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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

The silver service which has been
selected by the committee, consists
of about one hundred and thirty
pieces. On the larger pieces of the
service, scenes typical of Utah's ma
tural scenery and resource, as well
as those which are of historical ma
ture, will be engraved. Among the
larger engravings will be scene rep.
resenting pioneer and modern means
Of transportation, the artists having
selected for this purpose the pioneer
oS-team and the modern palatial
steam train crossing the Lucin Cutoff !;
Black Rock at Garfield, showing the
lake in the distance; a composite pic
ture or a mining camp; Pioneer Monu-
ment, and a number of typical Utah
mountain scenes. The twenty-seven
punch cups which go with the punch
service Will bear scenes typical of the
twenty-seven counties of the state,
and each individual cup VIII bear a
legend setting forth in a few words
the resources of the county it repre-
sents. Practically all of the coun-
ties have responded to the commit
tees invitation for suggestions and
the collection of photographs will
convey a splendid idea of the diversi-
fed products and resources Of the
state.
All the citizens of Utah have been,
or will be. given an opportunity to
contribute to this silver service for
the battleship Utah, which is to nave
its trial trip in the near future. Even
the school children are to contribute
their mite. so that the men and
women of the future may have a real
interest In the great war vessel
named for the state of Utah.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Salt Lake City.-The battleship
UTAH launched at Camden, New
Jersey. December 90, 1909, is a vessel
OF the Dreadnaught type, $40 feet
long, SO feet wide and displaces 21,S25
tons, with draft of % feet inches.
Her armament is composed of ten
12inch guns, sixteen 5-inch guns and
the usual small calibre guns. She has
two 2l-inch submerged torpedo tubes.
The vessel will be propelled by Par
sons turbines, being the first United
States battleship with this type of
machines and she will burn oil fuel in
connection with coal. She has the
usual complement of officers and
men and is fitted up, in every respect,
according to the customary practice of
the United States navy.
The utah" will be, when placed in
commission. the largest vessel com
pleted for the United States navy. and
will have speed of about 81 knots.
patriotic custom has been fol-
lowed by the several states of the
Union in whose honor battleships have
been named. of providing the vessel
with silver service. The cost of
these services has ranged from five
to twenty-five thousand dollars. The
funds for purchasing the same have
been raised in the several states in
various ways-by legislative appro-
priation, private subscription. and sub
scriptions by the various cinvs oI the
states.
The Utah" will not be behind the
other vessels in this respect, a com
mittee having been appointed to Sc
cure a silver service which will be
the pride of the officers and crew of
Utah" and credit to the state
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

I stood beside tn pastur' fence an look ed
out to tn road,
AM though they want = sprig o. green
In anything that showed,
sort O. sensed tn springtime-like you
hear things fur away,
Or like you see tn sunshine trimble up
long fore It's day.
An while / stood an looked out at tn
promise everywhere
l sort O. whispered soC- like: Spring,
I'm ready when you air.
Tn south wind. It. 'uz BLOWN, an It
fiickered on my cheek
Ez IL ez though 1t wanted mighty badly
fer to speak;
I looked up at tn sky, too an l kind o.
cooked my ears
To git tn bluebrds MARBLE, like you do
when 1t appears.
Wuz sompin half-prophetic In tn fields
all dead an bare
INT made me up an chuckle: Spring,
I'm ready when you ART"
I knowed II want tn right time. ner I
needn't look fer spring
But wuz look o. hopin' on tn face o.
everything
TIL trees KEEP noddin' knowin'-like to each
an everyone
Ez II ez though they's tellin' how tn sap
An, so ! looked off yender whur tn sky
'uz clear an fair
An SEE. half absent minded: Spring I'm
ready when you air.
l don't hold much wi poets, ner WI all,
that kind o. truck,
But somepin' come an teched me in my
buzzum, an 1t stuck
can't explain ezackly-'t'uz like waitin'
fer tn hymn
In church a-Sunday mornin'-an' I pulled
my OIL hat brim
Down on my forrud softly, like I didn't
hev care
An spoke up all unthinkin': Spring. I'm
ready when you air"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
COULD NOT STAND SUFFERING
FROM SKIN ERUPTION

Il have been using Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment for the past
three months and l am glad to say
that they cured me of most annoy
ing skin eruption. 1t began by my no
ticing red blotches appearing on my
face and scalp. Although they were
rather disfiguring, did not think any
thing of them until they began to get
scaly and dry and to itch and burn
until ! could not stand the suffering.
Then l began to use a different soap.
thinking that my old kind might be
hurting me, but that didn't seem to do
any good. went to two different doc
tors but neither seemed to relieve me
any. / lost many nights sleep in con-
tinual scratching, sometimes scratch
Ing till l drew the blood on my face
and head. Then l started in to use
the Cuticura Remedies and in two
months l was entirely relieved of that
awful pest. / am so delighted over
my cure by Cuticura Remedies that |
shall be glad to tell anybody about
It." ISL ned) G. M. mcfarland, 221
West 11vth St., New York City, Oct. s,
1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (50c) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole props, 1876 Column
bus Ave-, Boston, for free book on
skin and scalp diseases and their
treatment.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

An old man, upon seeing a small
barefooted lad playing in the street OF
western town one day, approached
him and said: Young man. why are
you not attending school today; some
day. when you grow up you will regret
all this wasted timer"
We'll, I'll tell yer. mister" said the
chap with a long drawn sigh. me
mudders sick. me brother Jimmy
broke his arm yesterday. and baby's
cutting his teeth. and my oldest sis
ter's getting married, and besides
there amt any school ter day, it's
teachers convention day, ana dat's
the reason l amt at school ter day"
National Monthly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
HUNTING AND FOOTBALL.

Thirteen men were killed while on
huuting excursions in this state in the
brief open season. That Is the mum
Der OF young men killed in football In
Tie whole country this year. or az
many Pennsylvanians as have died
from this cause In a century. These
figures are offered not to prove that
football il without certain amount Of
risk, but TO show that all human oc-
equations are accompanied by some
dangers. says the Philadelphia InQuir-
Or The law Of averages IL a remark
able one. 1t indicates that about a
certain number OF persons die each
year from fortuitous causes and II
one class 10 lacking the ether supplies
the deficiency. Parents who are
afraid their boys will be injured or
killed playing football may be encour-
aged BY the fact that 1t II proved to
be one of the most innocuous Of sports
The danger from death or severe in
fury In any college sport 10 not any
thing like 10 great as that Of being run
down by an automobile or trolley car.
Human life 10 precious and must be
conserved. Science has done much for
those who err in certain directions
but It has nothing to offer those who
suffer from pure accident. All Of
which means that what Is needed by
young and old is simply a modicum of
common sense. 1t Is not to be forgot
tan that the mother who kept her boy
home from school because he dream
Cd he had died was an actual mourner
. few hours later because he fell OF
the roof Let us all act sensibly, with
courage, faith and proper caution.
Those who take the most pains to es-
cape accidents are apt to be the worst
sufferers, but It Is certain that boyish
sports are not dangerous compared
with the most ordinary avocations Of
adults.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
Traits Of the Great.

Wagner would not use the wireless
telegraph.
Mark Anthony, although a master of
elocution, never recited "Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight"
Nero did not care for the phono-
graph.
Christopher Columbus never went
into vaudeville
Longfellow did not make a musical
comedy of "Hiawatha"
George Washington seldom, If ever,
attended a moving picture show
The duke Of Wellington would not
use fountain pen.
Louis XVI did not have a folding
bed in the palace.
Catherine the Great did not wear
shirt waists.
Confucius would not write for the
Sunday papers.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

You may argue all you like that II
is an accepted rule of science that
man evolved from the monkey. as Oar
win claimed. but you can't convince
me. Show me any instance of mon
keys evolving from man. It's a poor
rule, you know, that won't work both
ways"
But IT does work both ways"
Tut, TUT"
1T does. Often a woman makes a
monkey of a man"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
OF Course Not.

Hail" sneers the petulant hus.
band. THE way women dress nova
days Is the limit of absurdity. Look
at the figures they present-utterly
out of all similitude to the human
form. tell you. you couldn't get
the Venus de Milo into modern cor
sets and-and-things."
Il should say you couldn't" agrees
the long-suffering wife. The poor
thing is made OF MARBLE"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
IF YOU HAVE A SICKLY
YOUNGSTER TRY THIS FREE

The family with young children that is
without sickness In the house now ana
then is rare, and so II is important that
the head of the house should know what
to do in the little emergencies that arise
A child with a serious ailment needs a
doctor, IL is true but in the majority of
Instances. as any doctor knows, the child
suffers from some intestinal trouble
usually constipation.
There is no sense In giving II pill or
a remedy containing an opiate. nor Is
flushing OF the bowels to be always rec
commended. Rather give II a small dose
of a mild, gentle laxative tonic like Dr.
Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. which, by clean
ing out the bowels and Strengthening the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

little stomach muscles. will Immediately
correct the trouble.
This is not alone our opinion but that
OF Mrs. N. III. Mead OF Freeport, Kans.,
whose granddaughter has been taking II
successfully and of Mrs. ]. r. Whiting
OF Lena, Wis. who gives II TO her children
and takes 1t herself. 1t is sold In fifty
cent and one dollar bottles at every
drug store, but II you want to test II in
your family before you buy 1t send your
address to DIR. Caldwell and he will for
ward a supply free OF charge.
For the free sample address DIR. w B.
Caldwell. 20i Caldwell building. Monu-
Gallo, Ill
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Proportionately. II is said. the num-
Der of insane people in this country is
increasing faster than the population
Is growing, taking asylum statistics for
It. Even at that, there is scarcely a
fellow but will declare that the asy-
lums don't get them all. either.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

A feminine scientist wants a moth.
ers' course established In colleges.
Still, the old-fashioped mother appar.
emily understood her business very
well, and probably present-day scien-
tific infants are not SO happy as her
cuddled and petted babies.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
MAY Make One.

Il suppose, after eating this good
dinner, you feel as II you hadn't an
enemy in the world"
81 don't know; until tip the waiter
he at least will remain in q position a
armed neutrality"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Dobbins-'1 say, old fellow, you are
getting thin since you retired from
business"
Bobhins lex coal dealer)-"That's
right You see. l don't weigh ~
much as | did"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

A prisoner who stole is cents was
discharged by the judge. That is a
great disappointment to the authors
of weepy poetry. who naturally ex.
pected the offender to be sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

feet and ankles we're bloated and /
was in bad way when l began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. / used four
boxes and was entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale. by all dealers. so cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

TONS. Again they be-
came scanty. were
very thick and attend
ed by burning and
scalding. Soon a drop
steal condition be-
came manifest and /
hoUan IN vuorru Nv
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

French aviators fell 500 feet in an
aeroplane and were not hurt. Fate
favors the bold, but then fate is also
VIGOROUSLY capricious. so experiments
need not 60 on. depending on fate's
GAvors.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
Squared the Account.

Just think! That lady doctor who
died last year owed her oressmaker
10000 marks"
We'll, what happened?"
Her husband couldn't pay, 80 he
married the dressmaker."
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE

the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes. 1t makes your feet feel easy and com
Portable and makes walking delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. Refuse sKbsfffzfes For free trial
package, address Allen S. Olmstead Leroy, N. Y.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
He Was . Diplomat.

She-"I should like that lovely pearl
necklace. Look what beauties they
are"
He-'1t's better not to have such
large pearls, my dear. People always
think they are false"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
Useless Effort.

Mr.. Pester-Aren't you going to
kiss me, dear?
Mrs. Pester-What's the use
have such cold l can't tell whether
you've been drinking or not
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

1t is possible to have too much of
good thing. The dog with the shortest
tail runs the least danger OF having
tin cans tied to 1t.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Garfield Tea purifes the blood, cleanses
the system, clears the complexion, eradi-
Gates disease and promotes Good Health.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31
A WOMAN'S KIDNEYS.
Arc Often Responsible for Untold
Suffering.

Mrs. W. H. Kaiser Whitney, Nebr.,
says: MANY times during the night
l was obliged to arise because OF too
frequent passages Of kidney secre-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Have to Pull Them In.
Ella-There are just as good fish
In the sea
Stella-But you have to have a pull
to land them.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

The strongest symptom of wisdom
In man is his being sensible of his own
-Rochefoucauld.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny, granules, easy to take
Do not grippe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Sympathy sometimes means sitting
In car and passing out soft words to
lame folk.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

And many man never realizes the
value of his home until he has occa-
sion to collect the fire insurance.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININF.-
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for
the signature OF E. W. GROVE. III ed the World
over 10 Cure Cold In One Day. 25c.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-03-31

Dwellers in glass houses should
keep out of politics
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22
The Way to Find Out.

On pleasant Sunday afternoon an
old German and his youngest son
We're seated in the village inn. The
father had partaken literally Of the
home breWed beer, and was warning
his son against the evils of intemper-
ance. Never drink too much, my son.
gentleman stops when he has
enough. TO be drunk is disgrace"
Yes, Father, but how can tell
when l have enough or am drunk"
The old man pointed with his fin
ger DO you see those two men sit
ting in the corner? If you should see
four men there, you would be drunk"
The boy looked long and earnestly.
Yes, Father, but-but-there is only
one man in that corner"
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22
An Instructive Story.

A story is told of one of the Popes
(Slxtus lV) whose parents belonged
to the very poorest class When his
mother presented herself before him
arrayed in the richest brocades, laces
and jewels. the Pontiff pretended not
10 recognize her. and it was only
when she returned dressed as a SIM
pie peasant woman that he warmly
embraced her. Plus X would never
nave employed such a pretence did his
mother appear before him more won-
derfully CARRIED than the Queen of
Sheba, but it is quite safe to say that
P1us KS mother knew her son too
well to suppose that he would ever
wish to see her other than her own
simple self. Shortly after he was
elected it was suggested by the COL
lege of Heralds. or the people that
concern themselves with the Golden
Book of the aristocracy. that it would
only be consonant with the fitness Of
Things that his two sisters in Rome
should be created Warehouses; or at
! least Countesses-and Plus x, who is
liberal enough in bestowing titles on
persons who have deserved them, was
greatly amused. His brother very
rarely comes to Rome but when he
does, 1t is said that the Holy Father
piayfully alludes to him as the POST
master General" Plus x is the hap
piest combination possible of dignity
and simplicity. His exalted position
has obliged him to conform to certain
outward formalities, but his private
life In the Vatican when he takes the
lift from his pontifical apartment to
the suite of rooms above where he
lives with his two secretaries, is'very
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22

P. H. McGraw. 1o2 Vernon ST.: Med.
Exam DR.. Chas. H. Payette. silvey
Blk. ,4o4 N. 55th. Meetings held on first
Tuesday of each month at Gilley's hall.
SCOTT COUNTY.
, County President-F. J. Leonard, Jor-
Division No 1, Belle Plaine-Pres:. DR..
6. R; Moloney, Belle PLANE: Vice Pres.
fl. =. eonion. Belle Paine; Fin Fin: s Sec:
J.. H. stratton. Belle Plairle: Treas.
Dor c2rkf d Belle Pane; Med Exa%
on first Sunday. Of month in Fraternity
hall at Belle PLANE. MINI.
co. sTEELE COUNTY:
Division No. l, owatonna-Pres.. w.
+: Kitty. Owatonna; Vice Pres, j. E.
Quinn, owatonna; Rec. Sec. ]. 2. Ma
owatonna: Treas ire; $50 John Hogan. ma owa.
tonna; Med. Exam, G. G. Morehouse.
month in 1. o. o. F. hall at owatonna,
MINI.
SWIFT COUNTY.
County President-D. r. McDermott.
D.. Dvis sk'1,, No !: clqntart. Mtnn;-p,v.
2; Vice Pres, Cornelius Regain. Danvers:
&c., ?az 11nos G G1ontar{ E fns
Sec, Patrick Foley, Danvers, r. R. No. +:
2; Med. Exam, DR.. oscar Dagnault, Ben
son. Meetings are held on the first Sun
day OF month in A. o. Fl. hall. Clontarf.
MINI.
wINoNA COUNTY.
=, County President. N. .. Ryan. 1854 E.
). Division No. 1, winona-Pres., P. J..
Barlow, los E. King St.; Vice Pres, NJ
2. Kelly, 609 w. 5th St.; Rec. Sec, j. A.
MCMILLAN, 32s w Howard ST.; Fin. Sec
ana atH n ms Sec, Geo. A. Fitzgerald. 561 W.
Wabasha; Med. Exam, G. j. Tweedy, IS
=. go st. Meetings held on second and
fourth Thursdays Of month at St Thomas
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22

and had also been a member for .
time of the local Poor Law Board and
District Council, was seized with par
alysis few days ago, and never re-
covered.
Tyrone.
At the Courthouse. Carrickmore. on
Thursday. 18th ult., largely attend
ed meeting was held in furtherance Of
the proposed project to establish a
bacon factory in Omagh. Mr.. NJ. Gall
lagher presided
Mr.. j. G R. Porter. Omagh, who has
taken lively and an active interest
in the promotion of this praiseworthy
object, addressed the meeting at con-
siderable length, in the course of
which he appealed to all to make the
scheme what it deserves to be, sue
cessfuL and profitable one.
Westmeath.
In a fire which occurred in Big
Wood, at Ballnaloure, on the borders
of Wexford and Carlow, the property
of Mr.. Walter Kavanagh, ex-M. P,
Boris House, few days ago, it Is es-
tmated damage to the value of nearly
C 100 was done.
Wexford.
Out of a population of nearly 10000
in the New Ross Petty Sessions dis
tricts, there was not single case of
drunkenness at the last Petty SEES
sions Court. This has happened
frequently during the past six or eight
months. The Pioneer, Anti Treating
and Total Abstinence Societies have
made rapid progress in the district
Waterford.
Presiding at the annual meeting Of
the Waterford and Lismore Diocesan
Synod on Saturday, June Gath, Right
Rev. DR.. OHara said that changes
were threatening which might sap the
foundations of the Constitution and
undermine the whole social system.
Expressing regret at the loss Of the
people by emigration, he said he did
not believe it would be checked by
any system Of self-government. 1t
would, he feared, be the other way
about. because they were too poor and
too much divided to be able to stand
alone as a separate Kingdom or State
The gradual but certain Improvement
in the condition Of their peonla pen-
orally filled him with hope.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22
In the Spring o. tho Year.

In the Spring o. the Year.
In the Spring O. the year we two whit
walkin'-
Och, but the greenin meadows were
sweet,
And God to His world of love was
talkin'
In every daisy about our feet.
My heart was singin' with joy and
laughter
0, Soul of my bosom if I but knew
The desolate years that were speedin,
afther
When I'd go wakin' no more with
In the Spring O. the year you lay a.
dyin':-
The greenin' meadows were drench-
ed with rain
sighn'
In every splash on the window pane
Dhroopin' to rest like sea beat swal-
low sS
l felt you slippin' away from me.
And the pitiful feet OF me could not
Beyond those shadows of mysthery.
Och, years keep comm. and years keen
goin';
'Tis little l heed them, green or grey,
Watchin' the River of Life whose
fiowin' E4
Must sometime bring me a brighter
day,
Then. spring o the year, or depth O.
Winther,
God will be talkin' of love again
To me and His world when I shall
inther
The same soft shadows where YOU
went in.
Teresa Brayton.
The Irish standard., 1911-07-22
Time to Get Off.

A Philadelphia clergyman tells this
story on a brother minister, with
whom he recently attended conven-
ton in Washington:
1.-THE conductor on street car on
which we were riding one day." he
said, was most apparently of English
birth. We had hardly seated our
selves when l was attracted by his
pronunciation.