstrated
that advertising is the greatest pow
er in business. When the business
men found themselves suddenly cut
off from the means of talking to the
public, business Immediately came
almost to standstill. Advertising
is the life blood of business and when
this blood stops circulating, business
stops. Modern business depends for
earning its expenses, consisting of
rent, taxes, and wages for help, and
then of fair remuneration for invest
ed capital, on means for reaching the
largest number of customers as
quickly as possible. To the indivd-
ual business man, who may some
times doubt the real great power at
tributed to advertising, that single
day when Chicago had to get along
without advertising has proved that
one cannot dispense with adyertis-
ing without loss and that to do bust
ness successfully one must advertise.
What the Chicago business men did
in shape of street car, bill board and
circular advertising failed to work
On the day when all newspaper adver-
Using had ceased. This also proved
hat the ideal means of reaching peo-
pie quickly and proitably consists
only of newspaper advertising. A
;ity without newspaper advertising
becomes at once a dead city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
THE osKALoOsA HERALD: THURSDAY. APRIIlsoasfEo aaE

While the Protestant churches Of
the English world have drawn mos
of their carols from the same sources
France and Germany have rich
store of them. There are severa
very old Easter songs of the singing
of birds, of flowers and joyous sports
suggesting the frolics of spring
Those used in the Episcopal service
THE Strife is Ger" and Christ Hath
Arisen, Death is no More" are quite
recent in origin. There is record
of the clergy of Brebanson dancing tc
the strains of an Easter hymn, "Vic
timae Paschelis." viz
The egg, symbol of renewing life
is naturally associated with Easter
The butterfly, emerging from the co
coon, is spoken of obscurely, though
the Egyptians used the butterfly as
typical of the soul.
The custom of coloring eggs came
from the Persians, who have an old
tale of 1.-THE god of good" Ormuzd
and "the god of evil" Adriman, crea
ted eggs, and these, being broken
together by the wise men, confused
good and evil in human life. The
distributor of Easter eggs was gen
eral among pagans as well as Chris
tians. The egg-rolling custom began
in England, where eggs marked with
name were rolled down hill in con,
tests, the idea being to handle the
egg so that the shell should not be
broken.
When the first enthusiasm of the
Christian church died away and the
Christians lost interest in devotions,
the clergy permitted strange practi.
ces in their efforts to arouse proper
spirit, and to stir Observation-Disclosures
among the dull and heavy.
The clergy told funny stories from
the pulpit to excite "visus paschalis,"
an Easter face, that is, smiling
countenance. The bishops, canon
and clergy played games of ball at
Easter time for tansy cakes, and in
Scotland and in England rough games
were permitted, many of which today
are suppressed.
Tansy cakes and tansy puddings
and special small whole cake of
bitter and sweet are popular
at Easter in England. The Easter
rabbit is mystery belonging to Ger
many. And the Easter lily, besides
its associations with spring, is the
lily reminding us fthe purity of the
Virgin Mary.
The most impressive ceremony of
The Greek and the Roman Catholic
churches is the lighting of the Easter
candles from the paschal candle;
which bursts into fame on the altar,
The sanctuary is dark, the priests
ntone, then suddenly the light is
seen. those nearest the altar catch
ng the fire which is passed from can
lie to candle of the kneeling multi.
ude.
All join in a song of Thanksgiving,
Gloria in EXcelsis," and the faith
ul, going home with the light which
S to keep the family altar bright I'M
il another Easter, greets his neigh
,or, Christ is risen," and hears re.
Wy, He is risen indeed"
The most splendid ceremony is
hat at the holy sepulchre in Jerusa-
EN-, and from their altar candles are
arried east and west, that Jew, Turk
nd infidel may share in the Easter
BLESSING.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
NEWS FROM NEARBY
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
GATHERED BY WIDE-AWAkE
HERALD CORRESPONDENTS IN
TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES.
EAST CENTER.

Members of the "a telephone line
held their annual telephone meeting
at the Misses Mat and SADIE Nelson
home. Those present were as fol
lows: A. Browneller and wife, G. K
Fisher and wife, John Nelson ant
wife and w. J. Without and wife. AL
enjoyable evening was spent.
Miss Gail without spent Saturday
night and Sunday in Fremont visiting
with her sister, Miss Nell without.
w. G. Robertson and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Ankeny, Roy and Lii
ian Nelson and Miss Mabel McCord
were entertained at c. G. Starlin's
Thursday evening.
Mrs. l.. p. Roenspeiss, Mrs. Daven
port and Miss Helen Lowery. of Os'
kaloosa and Miss Pauline Ray took
dinner Sunday at w. J. Willhoits.
Misses Nell, Gail and Clara Will
holt spent Sunday afternoon at A.
BrOwneller's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allard and SOD
Howard visited Sunday at the paren-
tai Daniel Hull home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. Fisher and
daughter, Miss Eva, took dinner Sun
day at J. II. Williams.
Mr.. Price and family, of Oskaloosa.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Rhinehart spent
Sunday at the G. X. Fisher home.
Misses Mat and SADIE Nelson WIS.,
tied recently at Dave Barnes.
Mrs. Comstock and Mr.. and Mrs.
of Oskaloosa, took dinner
Sunday at w. G.. Robertson's.
Last Thursday evening Ray Robert
son was. somewhat surprised by a
company of friends. The affair was
planned and carried out successfully.
1t was Rays birthday. Those pres
ent were Misses Hattie Stafford, Lii
liam Nelson, Eva Browneller, Eva
Fisher, Helene. Hattie, Hilda and
Olivia Hedge. Marie Hull, Nina Col
Vile. Gail Williams, Mabel McCord,
Pauline, Ray, Clara and Gail Will
holt, Mrs. Lillian Colville and Mrs.
John .Ankeney and Retha Robertson;
Mes5rs. Harry and Earl Colville, Has.
sci, Harry, Horace and Russell Hedge,
lien and Chas. without, Jack Fisher,
Nilbu rBrowneller, Roy Nelson. Ray
Hull, John Ankeny, Joe and Roy Bar.
les and Ray Robertson. A very en-.
oyable evening was spent. Refresh.
nents we're served. .E ae3
April IL. POND LILY.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

The United States Geological
Survey is engaged in making a great
world map on scheme originated by
Prof. Albrecht, of the University of
Berlin. The American section when
completed will consist of fifty-two
sheets. Each sheet will represent
$500 square miles. This map is to
be called the international one-mill-
ionth map because its scale is / to
100000. II win consist of about
1900 sheets, which are to be 20x30
inches. Nine great nationas are en-
gagged In working on the map.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
vent to Cricket to work last Mon

went to Cricket to work last Mon
day.
Born, April II, 1911, a daughter, to
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Phillips.
Bernice PARCEL, who was sick at
the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
Middlesworth, has recovered enough
to be taken home.
Mrs. Maggie Morgan and family
have moved into their new home, for
merly occupied by Dave Mcdonald.
Friends extend . sympathy to the
relatives of the late John Evans, who
died Tuesday morning at, the City
Hospital. a. -. .+.s..r,.@ ......,.s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Cincinnati Time-Star: A com.
mon housefiy crawled into the. feed,
pipe of Baltimorean's automobile,
stopped the flow of gasoline, stopped
the engine and caused a confiagra-
tion that destroyed the car. Relent-
less war must now be waged upon
the housefly. He has ruined our tenn
pers, and assailed our health, yet
little has been said. But when he at
lacks our pleasures it is high time
TO suppress him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
THE IOWA ODD FELLOWS
Ninety-second Anniversary at New
ton, April rs.

The ninety-second anniversary of
the Central Iowa Odd Fellows Ami.
yersary Association will be held at
the town of Newton next "Wednesday,
April rs. A large crowd of Oskaloosa
Odd Fellows, their wives and daugh.
tiers and large company of visitors
will be in attendance from Oska.
loosa and intermediate points and a
special train will be provided for
their accommodation. bFfaeT "a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

-Grinnell Herald 1t begins to
look like something doing on the pro,
posed interurban from Oskaloosa to
Waterloo by way of Montezuma. The
line from Tama to Waterloo is now
being surveyed and as soon as that
is completed t is announced that the
survey will then be carried at once
from Tama to Oskaloosa. AS now
planned, the line runs through Sheri.
dan '. .~r .. 1.n
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Superintendent Kirschner, of the
State tuberculosis Sanitarium at
Oakdafe will be the Iowa delegate to
the international tuberculosis Con-
gress in Rome in September. The in.
vitation for Iowa to join in the inter.
national gathering came through the
Italian consul at Milwaukee. f,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Secretary of State Knox has an
awful proposition before him unless
he becomes intimate enough with
the gentleman to call him by his first
name, says the Burlington Gazette,
referring to Manuel De Zamocona E.
Inclan, the new Mexican ambassador
to this country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
More Sewer Trouble.

A sewer lateral on North Market
street becoming clogged with surface
debris recently caused the water to
back into the basement and cellar
rooms of residents in the vicinity.
$, veral days were required to rem,
edy the trouble. ~ z teR ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

The st. Louis Globe Democrat
explains that the season of spring
poetry lasts from the breaking up of
winter until the opening of spring
a period of usually three months
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

I'm the opinion of the Brighton
Enterprise, the chief trouble with
Iowa is the farmers generally own
too much land, and instead of selling
OFF some of it he is always trying to
buy more to crowd some family off
into Texas or the big cities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

jail sentences for heads of the tur.
pentine trust. His arguments before
the United States supreme court for
the shippers of the country won a
decision unfolding the constitutional.
ity of an act making original car.
riers responsible for the safe trans.
portation of shipments over it's own
and connecting lines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Judging by results in DEBORAH,
where Iowa's first and only postal
savings bank is located, Uncle Sans
dip into the business does not seem
to cut much ice. At the close of two
months business the DEBORAH bank
had only $454 on deposit, as compared
with $3,500,000 in the four banks of
the town
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

The New Sharon Star thinks if
the assessments are being paid May
or s. v. Reynolds has certainly been
boosting Oskaloosa's cash account
during the first few days of his ad.
ministration. h. Fines ranging from
$50 to 500 have been assessed var.
ious offenders who have come before
him for sentence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Electric railways are not thirty
years of age yet. The first one in
the United States was installed at
Binghampton, New York, in 1886.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

According to Alex Miller, this is
the time of the year when half the
farmers who come to town have been
kicked by a colt. ..e... .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20

Alex Miller wonders if anybody
else ever. feels as If he had all the
trouble there. is. in the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

The new census has definitely
located Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
They. are suburbs of Centerville.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-20
BUXTON.

Mrs. Mart WEIGH was an Abba
visitor last Monday. 7osasjo15 ~ pei