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New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
BARTLETT TRIPP DEAD
Was Minister to Austria Under
President Cleveland.

Yankton. 8. D, Dec s.-Bsrtlett Tripp'
Minister to Austria during the last ad-
ministratlon OF President Cleveland. died
at his home here to-day Of heart failure.
Mr.. Trtpp suffered slight paralytic stroke
last Saturday. but was thought 10 have re-
covered. and with his wife was preparing
20 leave Sunday for Jamaica 10 spend the
winter.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
MRS. L. J. H. WICKHAM DEAD
Her Daughter a Member of Metropoli-
tan Opera Company.

Pittsburgh, Dec. s.-Mrs. Lydia J. Hurl-
bert Wickhsm. widow OF Judge John ].
Wickham. formerly OF the Pennsylvania
Superior Court. and mother Of Florence
Wickham. a we'll known opera singer,
dropped dead to-day at Beaver. Penn,
while making an afternoon call. Mrs.
Wlckham lived at Beaver
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
MARRIED

PRAY -THORNAIIs-On Thursday. December :
laIi az the residence % the brides parents.
No 2WH West 18Th 81. New York CITY. by the
Rev. Abbott r. kittredge. H. - Edna Em-
mons. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Edward Voor-
hees Thornall 70 Wilder Kenneth Pray. OF New
Rochelle. y Y.
Notices OF marriages and deaths must be
,rromnaned BY full name and address
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09

Bartlett Trip was one Of the pioneers OF
the Dakotas before the division Of the ter
ritory. He was chief justice OF that terri
tory under President CIeveland's first ad-
minstration.
Mr.. Trip was a native Of Maine. born in
1882. and was educated at Colby University
and Albany Law School. He practised law
in Maine for some years before going 70
Dakota. He was on the irst board Of re
gents Of the University OF South Dakota
and a member OF the commission for codi-
Tying the laws OF Dakota Territory in 1877
and Of the State Of South Dakota in 1902.
He was also chairman Of the Samoan Com
mission to settle questions between England,
Germany and America in 1899. He had been
a lecturer on constitutional law az the Uni
versity of South Dakota since 1917.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
OFFICES

FRANK n. CAMPBELL. 2ti3 West e3d r..
Cnapels. Private Rooms. Private Ambulan ncsa
Tal fgNl Thalsea
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
EMErERIEA
UNDERTAkERs.

THE WOODLAND CEMETRRN.
z33d 81. BY Harlem Train and by Trolley.
Ofice. 20 East Esd ST. ". Y.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-09
suNoAYs NelY.YoRK TRlsuMe

Mailed srywh.r. IN W. United State.
f-r - % > yer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05

SEE; PAGE FOR ANNOUNCE- NENT OF HARVEST SALE OF READY-TO-WEAH GARMENTS,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05

See Page ' for announce ment of Harvest Sale of
 Ready : To Wear Gar mentS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
BAes BALL in PRISON.

Burlington Hawk Eye : Warden
Barr has given permission to the in,
mates of the reformatory at Anamosa
10 organize number of base ball
teams and to have a league of their
own, and to play a regular schedule
Of games, And no doubt that will be
appreciated by the inmates and they
will be kept in better humor and In
better health, and they will be more
amenable to reason and the discipline
and the reformatory work will be far
thered by giving the lads an opportun-
ity TO enjoy some Of the good things
that they have temporarily deprived
themselves Of through their folly. It
is to be taken for granted that the
majority nf7the inmates at Anamosa
are not really bad and that many Of
them can be turned f5aek into the
right track by "a wisea handling ,and
some privileges and some kindnesses,
accompanied with the frmness and
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04

Madison, Lee county. and the least
a trace, at Alton, Sioux county. and
at Estherville, Emmett county. The
greatest amount in twenty-four hours
200 inches, occurred at Fort Madison,
Lee county, on the 26th. Measurable
precipitation occurred on an average
of four days.
The average depth of unmelted
snowfall was 1.9 inches. The great,
est depth was so inches at Rockwell
City, Calhoun county,; and the least,
trace atA17 scattered stations.
The average number of clear days
was 16; partly cloudy, 3; cloudy, 6.
The duration of sunshine was con
siderably above the normal, the per-
centage of the possible amount being
81 at Charles City: II at Davenport;
70 at Des Moines; IS at Dubuque; 76
at Keokuk; and sc at Sioux City.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
MARCH WEATHER IN IOWA.

According to belated bulletin is.
sued by the Iowa weather and crop
bureau, the average temperature for
March was 81 degrees above and the
precipitation 0.99 inch below the nor.
NAL, making 1t the driest March, with
two exceptions, on record since state.
wide observations began. While the
temperature was considerably above
the normal, the month was cold
enough, especially during the latter
half to retard the growth of vegeta.
ton and the development of fruit
buds, and as result the prospects
are at present very promising for a
fruit crop.
The monthly mean temperature for
the state was 1914 degrees, which is
"a above the normal for Iowa. The
highest monthly mean was 43.2 de.
grees, at Keokuk Lee county. and
the lowest monthly mean, 35.7 DE,
grees, at Forest City, winnebago
county. The highest Temperature
reported was So degrees, at Ames.
Story county, on he 21st; the lowest
temperature reported was 2 degrees,
at Forest City. Winnebago county, on
the 18th. The average monthly max.
imum was rs degrees, and the aver
age monthly minimum was 10 de
grees. The greatest daily range was
SO degrees at Little Sioux, Harrison
county. Auduban, Audubon county,
and at Woodbnrn. Clarke county.
The average OF the greatest daily
ranges was ~ degrees. 'ats
Y The average !. precipitation for The
state was OPS inch, which is 'O.99 inch
below the normal The greatest
amount 4H Inches occurred at Fort
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
WRIGHT.

Miss Matte Knicely, Of Oskaloosa,
was in Wright Wednesday looking af-
ter music pupils.
Mrs. Angelina Hoover and son
Jesse were called to Lynnville We'd
nesday by the death of relative.
Mrs. Minnie Perkins and baby
Sherry, of Oskaloosa, is at the parent.
al Perkins home for visit.
Several Odd Fellows of this place
went to Newton Wednesday, April rs,
for their annual meeting.
Apple and plum trees are putting
forth their bloom which gives encour-
agement of some fruit.
Mrs. Kittie Sullivan, daughter and
granddaughter, of Centerville, are
visiting with Mrs. Belle Barrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fox, of Wright.
went to Oskaloosa last Sabbath to see
Mrs. G. W.Lyon, who is reported sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gaston's little
boy had both bones in one arm brok-
en- day or two since.
We had fine shower of rain Fri
day night that will be beneficial to
growing crops and garden truck.
April 20. w.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04

Alex. Miller is responsible for
this new form of birth notice: May
be Bro. Elder of the Journal thinks
it is fair competition to run in boy
on the rest of US news scribbIers, but
We win always consider it an unfair
advantage. A baby boy came to their
house last press day, SO we did not
even get scoop in the item and if
he thinks the other papers are en-.
titled to no consideration at all,why,
all right, They call him David Rail,
family name from both sides of the
house, and the Democrat bids the
lad welcome to the newspaper fold
and hopes he may grow up to be as
good man as his mother is a wom-
an. We would have said as good as
his dad, but We do not believe in
saying nice things about our compel.
itors. We believe in abusing them. :"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record In Recent Real Estate Trans
fers In County.

| Sarah Z. Bomar to Carson Mcclure
N. " of lots; 1 and 2, block 16, City
of Oskaloosa-S3,7 10000.
Flora Hirseh and husband to Rud
die J. White,a lot No. Z of Smith &
buttons sub-div. of out lot Is of o
P. Oskaloosa- 10000.
Jennie B. Price ct al to Benjamin
F. Brown, lot 2 of |. S. of N. w. a
of N. E. a and lot 2 of |. S. of S. w
u of N. E. " of 27-75-16; also a
part of S. E. corner of N. w. "A of N
/ E. a of 27-75-16-$550.0O
w. T. Wehrle and wife to Warner
IWehrle, N. w. 4 of s. w. a and S
70 of S. w. u of N. w. u and part
lof N. w. corner of S. E. a of N. w
a, all in 1-77-17-$1O, 10000.
Caroline S. Natter to VIM. Matter
OF in block 1 of Hetheringtons add
o Oskaloosa-$1.00
Caroline S. Natter to Homer L.
hull, the N. E. corner of lot AZ OF
own of Lacey-$a20Q0.
Emma E.. Woods 10 &. }. Whitsel
lots q and IS of sub-div. of lots 10
an and 10 of /. W. u Of S. w
"A of 13-75-16-$600.0O
Maria l.. Davis to Rosa Sherberger
s. Il of lots and 2. block so, o. P
Oskaloosa-$5,O 10000.
| LEVIN Van Wassenhove and vie
to J. H. Schultz, lots %, SO and "a OF
sub-div. and irregular survey of NV
a of S. Il. u of 1916 16-$2, 10000.
Nancy and Hiram Morrow to Frank
and Anna Reed, sw. "a of NV. a Of
2S-77-14-$1.0 90.
James T. Evans to Ella E. Brown
part of NV. corner of sw. a of NV
a of 20-75-16-$1,7 ZOO.
Chas. Holloway and wife to Frank
Reed and Anna Reed, sw. a of NV
| a of 27-77-14-$1.00
p. Cad Sewers ct al to Charles S
Higlin, lot 3 in blk. 7, ofwestOska
loosa-$2,0OO.
Arthur Dilley and wife to Milo
Knight, part of ne. corner of sw
a of NV. u of 35-76-16-$50O.
u. II. MCSIdChtH " IIlHd MI
Cracker, lot 81 of Crookham's sub
div. of lot A, in sw. "a of ne. u OF
24-75-16-$1.00
Elias Holloway and wife to Frank
and Anna Reed, sw. "A of NV. n OF
2s-77-14-gI.00.
Geo. S. Prime, executor to Mary
Hart, ct al, lots Is, Is and 10, blk
/, Ridge Place addition to Oskaloo
sa-$1 90. e." ..
Peter G. Wolcott ct al, to Frank A.
Roberts, ct al lot Z, in blk. "a, o. p,
Oskaloosa-$1,2 200.
Lester B. Keller and wife to Ralph
NJ. Shaw, north " of sw. n of 2S-74'
14-$10,S00.
William r. Kinney and wife to
Peter Ollom, part of NV. corner of
sw. "a of ne. "A of 12-7414-$1, 500.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
WHAT ONE MAN DID.

From a production of but 3,147
long tons of sulphur, valued at $685..
100, to an output of 239, 312 long tons,
valued at s4,4a2,O66, in a period of
ten years is long stride, but this is
the growth tina. has taken place in
the sulphur industry in the United
States since 1900. Furthermore, it
was not so very long ago that the
United States sent abroad more than
100000 annually for native sulphur
by far the larger part of which came
from Sicily. In 1909 the United
States not only produced enough sui.
phur for her own needs but exported
81, 142 long tons; valued at $736,92S,
as compared with an importation of
various grades valued at s549,632,
leaving balance of trade in favor
of this country of nearly 100000.
The great reversal of conditions
whereby the United States has be-
come dominant factor in the sur
phur industry of the world is largely
due to the inventive genius of Herman
Frasch, an American, of Cleveland,
Ohio. The process whereby sulphur
is obtained in practically pure condi-
ton from the earth is known from the
inventors name as the Frasch pro-
cess and is employed in working the
great sulphur deposits in Louisiana.
Briefly the process is as follows: A
well is driven in much the same
manner as a gas or oil well is sunk,
and into it are placed several concen-
trio lines of pipe. Superheated water
introduced through the outer pipe
melts the sulphur, which may be sew
eral hundred feet below the surface.
Hot compressed air is then forced
through the smallest of the pipes.
This forms an aerated emulsion with
the molten sulphur, which is forced
out by hydrostatic pressure between
the remaining pipes and discharged
in a purified form into large watts
where cooling, qualification and feed
ing go on simultaneously. The sui
phur is then broken up, shipped by
rail to the Gulf coast. loaded on ships
by machinery and transported to cas-
tern coast ports.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
SAVE PENN COLLEGE,"

Inc campaign is on in Mahaska
county to complete the work of rails.
ing the additional $4,000 endowment
for Penn College. About $4,000 re.
mains to be secured. When Oska.
loosa and Mahaska county have
brought their total up to $4,000 il
becomes incumbent on. the Iowa
Yearly Meeting-outside of Mahaska
county-to raise a like amount. This
camaign is also on. and almost as
much has been raised outside as has
been subscribed in the county. The
original date for the completion of the
canvass was September /, but the
management has felt it is absolutely
necessary to complete the work by
June |, so that definite announce
ments could he made at Commence.
ment time.
Some splendid things for Penn are
awaiting the completion of this en-.
dowment. They are sure to come
when the endowment is raised, but
are extremely doubtful il we should
fail. The sooner the endowment is
completed the sooner these good
things will come.
Again, the completion of this new
endowment fund by June 1st, will
give great impetus to the college
work of next year. u will remove all
uncertainty concerning future ar
rangements. II will tend to increase
the enrolment. In every way the ac.
complishment of this enterprise by
June list, will be of inestimable value.
To be able to announce on Commence.
ment Day that the 800, 100000 add.
ditional endowment has been secured
will be gratifying to all concerned
and will guarantee the future success
Of Penn.
At the beginning Of this endowment
Oskaloosa and Mahaska
county were asked to raise $4,000. 90.
This they generously undertook to
DO, Thirty-fiye thousand dollars Of
his has already been raised. Most of
his has been given by Oskaloosa cit
lzens The remaining $4,000 must
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
SNAKES ARE FOND OF MUSIC
Other Animals Also Seem to Take
Pleasure In Listening to Har-
monlous Strains.

Science has recently been studying
the question as to whether or not
snakes have really any appreciation
OF music. This applies particularly
to the cobra, which responds to the
piping of a gourd instrument played
by the East Indian fakir with a
rhythmic movement suggesting a
dance. The conclusion seems to be
that II answers to the musical notes
much In the same way as dog does
that is to say. through special or
nervous sympathy. When the whistles
blow at noon In the Bronx Zoo the
wolves set up great bowling in con-
cert. Whether or not they enjoy
this sort of music Is disputed
though probably they do, for some
dogs undoubtedly take pleasure in
harmonious strains and will run a
block TO sit up in front Of hand
organ and "sing." while other dogs
unquestionabfy suffer from certain
kinds of music and express their
pain and lugubrious bowls.
AS for the East Indian fakir, for
some unknown reason he always car
ries about with him curious rag
doll In cylindrical box, talking to
II as II 1t were alive In the inter-
walls OF snake charming and the per.
Torrance of Juggling tricks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
therefore come from residents Of the

therefore come from residents of the
country.
On account of the difficulty of
reaching the country this part of'Ma.
haska county has not yet been can
vassed thoroughly. So far, however
as the. has been canvassed it has Civ.
en- as generously as has the city OF
Oskaloosa.
An average of $1,000 for each town.
ship will more than raise the remain,
der. Some townships, on account OF
location, should give more than the
average amount.
The campaign that is now on will
be waged chiefly in the country dis
tricts, while all the bushes in town
will again be beat to see that no sub
scription escapes.
Penn College is more needed by
Oskaloosa and Mahaska county than
ever before; she is more worthy be-
cause she is doing her best work;
she is at present on her highest level
of efficiency-the best plant, the most
complete faculty, the largest enroll
ment, and the most wholesome type
of loyalty from students and patrons
all these things attest unmistak.
ably to the utility and Indispensable
ity of our college. To allow Penn
College at this time of noble service
to be Handicapped or hindered on ac'
count of lack of funds, especially
when we are so near the goal of this
endowment campaign, would be
scarcely less than a crime. Boost!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
Called the BLUFF

THE only way you can legitimately
keep out undesirable persons from a
hotel Is to raise the price or to assert
that your house. is full. said hotel
clerk. but you never know when this
may fail.
"A couple once came up to register
whom | sized up at once as the kind
We were particularly anxious not to
take in. I am very sorry said to
the man, but the house is absolutely
fllled and the only thing could offer
you would be a small suite
What's that?' demanded the trav.
eler. and | explained that II. consisted
of small parlpr, bathroom and bath.
What's the price? he asked.
twenty-five dollars a day I re.
piled. ata'h issS ss@ ~
I guess that will be all right said
The stranger calmly. and he'registered
He had me-" nA geFHsi l.ie! ~ I
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04

Governor Carroll has signed the
Kulp auto bill and it now becomes a
law. Under this law autos are taxed
IS year for the first twenty-horse
power and 40 cents year for each
horse power in excess of twenty. 1t
Is calculated that it will produce at
least 100000, So per cent of which
win be returned TO the various coun-
ties of the state in proportion to the
amounts paid i'm, to go into a fund
for the up keep of the roads.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
THAT OLD FASHIONED BUTTER.

Manchester Press: An exchange
wants to know what has become OF
the farm woman who used to bring
fresh, sweet butter to the village
Well, she is either in her grave from
overwork or paralyzed from the ell
bows down. 1t is all very well to
paint pretty word pictures of the
Maud Muller who came tripping in.
to town with roll of sweet butter
wrapped up in a pie plant leaf, but
If you have ever seen your mother
working up that butter with arms
nd back aching like soft corn, you
wouldn't weave any poetry about it.
In the old days, before the cream
separator became a fixed article of
furniture in every home, it was the
business of the woman of the house
to care for the milk and milk pans
and make and market the butter.
This was a soft job, because she
didn't have anything else to do ex-
cept tend the house and get the
meals for family of nine, including
a hired man who could eat his way
through silo, with few such little
odd jobs as making the children's
clothes, putting up the fruit, looking
after the hens and tying comforters
This usually gave her so much leis-
ure that she filed in the time by
darning stockings or driving the hay
rake. If you think it is snap to lay
out, skim and churn the product of
eighteen or twenty cows seven days
a week, try it. The fresh, sweet
butter of our boyhood" has given
more women hands like the roots of
a catalpa tree and stitch in the
back that you couldn't take up with
a darning needle than anything else
except zinc rub board. If some of
the poetic souls who go into spasms
over the vanished dairymaid could be
led up to a twenty gallon vat of
whole milk and made to work it into
pound pellets before time to put on
the potatoes, there wouldn't be
enough left of them when they got
through to give decent interment in
a quart cup.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-04
THE PRODUCTION OF SALT.

Salt was produced on commercial
scale in 1909 in practically one-third
of the Commonwealths of the United
States. The value of the output, in
GLIDING small amounts reported from
Hawaii and Porto Rico, reached the
highest figure yet recorded in the
history of the ndustry-namely, S.,
343,S31.
The salt industry is an important
one and touches directly every indi'
yidual in the country. Salt is mostly
thought of in connection with its use
in cooking and seasoning-its most
Obvious use. 1t has, however, great
many other applications. Its value
as a preservative is we'll known, the
fish, meat, and dairying industries
being largely dependent on it. Its
use in different chemical and metal
lurgical processes is also of great
Importance. 1t is indirectly a main
source of chlorine, which is used en-
tensively in the manufacture of
bleaching powder. Salt is also used
as source of chlorine in the chlor-
nation of certain gold ores. One of
its most valuable uses is in the man.
ufacture of soda by the LIE Blanc and
ammonia processes, the resulting
soda entering largely into the soap
and glass industries.
One of the main sources of salt is
common sea water and some of the
California product is obtained from
the ocean. When sea water is evap-
GRATED to dryness, salt is among the
first compounds to be deposited. The
last are the potash and magnesium
compounds, these being the most
soluble. In a recent publication of
the Geological Survey on Potash
Salts" it is stated that the celebrat.
ed German potash-salt deposit at
Stassfurt is overlaiu as well as I'M
derlain by salt. 1t is not wholly i'm
possible that such may be the case in
some places in this country, and the
hope is expressed by Mr.. Phalen that
every salt producer in the United
States will in the future be on the
lookout, when boring or otherwise ex-
ploring for salt, for possible occur
rences of potash compounds. The
occurrence of bromine in parts of
Michigan, in the Ohio Valley, on
Kanawha River, and in western
Pennsylvania is worthy of special
mention in this connection, as bro
mine indicates the presence of partly
evaporated sea water or so-called
mother liquor.
The six leading states in the salt
industry are Michigan, New York
Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana, and Califor-
mia, and in 1909 these six states pro-
duced salt valued at $7,714,557. The
salt from these states is obtained
from rock salt, sea water, and natural
orine-in other words, from all the
known sources of salt. Mr.. Phalen
also gives a brief resume of the bro.
mine industry carried on in Michi-
gan, Ohio and Pennsylvania in con-
nection with the salt industry, and
concludes the report with a biblio!
graphy of important papers relating
to salt.