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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
TWO YEARS OF CONSERVATION

over seventy million acres of coal
land in the west is still owned by
Uncle Sam. The coal content of this
land is enormous; it can be figured
only in hundreds of billions of tons
Some tracts are of immense value
containing beds of coal of the highest
grade. 80, 40. 80. and even so feet OF
more in thickness. The old way was
to sell the coal land. regardless OF
value, at the absurd figure of $40 an
acre if it was more than 10 miles
from a railroad or at $40 if within
that limit. The present way is to
measure the coal in an acre and sell
the land at a price determined by its
content of coal AS a result coal
land has been priced as high as $500
an acre and one tract at even 5000
an acre. Since March 4, 1909, the
Geographical Survey has classified
by 40-acre tracts, S,52i,16 acres OF
the government coal lands, at a total
valuation of 5$60,S15,0S1. Including
the work done under the last admin,
istration a total of 13,480, 5SS acres
has now been classified as sOal land
at valuation of $637 ,619,41S At
the so to $50 minimum rate these
lands would have valuation of $21S,-
2S9,9 42, so that the work done has
resulted in a gain to the government
of nearly $42O,000,0O0. 1t may be
noted that the proceeds of coal land
sales are all deposited to the credit
of the reclamation fund'-the fund
that pays for the construction of the
governments vast water-storage pro.
jects.
As a result of geologic field exam
nations this administration has alsi
withdrawn 62,l4O,548 acres of prob,
able coal land and has restored to az
riculturaI entry 1S,777,756 acres OF
non-coal land, which had been with
drawn from entry pending the Geo
logical Surveys determination OF its
character. A single Montana with
drawal. made last July, included 90,
20S,S65 acres. The amount of coal
contained in this area is almost in
credibly great. A single 40-acre tract
for example, contains over two and a
half million tons of coal. The pres
ent outstanding Withdrawals await
ing geologic classification aggregate
SO,007, 6SS acres.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The production of coke in bee
hive and retort ovens in the United
States in 1909, according to stats
tics compiled by Edward w. Parker,
of the Unite States Geological Sur
vey, amounted to 39,315,O65 short
tons, valued at $S9 ,965,4S3, against
%, O33,5 SIS tons, value dat $62 ,4S5, 1888,
in 1908 The increase in 1909 over
the preceding year was 1921 ,547
short tons, or 51.O2 per cent in guam
tity, and $27, 4S1 800, or 1892 per cent
in value.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
What WAS to have been q

What was to have been a joyful
day for the Methodists OF Waterloo
turned out just the reverse. They
were to have dedicated $4,000
church in which was $4,000 pipe
organ presented them by Mrs. E. T.
Phillips, when just before the hour
for the services to begin the church
caught fire. The pipe organ was
completely destroyed and the church
otherwise damaged to the extent of
1000 And to cap the climax Mrs.
Phillips, the donor Of the organ, died
that afternoon, NOT knowing of the
fire.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

of "Fiddling Bob Taylor" who
has delighted Oskaloosa chautauqua
audiences, Henry Watterson says:
'sHe is the type of man who sees the
doughnut when the pessimist sees
the hole" Editor Rosewater coin
cides in the estimate and adds that
he is also the type of man who can
jump clear through the hole without
ever touching the doughnut.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Great quantities of cheese and but
ter, the products of $40 and $40 an
acre land, will come into sharp com.
petition with the s125 an acre land of
the Iowa and Nebraska farmer. What
chance has the American farmer
against such competition as that?
The present duty of six cents per
pound enables the Iowa and Nebras-
ka farmer to compete with the farm.
ers of the world Take that six cent
tariff off and it is the finish of the
middle west farmer"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
THE BUDGET FOR 1912
Council Makes Estimate Of City's
Cost for the Year.

Tie city council Monday made an
estimate on the amount of cash no.
cessary to run the city for the fiscal
year, April |, 1911, to April /, 1912,
and the sum was made up in an ap,
preparation ordinance and passed on
the three readings.
For comparisons with the appro-
pratioDs for 1912 the appropria.
tons of the preceding year are also
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
ILvA.

A dainty little Fern was she
So happy, so lighthearted. free
Loving and giving, hoping and striv-
ing,
Her part to do in the the plan of liy.
ing.
Il
Out from sky of rainbows glow,
Flashed swift lightning. and laid her
low;
Sadly, silently she passed on
To her souls bright home and her
starry crown.
While we who love her, are left TO
weep,
To cover with flowers, the place
SOB where she sleeps. HN
Beautiful girl; Iva, our own
God give us grace to follow her home.
ELLA Evans Brown.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

In an interview in Keokuk last
week William Jennings Bryan eN-
pressed himself as in favor of reci-
procity with Canada. $50 is every
other free trade democrat in the
United States" remarks the Fairfield
Ledger. That thing alone should
make republicans suspicious of the
proposition"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Tests made at the recent Jeffer,
son County Farmers Institute dem
onstrated that large proportion of
the corn crop of 1910 was unfit for
seed. The yield may have been big
and the grain of high grade, but
there is something lacking in germin-
ating qualities. Farmers should heed
the warming
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

What is believed to be the high
est price ever paid in central Iowa
for a farm of its size was given re-
Gently by William Warrington when
he paid E. W. Landy $4,000 for an
eighty-acre tract near Union, Iowa.
The price is at the rate of 1918 an
acre. The improvements on the farm
are said to be only fair.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
-Ellis D. Robb. Of Eldora, Ia, Ii

Ellis d. Robb, of Eldora, Ia, has
been appointed national bank ex-
aminer in this state. In making the
appointment the comptroller OF the
currency carried out his policy OF
making efficiency the sole test. For
twenty-one years Mr.. Robb was in the
banking business in his home town,
most of the time as cashier of the
Hardin County National Bank. Later
he was state bank examiner for some
years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The senate committee was al
most unanimous in favor OF indeii
mite postponement of the prohibi
tory amendment but recommended
woman's Suffrage for passage. This
indicates to the Newton Record that
they feared the women more than
the preachers
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The Anamosa Reformatory Press
maintains that the records of associa
ted charities and the poor relief or
CARNATIONS are written full of stories
of men locked in prisons without be-
ing put at productive labor for the
benefit of those dependant upon them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

DIR. Crowder recalls that it took
four months in 1874 10 mobilize an
army of 5000 men on the Mexican
border. The facility with which the
recent mobilization of 10000 was
made should, DIR. Crowder thinks, put
a spike in Captain Hobson's alarm
clock for short time at least.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

"A bad man sometimes votes for
a good man because he cannot help
himself and exercise the right of
suffrage" says the Davenport Demo
crat, but good man doesn't have
TO contribute even his own vote To
the support of bad one"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Secretary Ballingers experience
in Office shows the tragic side OF
American politics which often come
to good men. 1t brought him nothing
but a damaged reputation, impaired
health and loss of fortune.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Dubuque has acted on the sug-
gestion of the state board of health
and hereafter all articles offered to
the public at fumnfage sales must
be first thoroughly fumigated under
the direction OF the sanitary police. q
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The Fairfield Ledger thinks Pres.
ident Taft must have a good deal OF
faith in the democratic house to call
congress in extra session to tinker
with the tariff via Canadian recipro'
city. Most presidents have lodged
opportunities of that kind
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

With all the war preparations
now going on within her borders,
Texas has been unkind enough to
consider in her legislature the pass
age of a bill making it unlawful to
wear a wooden leg in that state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The Mississippi river at st. Louis
was getting so low that it became
necessary TO do something. So the
government seized 10000 bottles of
catsup and 10000 pounds of canned
eggs and dumped them in.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

With all her faults. many will be
sorry to know that Carry Nation is
gradually growing weaker at the
Sanitarium at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Her condition is critical.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Fresh air can do no HARM" is
the dicturn of the Rock Island Union.
Good health demands it in grown
people and children. 1t is to be had
and all that is necessary is to teach
the necessity of it."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Another explanation is found in
the fact that no vegetable is more
popular with the soldiers than the
onion. Texas with its early truck, is
an ideal place for spring maneuyers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The buttermakers of the middle
west are strongly opposed to Cana
dian reciprocity. y. T.. Rector of
Omaha. vice president OF the Ere
mont. Neb., Creamery Co.. thus told
why in q recent newspaper interview:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
PEBBLE STONE FAMOUS PER
Feet VISION LENSES,
the most wonderful and most perfect
vision spectacles on earth.

the most wonderful and most perfect
vision spectacles on earth.
These are the wonderful perfect Wis
ion spectacles with which you can
read the very smallest print in your
| Bible even by dim lamplight. These
are the wonderful perfect vision spec
tacles with which you can see to
thread the smallest-eyed needle and
do the finest kind of embroidering
just as well as you ever did in your
young girlhood days.
want all of my old customers as
a faVor-not an Obligation-I will
kindly ask you-TO DO ME A GOOD
TURN - by showing the glasses
around to your neighbors and friends
and speak a good word for them ev-
erywhere and at every opportunity.
MAYNE ARNOLD OPTICAL CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Opticians,
SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYSIA CO.
you GET THE BEST AND PAY
THE LEAST AT ARNOLD'S.
Prices from one-roUrth to Onc-half
what others charge for cheap, sand
made glasses.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Jane Addames lost her hat at a
dinner given by one of the mems
clubs in Chicago, and they felt SO
badly about it that they sent her a
check for $50 in payment. She re-
turned the check, saying that she did
not wear $50 hats, and the one she
lost had cost only SO. The hat was
afterwards found and returned to
her
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

C. NJ. Borgess., of oskaloosa, is cred
tied with being the very first white
settler in what is now the town OF
Knoxville. He had lived in Iowa 50
wears
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

In calling that extra session of
congress it is possible President Taft
had the welfare of the people in mind
after all. 1t will, for a time at least,
keep many members off chautauqua
platforms.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

According to the Daily News,
the location of Newton's new depot
is still in the air" Why not esJab-
lish an aeroplane line and let it go
at that2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

According to news from Pack
wood, THE last number of the Lee
ture Course was given by the Orio
Concert Company" What is lee
ture course, anyway?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Minnesota still has 100000
acres of land open to homesteaders,
and over 100000 of virgin soil own
ed by the state. Minnesota is not
laundering after reciprocity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

1t was an Iowa man who wrote
home from Arizona, Il see more COWS
and less milk, more rivers and less
water, and see farther and see less
than in any country | was ever in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Washington county farmers and
business men are conducting a har-
monious and active campaign for the
organization of a new county fair
association.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

-Eddyville has harnessmaker
named OFT. So does oskaloosa. Be
ing of the same name they ought
to be some relation, but they are not,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

The six weeks of probation for
Mr.. Ground Hog is up, but we may
continue to expect any kind OF
weather. Hicks is still on the job.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

Never do / thing by halves"
urges the Keokuk Gate City. IF it
be right, do it boldly; if it be wrong
leave il undone"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

John M. Jones, who died recent
~ at the home OF his daughter. Mrs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23
OFFICIAL. COUNTY PAPER.

Fun has been compared to life
insurance. The older a man gets the
more its costs him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-23

1t seems to Abe Martin that the
unusual plentifulness Of parsnips
ought to reduce the cost of living
likewise the desire.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
DESPERATE CHURCH.
Band of Ruffians Perpetrate Infamous
Deed in Church in Rome.

On the night after Christmas.
writes the Rome correspondent Of the
New Orleans "Morning STAR" the
parish church of Cassalpustcrlcngo, a
few miles from Milan, was entered by
unknown thieves, who broke open the
aims box, smashed the tabernacle Of
the sacred oils, pouring the contents
Of the vases on the floor. They left
the tabernacle wide open and the sil-
cred vessels scattered on the high
altar and on the steps of the same.
At the altar of the Madonna the sacri-
lcEious villinns painted the face Of
our Lady black and left as a trophy
of their sacrlegious feat a copy of the
"Asino" AS a similar Sncrilegc had
taken place a few days before at Car
done, ValtrOmpia, it is now the COM
mon opinion that a satanic orgnniZn-
ton exists, based on the teachings
of the Social Roman paper, the
Casino"
In a circular to the clergy and pco-
ple of his diocese the bishop OF Lodi
demonstrated that: "Thc circum-
stances that accompanied the crime
leave no doubt that those who prepe-
trated it are the executors OF a sa-
tanic plan Of war, the result OF the
propaganda Of paganism and impiety
which is freely spreading" and pro-
cceded to say that the sacrilege Is an
outburst OF Internal hate against our
Divine Rcdeemer in the Holy Sac:a-
ment on account of the thousands Of
communions made in those days at
the close of mission.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
Cardinal Manning on Drink.

It was Cardinal Manning who long
since said: For IS years / have been
priest and bishop in London, and
now approach my eightieth year, and
have learned some lessons, and the
first is this: The chief bar to the
working of the holy spirit Of God is the
soul of men and women is intoxicating
drink. | know Of no antagonist to the
spirit more direct, more subtle, more
stealthy, more ubiquitous, than intoxi-
eating drink. Though / have known
men and women destroyed for all man
ner of reasons, yet / know of no cause
that affect man, woman, chlld ana
home with such universally Of steady
power as intoxicating drink.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

and only suffering from throat trouble.
There are little indications that, as
between proposing home rule for Ire
land exclusively, and home rule all
round, some members of the cabinet
favor tackling the whole problem at
once, and William Jones, the brilliant
Welshman recently promoted to min
isterial officer and close friend of
Lloyd-George threw out the ignificant
remark that soon Wales, as we'll as
Ireland, might. have self government.
But all of this, as yet, is quite un-
determined.
The sudden death OF Sir Charles
Dixie created universal regret. He had
by sheer indomitable attention to his
parliamentary duties and his COM
manding abilities worn down the pref
udice caused by the hideous revela-
tion of his old divorce case and all the
commentors see now only the tragedy
of the broken career of Englands most
capable politician.
One of the difficulties OF the liberal
ministry in the coming struggle over
the veto bill has been created entirely
by themselves. Most measures intro
duced to the imperial parliament have
a preliminary clause called the pre-
amble. The preamble sets forth the
~G IA
table of contents and in part sum-
mary. The usual course of procedure
in parliament is to postpone the dis
cussion of the preamble until the rest
of the bill is dealt with, for the OBJ
vious reason that the character and
scope of the bill may be entirely trans
formed in the course of the debates
and in committee, anl that, therefore,
the original preamble would not be
suitable to the amended bill
The veto bill has: preamble. in the
following terms, "Wlereas, it is in
tended to substitute ior the house OF
lords as it at present exists second
chamber constituted on popular substi-
tuition cannot Immediately be brought
into operation; and whereas pro-
vision will be required hereafter to be
made by parliament +sthH ecting such sub.
stitution for limiting and defining the
powers of the new second chamber,
but it is expedient to make such pro-
vision as in this act appears for re-
stricting the existing power Of the
house of lords
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
PROHIBITION.
Has Failed to Stand, the Test in Ten
neSsee.

Has Failed to Stand, the Test in Ten.
nessee.
According to the candid testimony of
Mr.. Robert Pettigrew, Of Chattanooga,
prohibition has not stood the test in
Tennessee. He writes:
"The way the prohibition law is en-
forced in Chattanooga and other large
towns Of Tennessee is joke. 1t is
also a stupendous failure. Formerly,
when the liquor traffic was legalized
Chattanooga had about the most salts
factory regulation of that business of
any place in the country. A limit
was put on the number of saloons and
a very high license was exacted-my
recollection is that the annual tax
was $2,5O0 Stringent rules were laid
down to the end that the saloonkeep-
ers should conduct their business in
an orderly and decent fashion. The
proprietors gave cheerful obedience to
these requirements, for any violation
meant the revocation of their license.
Now the condition is as unsatisfac-
tory, as it was previously satisfactory
There are several times as many
drinking places in Chattanooga today
as before the enactment of statewide
prohibition. There is no difficulty in
getting spirits of beer, although in the
better places feeble attempt is made
at concealment by serving whisky in
non-transparent mugs. The state and
municipality derive no revenue from
the illicit sales and there is no benefit
from an economic standpoint, for the
reason that the amount of disorder
and crime incident to the use of in
toxicants has not shown decrease.
II have stated the facts without
bias and what l have said regarding
the failure of prohibition in Tenne-
see is easy Of verification. am not
and never have been in the saloon
business and am wholly and empha-
tically opposed to intempe:ance and
yet my conclusion is that all the good
of g. state wide prohibitory statute is
to make men lawbreakers and hypo-
critics."
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

choose the means towards this last
end. And the last end of man is God,
as Faith reveals and as the church
teaches us. Therefore, there can, in
the true Catholic conception of Chris
tian education, be no proper instruc-
tion which does not recognize God as
fundamental principle and final end
Moreover, any state-policy that seeks
to interfere with the free teaching Of
such educational principles, is assail.
ing the right of the citizen and raising
the rod of despotism.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04

it's theological and historical errors.
He declares as false the opinion in
the said article that the dogma OF the
procession of the Holy Ghost from
the Son cannot be proved by the
words Of the Gospel or the faith Of
the ancient Fathers; besides with
like impudence he puts in doubt that
the sanity men Of the first centuries
may have known tho doctrines of
purgatory and the Immacultc Concep-
tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary" The
holy father continues to enumerate
the gross errors OF this inconsiderate
and rash article With this grand
letter of the pope it is most likely that
the question is at an end. There We're
wild rumors in the Saxon and anti
Catholic Italian papers to the effect
that if Prince Max was not treated
with special regard to his royal lineage
there would be trouble to the pope
from the court Of SaNony. The prince,
having returned to his better judg-
mcnt, made an ample recantation of
his errors; and the absurdity of the
newspaper threats is made conspicu-
ously evident.
An Irish Capuchin, Father Anselm
Kenealy. born in Cardiff, Wales, be-
longing to the English province of his
order, and appointed two years ago
as detinitor of Rome, has been nom-
mated archbishop of the newly-formcd
archdiocese of Simla in Hlndustan, the
summer residence Of the British vice
roy of India, and of the members of
the vice-regal court. The Most Rev.
Archbishop Ansclm Kencaly, O. r..
M. c., was consecratcd on Sunday, Jan
1, in the Church OF the Propaganda
College by the project of that insttu-
ton, his Eninence Cardinal Girolamo
Gotti, assisted by the Most Rev. Fran
els Bourne, DID,, archbishop of West
minister, and the Most Rev. Domcnco
Jaquct, titular archbishop OF Salamina,
OF the minor cOnVcntualS. Members
of the Capuchin order were present in
great number. On the following day
the newly-consccl;ltcd archbishop was
received in 4 special audience by his
holiness, who conversed with him for
considerable time. The new arch
bishop is So years of age, and strong
and active; an eloquent preacher and
an able administrator. Iic leaves
Rome in few days for his distant
see.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
To Have New conmandant.

Captain Sedgwig Rice, who has for
the past two years been military in
structor at the College of st. Thomas
will leave at the close Of this year
to rejoin his regiment, the Third cal
vary, which is now in the Philippines.
The name of Captain Rice's successor
has not yet been made know His
departure from the college is ::s>retted
by the entire student body.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
Forbids Wearing Of Religion. Habits

A government decree issued by the
government Of Portugal on the sub
ject of the property rights of the re-
ligious orders contains a clause for
bidding monks and nuns of the orders
to wear a distinctive dress and pro-
hibits the return to the country of
expelled Jesuits until 20 years have
elapsed following their expulsion. The
decree permits any person to arrest
an offender against either provision
of the law.
The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
Plus X. Send confution.

The sovereign pontiff has just sent
forth a letter to all the archbishops
delegates apostolic residing in the
east, relative to the errors contained
in the well-known letter Of Prince
Max of Saxony. The pope confutes
the article, Thoughts Upon the
Question of the Union Of the Church
es," written by the prince in the
Grottaferrata Review, and points out