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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
P|NCHOT DRIVEN
+. OFF THE STAGE
Cunservationist Quits Rostrum When
He is Denounced.
HOBBIES ARE "ECONOMIC LES
Albert 3. Bartlett, Mining Engineer
of National Reputation, Attacks
Favorite Policies and Pro-
duces Figures.

Chicago. Dec. Especial: Clifford
Pinchot, exponent of the Roosevelti1n
conservation policies, was driven from
the stage of the Auditorium at the
irrigation congress last evening in a
huff by the attack of a fighter from
Cheyenne who denounced the former
officials hobbies as economic lies. "
The Wyoming man who made the
attack was Albert B. Bartlett, an eX-
pert mining engineer with a national
reputation. He bounded onto the
stage just at the close of one of
Pinchot's commemorative"
speeches. He demanded five minutes
time to answer Pinchot and in that
time unloaded an encyclopedia of min
ing and conservation facts, started a
row that came near disrupting the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
lOWA'S GREAT CORN FIELDS
FREMONT COUNTY AGAIN CLAIMS
WORLDS CHAMPION.
Marshall County Claims Husking Re-
cord for Nine and Half Days
Continuous Work.

Sidney, Ia, Dec. Especial: Once
more the worlds corn husking cham
pionship has came back to Fremont
county. Bert Van Houten eclipsed all
previous records in the corn field yes
terday when he husked 254 bushels
and fifty pounds in ten hours. The
work was done on what is known as
the old Neeley farm near Medley hol-
low, five miles southwest. of Sidney
Van Houten's previous record was
230 bushels and thirty pounds. Earl
Medley, who took the championship
away from Van Houten by husking
231 bushels and fifty pounds, only to
lose it to Claude Wilson, of Silver
City, Mills county, who made the sur.
Drising record of 251 bushels and thir-
ty pounds in ten hours, has not an
nounced definitely whether he will at.
tempt to beat Van Houten again.
Fremont county, in which Van Hou-
ten resides, has held the huSking re-
cord for several years with the excep;
ton of the few days Wilson claimed
il.
Charlton, Ia, Dec. Especial: The
corn and fruit show being held at
Charlton is proving a big success.
Miss Katherine Mckay, of Ames, will
lecture tomorrow on domestic science
and Prof. NJ. A. Hauser, of Ames,
will lecture on corn and judge the
exhibits in this department.
Marshalltown, Dec. Especial A
corn picking record for nine and one
half days, counting seven and one
half hours only to day, was made
! by Ralph Soules, aged 81 years, OF
this county. Soules picked 1,122
bushels while at work for Lyle Cole
averaging a little more than lis bush
els a day. His best days work was
1873 bushels, and every load was
scooped by the picker himself. The
corn averaged sixty.ive bushels to
the acre.
Estherville, Dec. Especial: While
feding corn into a corn shredder one
day this week, Ed Holdorf, of Dill
YER, caught two fingers OF his right
hand in the machinery and mashed
them so that it was necessary to have
them amputated. He is getting along
as well as could be expected.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
MAHASkA APPLES.
Seven Car Loads Were Shipped From
the Oiivet Station.

Our correspondent at Olivet writ
ing anent our report on the Mahaska
county apple crop, a few days since,
says There were seven car loads
of apples shipped from this station
(Olivet) during the apple gathering
this fall These cars average over
$50 bushels each, two Of the cars
running over 700 bushels. or these
seven cars, Charles Clark loaded five
from his orchard, and the other two
were loaded by three or four orchard
lists near by. Five of the cars were
loaded with mixed apples, one with
Jonathans and one with Greetings.
The apple man who made the pur'
chase told me the Clark apples were
the finest he had seen in the county
All these apples were purchased at
so cents per 100 pounds"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
EarIy Sunday Fire.

Fire about one o'clock Sunday
morning at the Chas. Kienast dye
works and cleaning establishment, No.
Ala High avenue west, did consider
able damage to the contents Of one
of the work rooms, entailing a loss OF
a hundred dollars or more. Elmer
Phillips, who was passing the place,
detected the smoke and made an in
yestigation, found the fire and turned
in an alarm. The fire company re-
sponded promptly and had the fire
out before the flames broke through
The building is not much hurt, The
fire is thought to have resulted IRON
spontaneous combustion among some
chemicals in the room.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BASKET BALL

Beaten by The Dutch.

The Oskaloosa Y. NJ C. A. journey
ed to PelIa yesterday and met defeat
to the tune of 40 to 10, in rough
and fast game of basket ball. The
local boys played their best and
never gave up until the last minute.
At Pella the balcony hangs out over
the basket, making it necessary to
shoot" under to reach the basket.
The Pella team was used to this, but
it was a serious handicap to the To-
Gals. Oskaloosa's lineup was Brown
r. g.; Williams, |. g.; Cadwallader, C;
Paris, |. f.; Jones-Russell, r. (. Pella
Sadler, |. f.; Van Zante, r. f.; On
slime, c.; Den Abel, r. g.; Boyd, |. G.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
STORE BURCLARIzED
Robbers Enter ,McQuistions Grocery
and Bakery and Help Themselves

w. L.. McQuiston's Grocery and
Bakery, Nos. 2O7 and 2O9 High avenue
east, was entered by burglars some
time Saturday night or early Sunday
morning and quantity of goods TAX
en-. Entrance was gained by means
of a cellar window in the alley on the
north of the building. The party or
parties concerned in the robbery must
have been we'll acquainted with the
store, for they were able to find their
way to all parts of the building and
to operate the elevator. Among the
merchandise missing are quantities
OF canned goods, tobacco and posi-
bly, flour. No money was taken, as
the safe was not opened.
Officials were notified as soon as
the trouble was discovered and Sher-
im Ike Reed and his bloodhounds
were placed on track of the intrud-
ers. The dogs readily followed the
scent to all parts of the store and the
basement and out into the alley at
the north end of the building, but
here they lost the trail and could do
nothing.
Report has been made to Mr.. Nc
Quiston that single horse rig was in
the alley about one o'clock Sunday
morning, and this may possibly have
belonged to the burglars. 1t might
have been the means of carrying away
the goods and also of the escape of
the parties from the dogs. On the
other hand the hard rain of the night
might have washed out any trail pos
sible for the dogs to follow.
Police officers were given all infor-
nation obtainable aand they started
to work on the case. No arrests have
been made thus far. 1t is believed
that the work was that of local par
ties.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
THE RED CROSS SEALS
Hoped That Big Wednesday Will
See Thousands Sold.

Mrs. Sam Baldauf, treasurer of the
committee of the o. w. c., having
charge of the sale of the Red Cross
Christmas Seals, reports the sum OF
$60.2S as result of the sales to date.
On Big Wednesday the people of Os'
kaloosa and vicinity will have a
chance to buy seals at the booths in
the stores and hotels and thus help
in the fight against tuberculosis.
Oskaloosa will retain STU per cent
of all money raised in this way to be
used in helping to make the town
more sanitary. The rest Of the mon
ey goes to the National Red Cross
Society to aid in fighting the white
plague.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
Freshmen Beat sophomores.

In an exciting game Friday evening
the Freshmen of Oskaloosa high school
succeeded in defeating the Sopho-
mores. The Freshmen were crippled
to some extent by Masters being out
of town. Both teams played excellent
ball, but the Freshmen outclasSed
their opponents. The Sophomores
succeeded in getting only one field
basket, while the Freshmen took
eight The game was fast and snappy
all the way through. The lineup was
as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
DROBATE NOTICE.

Il To All Whom 1t May Concern
You are hereby notified that there is
now on file in the Office of the Clerk of
the District Court of Iowa, in and for
Mahaska County, an instrument in
writing, purportlng to be the last will
and testament and codicil of John T..
Morgan, late of said county, deceased,
and that the End day of January, 1912,
has been fixed for the probate of said
will, at which time you can appear at
the court house in said county and
show cause, if any there be, why said
will should not be admitted to probate.
In Witness Whereof, / have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
court of Oskaloosa. Iowa, this 2Sth
day of November 1911. .... -g,af. .
L. E. CoRLETT, Clerk District Court.
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
$4,000 FIRE At CENTEvILLE
HALF BLOCK ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF SQUARE SWEPT.
First National Bank Was Also in I'm
minent Danger of Destruc-
ton for a While.

Centerville, Dec. Especial: Fire
this morning Quilted the store OF Dav'
dson Bros. Hardware Co., the Ran
dial Music Store and Dingeman's bar
Der shop, over a half block on the
north side of the square. The dom
age to the stock Is heavy and the
buildings are practically destroyed
The total loss will be about $4,000
The First National Bank, three
story brick structure, was in immin
ent danger of total destruction. 1t is
occupied on the second and third
floors by the Odd Fellows lodge and
various offic1E.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
STOLE A PIG AND AWAY
Thieves Carry Out the Mother
Goose Rhymes at Givin.

Thieves made successful haul
from the property of Alonzo Ellis, one
mile south of Giyin, some time Sun
day night, when they entered the
smoke house and stole a three hun
dred pound hog. Mr.. Ellis had butch
cred the hog last week and had it
hanging in the smoke house to cure.
The discovery of the theft was made
this morning when Mrs. Ellis went
to the smoke house to secure meat
for breakfast. TIE authorities were
notified of the theft and are busy
working on the case.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
Friday Afternoon Fire.

Fire of unknown origin damaged
the residence of Frank Boston, No.
315 North C street, Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. The department had
the flames under control few min.
utes after their arrival. The fire IL
supposed to have started from a de-
fective fue.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
Come From a Distance.

Holiday shoppers were in town
yesterday from Colfax, Grinnell, Mon
roe, Prairie City, Pella, Sigourney,
Washington, Keota, Eddyville and
Ottumwa. Other towns also were
represented. This sort of thing was
not common in former days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
w. /. Beans, President. #ss
VIII Pike, Vice President.
R. K. Davis. Cashier.
W CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
Paid In Full.

Directors: w. l. Beans; Charley
Victor; w. H. Springer; Thos. J.
Wilson; r. w. Moore; w. c. Reed;
W. H. Pike; Paul Synhorst; Geo. S.
Prime; r. K. Davis; M. S. Downey.
Complete set of Safety Deposit
Boxes. The $50 stockholders are all
Mahaska County farmers.
Farmerc: Make this your head.
quarters While in the City. 16tf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
DIED From lniuries.

Cedar Rapids, Dec. IL. - Special
James Sype, who has been In st
Luke's hospital unconscious since
last Thursday night from blow re
ceived from Bert Rowray. baggage
man, died Sunday afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
A Peculiar Feature.

A peculiar feature OF the calendar
of this year, and one which will never
again be encountered by this genera
ton, is that there are fifty-three Sun
days in the present year. When the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
Memorial Services for Departed
Members Sunday Afternoon.

oskaloosa Chapter No. LAG, Order
of the Eastern Star, held its first
memorial services at Masonic Temple
Sunday afternoon, and hereafter this
will be an annual event in the lodge
calendar. The address of the after
noon was delivered by the chaplain,
Mrs. Irene Jarvis, and was interest
ing lectury and beautiful eulogy of
the departed members. Dr., Jarvis
sang a solo. and Miss Gladys Hoff,
mann gave recitation. The rituals
tic part of the services was led by
the Worthy Matron, Miss Elizabeth
Liebfarth, assisted by the Worthy
Patron, w. P. Williams, and other Of
ficers, including Mrs. C. l.. Barn
house, Mrs. f. 4. Crete, Miss .Bess
Stafford, Mrs. F.. E. Smith, Mrs. j. c.
Williams, Mrs. ]. Sumner Hayes, Miss
Beulah Drinkle, Mrs. r. L. Black
ford, Miss Catherine Drinkle, Miss
Lizzie Knight, Miss Margaret Price,
Miss Maggie Hoffman,, G. N. Beech
Ter, Mrs. Mabel Long and Mrs. Jarvis.
A large representation of the member
ship and many friends were present
to hear the exercises and pay tribute
to those gone before. The deceased
members of Chapter JAG are as fol-
lows.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
Had Good Luck.

Guilford Hoffman, and Wesley
Goodner, who are trying their hand
al trapping in the woods, caught a
fine fat 'possum in one of their
snares Friday night. This is about
the best catch of the season in that
locality.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14

last day of the current month will be
marked on the tablet of time, the con-
sistent church-goer will have attend
ed one more service in single year
than will again be possible in a
twelve months in the next 109 years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
SOphomores.
Freshmen.

Think OF the many things made in
oskaloosa when preparing list of
Christmas remembrances.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14

Oskaloosa markets are worthy OF
the patronage of every resident oil
the county,-but they do not get 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
OVER 200 BILLS
 KILLED YESTERDAY
With Only Three Days Left They Cannot Run Regular
 Gantlet

Montgomery. April 5.-(SpeciaL)-In the neighborhood Of 2o0 bills that have been introduced in one or the other houses dur ing the present session Of the legislature were killed when the two legislative bodies adjourned tonight. All bills that were not considered for the first time in either Rouse today will be swept from the calendar by reason of the fact that there is not now sufficient time left in which to pass such measures.
 Only three legislative days remain be- fore adjournment. Under the constitution, every bill has to be read on three sepa- rate days in each house before it can be passed. House bills that passed today will be read the first time in the senate tomorrow, the forty-eighth day. reported on the forty-ninth day, and may be passed on tho fiftleth day. The same condition obtains with reference 10 all senate bills that passed that body today.
 All other bills that have not yet been considered for the first time in either house are dead. There is absolutely no way of passing them except by changing the constitution of the state.
 The last day on which committees may report bills that have passed either house is the day following the next legislative day, which will probably be next week. All measures that have received favor able consideration in one house or the other may he reported by committees in the next House as late as the forty-nintn day
 Although something like 200 bills have already been killed owing to insufficient time for their passage. it is believed that large proportion of the bills that have time for passage will be killed
 During the present week the house has passec. few meaures in compa rison to the number On the calendar The special or ders have usually taken up considerable time, only two or three of these bills having passed on Tuesday. Wednesday y several others were passed with some thing like 10 or 12 remaining on the cal endar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
MARION PROTESTS AGAINST APPOINTEE Does Not Want Hale COun- ty Man as a Farm
 DemOnstratOr

Marion, April 5.-(special)-At a session Of the County Progressive association, held at the courthouse on Tuesday, dele gates were appointed 10 the good roads convention to be held in Birmingham fin May.
 Committees were named to serve per manently on good roads and railroads. The fact that more than one railroad is being considered en route to the gulf has caused Marion to awake to the real situation With a new line east of town. anotter through Hale county, Marion would be in worse condition than under present service.
 The association passed strong reso- 1ution protesting against the appoint ment of a Hale county citizen as farm demonstration for this county. They ap- pointed a committee to communicate with the proper officials. to show them the unwise move of antasonizing the farm interest of the county by ignoring it's citizenship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
The Pocahontas Delegation

From the Washington Herald.
 Clarence W. Watson, the new senator from West Virginia, was a delegate some time ago to congressional con vention down in his district.
 Pocah ontas county was represented in the convention by only one delegate
 The chairman asked for roll cal on matter that many did not under stand. Whereupon the lone Pocahontas delegate arose and said In all serious ness to the assembled multitude:
 Well! The Pocahontas delegation de- sires sto hold a consultation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
LIGHTNING RENDERS
 GIRL UNCONSCIOUS

Fort Payne, April "A large mulberry tree standing in front of the house of Thomas H. Scott, who resides about two miles north of here, was struck by lightning. yesterday morning during a severe thunder and lightning storm and several members of his family were shocked by the stroke. One daughter was rendered unconscious for time but soon recovered from the effect. the other mem bers of the family only being stunned for few moments.
 Commissioners court is in session this week and great deal of work is being done by them at thls session. All of the commissioners are present and Judge ]. A. Croley is presiding over the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
STEAM FITTERS IN
 SHOOTING AFFRAY

Chicago, April 5.-The third shoot ing in the jurisdlctional fights between unions of steam filters and plumbers took place today in front of the Heisen building, which Is under construction and which has been the scene of most of the disorder attending the labor troubles.
 C. A. Ramler, steam filter, was standing in the doorway of the building. when two men walked up to him, each armed with revolver. They fired f1ve sh ots between them al the steam fitte-, two of which struck him in the 4shoul- der. lie will recover. The assailants, unidentified, escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
COURTS TO GET
 ANOTHER RECESS
The Civil Terms Will Be Suspended Saturday for Term of
 Two Weeks

The city and circuit courts of Jener- son county will be suspended again on Saturday for a period of two weeks this time as is provided in the Morrow bill which has been signed by the governor.
 The bill was compromise between the delegation of the Birmingham bar ana us author Mir Morrow. following several or fcial protests of the association against the passage of another bill which effected a curtailment of the terms Of court. II gives to the civil courts recess of two weeks. one preceding and one simultan- eous with the Jefferson county call in-tne supreme court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

country toward the How" lying to the northeastward. A very excessive rain fall-S.50 inches-occurred at Mobile during the past 24 hours. A moderately heavy rainfall of 1.62 inchS was re- corded at Montgomery. Temperatures are a little lower In the middle Missis- sippi valley and middle gulf states, but the temperature changes throughout the cotton belt have generally been un-
 important.
 United States weather bureau stations April 5, 1911:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, April 5. p. m.-The low barometric area that was In the in- terior this morning has divided, one division being central over eastern Can ada, and the other in Colorado and Kansas. It rained over three-fourths of the country during the past "A hours, the only extensive dry area be- Ing the southern Rockies and southern Rocky mountain slope, over which re- zion the winds blew from the warm and comparatively dry southwestern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
TURKS LET THEIR
 WARSHIP CONTRACT

Constantinople, April 5.--Armstrong Whitworth & Co.,. limited. of London, have been awarded the contract for the construction of the vessels of the new Turkish navy to consist of three bat tleships of 13,500 tons each and sev- eral smaller craft. The original ten der of this firm was $425 per ton and they received the contract only upon reducing their price to $4O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06

aldson, part of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26 town ship IT, range west.
 ssOOo-samuel R. Bentley to Alabama J,umber company, lots 1 and 19, block 699, survev of Elyton Land company.
 saosa-Annie l.. Harperlto Seminole Land company, mineral rights in the north- west quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the south west quarter, section 34. township IS. range 3 west.
 s13oo-B. E. Jackson to c. A. Griffith. lots and 8. block 1, Eureka Land com pany's survey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
TREATY INDORSED
 BY NEW BRUNSWICK

Fredericton, N. B., April By a strict party vote an indorsement of the proposed reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States was rea ched by the New Brunswick legis- lature today. The vote which was taken at 2 o'clock this morning was on resolution offered by c. w. Rob- ertson. the opposition leader, which in- dorsed reciprocity and favored an in crease of the British preferential rate to 30 per cent The, vote was , to 29.