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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
THE IOWA CROP SERVICE
Review of the Past Week by Direct
or of Weather Bureau.

For the week ending July 80, 1911:
Des Moines, Iowa.-Heavy showers
occurred over the eastern third of the
state on the 2Sth; the amounts of rain
fall ranging from one inch to over
three inches. Little or no rain has
fallen over the central and western
districts since the 23d and in these
sections the drought continues with
increased severity. Cool weather con-
tinued until the 9th, but the last
three days were hot, with moderately
high winds. The condition of corn
improved considerably over the east
ern sections, but over the central and
western districts there has been a
decline. There are many barren stalks
and the ears that have formed are
ed. For the state as a whole there
has been loss of at least 30 per cent
in condition since July LIST, and in
many localities in the southern dis
tricts the loss ranges from 40 to so
per cent. The crop is in a very critic
al condition and will continue to de-
teriorate until rain comes. But II
good soaking and general rains come
soon there is still time to make a fair
crop, as the stand Is nearly perfect
and the acreage is considerably larg-
err than it was last year. Threshing
progressed rapidly and is now about
60 per cent completed and preliminary
reports indicate average yields as fol-
lows: Winter wheat, twenty-one
bushels per acre; spring wheat. If
teen; oats, twenty-four; barley, TWEEN
ty-three; rye, eighteen. Scarcity OF
water and the lack of pasturage is
causing farmers in many localities to
sell their stock. The condition of
pastures, potatoes, fruit and gardens
to decline except in eastern
counties where heavy showers occur
red on the 2sth. Much, depends on
the weather during the coming week.
GEORGE NJ CHAPEL,
Section Director.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
PLANT WILL Be SOLD
Former 0skaloosa Manufacturer in
Financial Difficulties.

Ottumwa Courier: A chattel mort.
gage on the property, machinery,
business and stock of the Richie Cor.
rugated Culvert Co. and w. E. Rit-
chic is responsible for the sale of tho
Richie holdings which is scheduled
to take place at Muscatine August 2.
The mortgage was given on the above
mentioned business, etc., to secure a
promissory note for $S,737.55 given
by the company and w. f. Richie to
f. B. Emes, administrator of the es-
tate of J. H. Minah. The sale takes
place in Muscatine August 2, accord
ing to the notices posted by the sher.
if. The company was formerly in
business in Ottumwa and left here to
go to Muscatine.
The business and stock of the Jack
son Corrugated Culvert company was
sold last January by E. B. Emes, the
administrator of the estate of the
owner, J. H. Minah, to w. E. Richie,
of Muscatine, He gave his promis-
sorry note of $S,737.55, secured by a
chattel mortgage on the property, and
the note became due July LIST. The
property to be sold includes about
$4,000 pounds of culverts and culvert
metal, five lots and in addition ma
chinery and tools used in the manu-
facture of the culverts.
The above story appearing in the
Courier should have read in Marshall
town instead of Muscatine. The
plant in Muscatine seems to be en-
joying success and has no fears of
any such a termination as reported.
The Marshalltown business is a sep
arate concern.
Mr.. Richie was formerly citizen
and successful contractor and manu-
facturer here, but like many others
he thought he saw bigger things" in
the other town and left here, going
to Ottumwa with his plant.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
USED OLD TIME DISHES
Unique Feature at Family Dinner
IN Union Mills.

Mrs. Margaret Kisor, of Union
Mills, celebrated her eighty-third
birthday last Saturday and all of her
four daughters were present, Mrs.
Porter Hedge, of Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs.
Geo. Cassidy, of Elcampo, Texas, and
Mrs. J. G. Cordner and her husband,
of Lincoln, Neb. Her nephews, Carey
Kisor, of Montezuma, Texas, and M.
l.. Kisor and wife of Union township,
were also guests of the occasion. A
big dinner was enjoyed and the table
was set with old dishes collected by
Mrs. Kisor during her lifetime. The
enjoyed hearing her tell the
history of each piece. The guest of
honor of this occasion has lived in
the home where she now resides for
fifty-eight years, having moved to
Iowa with her husband, David Kisor,
from Mt. Vernon, o., in 1852, moving
onto the old home place the following
year. They made the trip to Iowa
by wagon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
THE DRAINAGE DITCH
Board Holds 1t Has the Right to
Proceed With Case.

The Board of Supervisors finally
completed the June session on Satur-
day afternoon and adjourned to the
regular meeting time in September.
Some bills were allowed and several
little matters that had been left over
were dispatched.
The real business of the adjourned
meeting, however, was the Nelson
drainage case. Early in July the
Board fixed September 14th as the
time when this case should come up
for hearing. Meanwhile the civil en-
gineer was to make a new survey of
the proposed ditch. The directors to
the ditch, represented by Attorneys
s. V. Reynolds and James A. Dewitt,
that the Board were in err.
ror in proceeding further with the
original case after it's action had been
reversed by the supreme court.
In event that their contention was
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
CHANCELLOR GOOD JOBS
Finger Print Expert Among Those
Wanted in u. S. Service.

Ever hear of the finger print meth
cd for identifying criminals? The
United States has it, as it has the
metrical system, but it has not been
generally introduced. The people,
who look into this new system and
familiarize themselves with it, may
be fixing themselves for very good
positions. The United States has
done little with the finger print sys-
TEN as yet. But there has been a be-
ginning and help is needed. On Aug.
%, there will be a civil service exam
nation for a clerk, who must be a
finger print expert, (male). The Hen
ry system is required, and the posi-
ton is in the assistant adjutant and
inspector in the headquarters of the
United States Marine Corps, at Wash
ington, d. C. Experience counts for
so out of the possible 100 points to
be made in the examination. The
age limit is 20 years or over and the
salary is $1,000 per annum.
the near future are as follows:
August 19.-COpper plate map en-
graver (male). The age limit is Is
years or over. The pay ranges from
SO per day to 81 600 per annum.
August 23.-Assistant metallurgical
engineer (male) in the bureau of
mines, department of the interior, at
Washington, ID. c., The salary is $1,000
and the age limit from 20 to 80.
August 23.-Laboratory assistant
qualified in practical optics, in the
bureau of standards. The age limit
is 25 years and over and the salary
for beginners is $1,000 per annum.
August 23.-Assistant in assay la
boratory in the office of the director
of the mint, in the treasury depart
ment. The age limit is 20 years and
the salary is $1,000
August 26.-Dairyman (male) in
the departure in the dairy division,
bureau of animal industry. The pay
ranges from S1,400 to $500 per an
mum and the age limit is from 81
years upward
Frank S. Stone or Frank N. Cow
an, secretary, of the local Civil Service
Board at the post office, will gladly
give any further information as to
where examinations will be held, and
will supply application blanks, etc.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
STAMPS ONLY
None Other Allowed on Address
Side of Mail Matter.

According to an order issued by
Postmaster General Frank B. Hitch
cock, stamps other than regular pos
tage stamps will not be allowed on
the address side of mail. That is such
stamps as Red Cross and Christmas
seals and all such must be put on the
revere side of an envelope. If this
is not done, letter will be forwarded
to the dead letter Office unless there
is a return mark on it; then it will
be returned to the sender.
Following Is the order issued by
the postmaster general and which
goes into effect at once:
mo adhesive stamps or limitations
of any form or design whatever other
than lawful postage stamps, shall be
affixed to the address side of domes.
tic mail matter, but such adhesive
stamps, if they do not in form and
design resemble lawful postage
stamps, and do not bear numerals,
may be affixed to the reverse side of
domestic mail matter.
"All domestic mail matter bearing
on the reverse side adhesive stamps
or limitations other than lawful post.
age stamps, will be returned to the
sender, if known; otherwise they will
be forwarded to the dead letter office.
Frank B. Hitchcock, Postmaster Gen.
erai'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Mr.. AND MRS. JAMES H. TANNER

northwest of Rose Hill, where they
spent nine years. They then moved
to Kansas and tried farming for one
year, but decided that Iowa was good
enough for them, so returned to this
state in the fall of 1880, living in Ma
haska county until the spring of 1881,
when they located in Keokuk county
on the farm at present owned by Clar
ence Dunn and occupied by James
Fry. After living there for seven
years they moved to the S0acre farm
which Mr.. Tanner now owns, four
miles west and one-half mile south of
Delta, where they remained until
September 1909, when they moved to
Delta, to IT, lir residence they now oc.
cupy, where they are enjoying the
fruits of their labor together.
Mr.. Tanner has held positions of
public trust for years, having served
as treasurer of school district No.
for eighteen years, and from Jan. l.,
1899, to Jan. /, 1905, was an efficient
member of the board of supervisors
vi hSOhuh COuHly.
Three children graced this happy
union, William, the eldest, who died
several years ago; Elmer, who is now
located at Waterloo, and Mrs. Mary
Payton, who makes her home with
her parents. There are also four
grandchildren.
Mr.. Tanner was ~ years of age on
July Sth, and Mrs. Tanner will be 60
years of age on November Sth. Both
are enjoying good health today.
These highly respected people have
the best wishes of their many friends,
that they may live to enjoy the com,
partnership of each other many years
to come. May the best this life at.
fords be theirs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
THEY ONCE LIVED HERE
Adopted Boy is Searching for His
Missing Parents.

Because of the residence of the
family in Oskaloosa, the following
item from the Ottumwa Courier will
be of interest here. The Courier
says:
Seeking some record of his parent
age through the possible filing of
adoption papers with the county re.
corder Harry Ludric Elliott, of St
Louis, came to Ottumwa Saturday
and has been making a search for
persons may have known his parents
here some twenty years ago. The
young man figures that he Is twenty.
two years old and that he was adopt.
ed about twenty years ago by Mr.
and Mrs. James Elliott, of st. Louis,
who at that time resided in the east
end of Ottumwa near the packing
house. His efforts at the court house
were unavailing, as no record of legal
adoption was found to be recorded at
the time the boy of about three years
was taken into the Elliott home.
THE story as told by the young
man who is DESTROYS of establishing
his real identity, begins with the leav.
ing one day a score of years ago,
baby boy by his mother with Mrs.
Ida, the wife of James Elliott. The
child was left by the mother with her
neighbOr, whom she had often asked
previously to adopt, on the pretense
of going up town to do some shopping.
She never returned to claim her child
and the hospitality of the Elliott fam.
lily would not permit of the child be.
ing homeless, and they adopted him.
The boy did not know, nor was he
able to learn whether legal adoption
had been made.
For some years after he resided
with the Elliotts in Ottumwa, where
Mr.. Elliott was an insurance collec.
tor. Later they moved to Oskaloosa
and in a short time afterward to
Burlington, where for about seven
years the boy attended school. They
then went to st. Louis, where for the
last seven years they have resided
Saturday the young man came to OF
tumwa and inquired among persons,
finally seeking out the records in the
recorders office, but was unsuccess
full. He will remain a few days in
Ottumwa before giving up the search.
He states that his middle name, Lu
dric, is supposed to be his mothers
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Big Job for Auditors.

That was huge joke which the
State Executive Council played on
county auditors when it decided to
raise the assessed valuation of real
estate throughout Iowa. The percent
age of increase in Mahaska county
was fixed at 17k. Auditor Briggs will
now have to go over all assessors re-
turns and add 171a per cent in valua.
ton thereto. This will be almost as
big a job as making up the tax books
and will keep the office force busy the
rest of the season.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03

good 1t vas useless for the board to
proceed, and incur further expense by
the new survey. Hence the Board
agreed to hear arguments on this
point last Saturday. Both sides to
the controversy were well represent
ed and the case was gone over thor
oughly from the beginning, now over
three years ago.
After hearing all the arguments
the Board held that the Board still
had jurisdiction in the matter, and
that when the case was remanded to
them by the supreme court they had
4 right to proceed with an amended
petition. The chief fault found by
both the district and supreme courts
was that the ditch did not have an
outlet to the river, and that the land
owners between the end of the ditch
and the river might suffer damages.
1t is presumed that the engineer will
recommend way to connect with
the river and when the petition comes
to be acted upon in the fall another
trial will likely be had before the
board.
In early days Thomas Wilson in
tercepted st. Joseph creek in his land
and made a short cut with it to the
river. This served him we'll for sew
eral years and the land thus drained
was fertile, but the erosion of the
soil clogged the cutoff up, and made
the flood conditions as bad, if not
worse, than they were before. If the
big farm had remained intact the
owner might have opened up the
ditch again and kept it open, but the
farm was divided and other compli-
cations arose. Out of this situation
has arisen the present controversy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State of Iowa. Mahaska County, SIS:
In the district court, October term,
1911: E. .t.s
To F. L. Dunkin and Emily Dun
kin, his wife. VIM. A. Gray and Abb
gail A. Gray, his wife; heirs of James
NOsler, towit: Mrs. Sarah E. Hamil-
ton; Henry C. Nosler. Dora Nosler,
his wife; Armilda C. Davidson; Thorn
as NJ Nosler; heirs of Irene Sur.
baugh, deceased, towit: Florence j.
Surbaugh; Frank J. Surbaugh, Mary
Buck, Arthur Buck, her husband, Jen-
ME M. Buck, Sherman Buck, her hus-
band, Thomas M. Surbaugh, Ada Sur
baugh, his wife, John s. Surbaugh,
Callie Surbaugh, his wife; heirs of
Mary J. Smith, deceased, towit: Ella
NJ. Dicks, Alvin e. Dicks, her husband,
Horace ]. Smith, Margaret Smith, his
wife; heirs of Martha A. Warinner,
deceased, towit: Bernice Caster. -.
Caster, her husband; Kate Denham,
John Denham, her husband; William
Warinner. ..... Warmer, his wife;
heirs of John B. Gray, deceased, to-
wit; w. Henry Gray, Fannie Gray,
his wife; James Gray, Eva Gray, his
wife; John Gray; Eunice French,
Frank French, her husband; Mary A.
Barber; heirs of Scott Steel, deceas-
ed, towit: Margaret l.. Besco; Abb
gail Williams; Mary Ann Wilson;
Isabel Besco, Joseph Besco, her hus-
band; heirs of John Steel towit: Mrs.
Alice Steel, Frank Steel, Margaret
Steel, his wife; Haley Steel,
Eva Steel, his wife; George E. Steel;
Walter Steel; Ab0ie Scott, John
Scott, her husband; ida FATS, Sherley
Fails, her husband; Annie Taylor, Ed
Taylor, her husband; Katie Emanuel,
Elizabeth Roberts, deceased, towit:
Nora Emanuel, Martin Emanuel, her
husband; Ed Roberts; Ebert Rob
erts, Nellie Roberts, his wife; Abbie
Wherilie, Herman Wherilie, her hus-
band; J. r. Roberts, Mary Ann Rob-
erts, his wife:
You and each of you, are hereby
notified that there Is now on file in
the office of the clerk of the district
court, in and for said county and
state, a petition of w. II. Osborne
and Harry H. Osborne for the use of
Wig Harding, claiming of you the
quieting of the title to the following
described real estate situated and
lying in Mahaska county, Iowa; all
of the land included in the town plat
of Des Moines city; also north " of
southeast quarter, and Lot l, sub-di.
vision of southeast 4 of southeast a
and lot l, subdivision of southwest
"A of southeast "A of section 80; also
lot l, in subdivision of Government
Lot in southwest u of section &c,
all in Township No. IA, North OF
Range No. 16 west.
No personal judgment is asked
against you.
And that unless you appear hereto
and defend on or before noon of sec
ond day of the October term, A. d.,
1911, of said court, which will com
mence on the Bird day o: October,
1911, default will be entered against
you and judgment and decree render
ed thereon as prayed for in said petL
ton.
]. F. and w. r. LACEY.
2w4. Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03

Through the courtesy of the Delta
Press the Herald presents to its read
ers the pictures of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Tanner, two of Delta's oldest and
highly respected citizens and former
residents of Mahaska county, who will
have been married for fifty-two years
on Thursday, July 81, 1911.
On July 81, 1859, at New Dover,
Union county, Ohio, James II. Tan
ner was united in marriage to Mary
A. Bannon, and have since Travelled
life's pathway and surmounted its
obstacles together, and have enjoyed
each others companionship for these
many years.
After their marriage they started
farming in Ohio, and continued in
this occupation until Mr.. Tanner en-.
listed August 6, 1862, in Co. X of the
seth Ohio Infantry, serving for nearly
three years, during which time his
good wife remained at home, caring
for their baby boy, William.
Mr.. Tanner was appointed sergeant
and all told he was in battle 63 days,
was taken prisoner at the battle of
Sabine, Cross Roads in Louisville.
April 8, 1864, and was held a prisoner
at Tyler, Texas, for more than six
months, being exchanged October %,
1864. While in prison it rained q
days and there was no shelter at all,
as the prison was simply a stOckade.
On July 20, 1865, Sergeant Tanner re.
ceived his honorable discharge from
the service. The happenings of those
days are still most vivid in his mem
DRY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tanner moved to Iowa
in 1868 and settled in Mahaska coun
ty, two miles north of Rose Hill and
in 1870 moved to a farm seven miles
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Taken to the Reform School.

Hedrick Journal: Milton Sanchez,
age 10, was taken to Eldora Monday
and placed In the reform school there.
The boy was taken before Judge VIII.
cockson at Sigourney Thursday and
was ordered taken to the Home-Find.
ing association at Ottumwa. He ran
away from there Friday and was
caught by the Ottumwa police Satur.
day, and the Judge decided that the
reform school was the place for him..
He was charged with incorrigibility,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Certificate No. 435.
Bank No. 1877.
State Of Iowa,
Office of Auditor of State.

Whereas, The Farmers Savings
Bank, located az Leighton, in the
State of Iowa, has filed in this office
proof of a full compliance with the
laws of this State pertaining to its
Incorporation and a sworn statement
of its paid up capital, and being sat.
isfied from an examination that said
bank is possessed Of the full amount
of such capital required by Chapters
10 and IL and Title 9 of the Code of
Iowa, therefore,
Authority is Hereby Given
to the above named corporation to
transact the business of a Savings
Bank as provided in it's articles of in
corporation and the laws of Iowa.
The following named persons have
qualified as the first Board of Direc.
tors: ]. e. Venderzyl, N. Van Vliet.
ii. 0verbergen. H. Meppelink, G. Fl.
Goselink, II. Rempke, ]. C. DeBruin.
Given under my hand and seal of
office, at the city of Des Moines. this
l4th day of July, A. d.. 1911.
JOHN l.. BLEAKLY.
jtg Auditor of State.
J.. II. Byrnes, Deputy. Iva. !
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
ONE THREsHINe RECORD.
Over TWO Thousand Bushels In Half
Days Work.

NJ. A. Rockwell made a record with
his threshing outfit at the Adam
Victor place the other day. He
threshed the oats off of 60 acres,
bringing a total yield of 2,209 bushels
or an average of over 35 bushels to
the acre. All but lao bushels of this
was threshed in half day, after din
ner. During the day Mr.. Rockwell
moved his machine and turned out
over 1900 bushel., Incidentally he
earned about $500 during the day, 4,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Tho States PAY Roll.

The regular monthly pay roll of the
state officials and their deputies. not
including those which must be passed
upon by the executive council,
amounts to 40.S32.S1. esa z
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
HOMEGROWN Melons.

Homegrown melons have begun to
arrive on the market. They are
slightly smaller than the foreign va
'riety. but are sweeter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
w. I. Beans, President.
w. Fl. Pike. Vice President.
r. K. Davis, Cashier.
I
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
Paid In Full.

Directors: w. /. Beans, What
Cheer; Charley Victor, Lacey; w. H.
pringer, Eddyville; Thos. ]. Wilson,
Beacon; R. w. Moore, Cedar; w. G.
Reed. Oskaloosa; w. H. Pike, Rose
Hill; Paul Synhorst, Leighton; Geo.
s. Prime. Oskaloosa; r. X. Davis, Os-
kaloosa; M. s. Downey, Lacey.
City Business Solicited.
y Complete set of Safety Deposit
Boxes. The $50 stockholders are all
Mahaska County farmers.
Farmer: Make this your head.
quarters while in the City. lett
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-03
Professional Cards
> =. Parker, o. v. NJ.
We 7 Fri N A r I A Ms.

New Phone No. 6l3. Hospital, No.
S05 South First Street Residence,
No. 301 South First Street. 46tf
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-01-28
ODD NAMES OF THE OZARKS
Designation of Towns in a Missouri
County Either Very PurposefuI
or Very Purposeiess.

Kansas City, ,Mo.-Whether fmag-
nation or lack of it is more evident
in the names of Ozark towns might
be debated But there would be no
dispute about the fact that the result
is something unusual. Hack writer's
who delight in putting proper names
together II foolish sentences would
find a long Journey in the Ozark re-
gion as full of delightful possibilities
as a walk in a diamond field. With
what enthusiasm would they string
together something like this:
IF he Is clever, the Fowler in the
Timber may Dent Zebra; If Not that
his Blue Eye may fill with Joy to find
Lamb and Pease on the same Trail.
Though Fate be Barren. if he's Witty
he may Bluff and say the Ark holds
yet Rat, a Swan and Birdsong from
the Congo. And Manysprings, and a
Rill Diggins, Gold and Pleasant Hope,
perhaps are Only about Halfway to
Evening Shade. And so-Goodnight."
In a single county of Missouri this
large collection of the literal label is
shown: Rat, Ink Gang, Alley. Tim
Der. Horse, Hollow, Sinkin. Birch
Tree, Timber and Low Wassie. More
imaginative. perhaps. are Not and
Congo Mountain View represents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-01-28
The Shadow of Science.

1t is hard to believe that shadow
is probably the origin of all astronom-
ical, geometrical and geographical
science. The first man who fixed his
staff perpendicularly in the ground
and measured its shadow was the
earliest computer of time, and the
Arab of today who plants his spear in
the sand and marks where the shadow
falls is his direct descendant. 1t is
from the shadow of a gnomon that
the early Egyptians told the length
of the year. 1t is from the shadow of
a gnomOn that the inhabitants of Up
per Egypt still measure the hours OF
work for a water wheel In this case
the gnomon is lhurra stalk support
ed on forked uprights and points north
and south. East and west are pegs
in the ground, evenly marking the
space of earth between sunrise and
sunset. In land of constant sum
shine a shadow was the primitive
chronometer. 1t was also the primi-
tive foot rule.