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The Coconino sun., 1911-03-03
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER
lBy j. A. Rlckarl, Correspondentl

ahoAotss N~ANJ NfNC~'H ao'NSf . VI 27, IoII. Cattle buyers stuck it out till the finish last week, mak- ing uniformly dull and lifeless trade every day in the week. It did not matter that sellers could not find any basis for such an at titude on the part of buyers. The buyers themselves put the lenten bogey forward prominently, and also made the usual claims of stag nant meat trade in the East. No doubt there is something in the latter claim, but not enough to justify the mean market of last week, in view of the moderate sup ply at all the markets. It is true the killers have been getting more pounds per animal lately than us- ual at this season, because of the fine feeding weather up to the last week or two, but killing percent ages have been high, from 56 to 60 per cent on the bulk of steers. The moderate run of 1000 here to- day, and light runs elsewhere, changed the tone of the market and gave backbone to the sales men, who had begin to believe in the bear talk of the buyers last week. The market averages 10 higher today and trade is active, everything going over the scales with maximum fill. The run to- day is smaller all around than the talent had estimated, and some guesswork is being indulged in whether or not figures on the num- Der of fat cattle about ready for market have not been placed too high. Outgo oi stock and feed ing cattle stays al a high number, and shipments to the country since January Ist are so per cent great CT than same period last year, from this market. Best steers here lately sold at S6. 10, bulk of steers at s5.75 to S6.25, cows at s. to s5.35, heilers S4.75 to S6, bulls $40 to s5.35, calves S to sS.75, stockers SAYS to s5.75, feeders S5. 10 to S5.S5.
 Sheep and yearlings held about steady last week, but lambs dis played weakness, especially at the last end of the week. Receipts have not been excessive and are not too heavy today, 10000 here, but prices are 10 to IS lower on all kinds today. Lambs bring s5.65 to S5.85 today, yearlings up to s5.4o for light weights, wethers $40 ewes S3.5o to S4.Io today. Dealers can see no improvement in conditions in the next 30 days, and are advising feeders to send in their stuff as soon as it is fat. In April and May they look for better market on fed stuff.
The Coconino sun., 1911-03-03

Two yearling bands of the How ard sheep company passed by Ash Fork last Saturday enroute for Beardsley.
The Coconino sun., 1911-03-03

George Rounseville purchased five car loads of Hereford cattle in New Mexico, which W e shipped to Williams and put on their range north of Williams.
The Coconino sun., 1911-03-03

Tom Rees shipped two bands of sheep from Ash Fork to Boards. ley yesterday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
DEATH OF "GRANDMA" rSHiPLEY
RAY STRINGFELLoW VISIT
ING RELATIVES AT THE OLD
HOME FOR A FEW DAYS.

Rose Hill, Jan. 1S.-Ray Stringfel-
low, of Cedar Rapids, spent few
days here the past week with rela-
tives and iacquaintances where he for
emily lived. Ray is clerking for the
Armour Company of Cedar Rapids,
with good showing for promotion.
w. f. Wray, iof Oskaloosa, was
down here Saturday looking after bus
mess interests. r,pG .r.. ,-
Joseph Lisk, of Oskaloosa, was
here Saturday working in the inter-
est of the Mccall marble firm.
Elliott Smothers, of FIT. Dodge,
stopped off here Monday on his way
home from Indianapolis, Indiana,
where he had been visiting the scenes
of his boyhood days. .. ... .........
Will Taylor, of Oskaloosa, came
down on the flyer Wednesday morn,
ing to attend the A. S. Tanner sale.
Jim Glass and Art Walls, of Oska,
loosa, and city officials, arrived here
on the early train Monday morning
on official business. ..aF f.>
Harry w. Jones, wife and children
left here Monday for Grinnell, Iowa
to visit his brother-in-law, W.FBeard
Mrs. Gertie McCumber has return
ed to her home at Moline, Illinois
after spending three weeks here al
the parental F. NJ. Kemp home.
Mrs. A. J. Burgess, of Macon, Mo.
arrived here Saturday evening to at
tend the funeral of her mother, Mrs
Ann Shipley.
Roy Merrick of Oklahoma, arrived
at Rose Hill Wednesday morning fol
visit where he formerly lived.
Grandma" Shipley, as she was
called by all who knew her, died Jan
uary IA, 1911, at 6 a. m, at the home
of her daughter Mrs. E. J. Dunbar
of old age. She was SO years old las
October. Her husband, John Shipley
preceded her a few years ago. They
were of the early settlers in Mahaskt
county and made many friends tina
mourn their departure. Two daugh
tiers and many grandchildren ant
great grandchildren are left to mourn
| her death. Funeral services wer'
conducted by Rev. Ward OF the NJ
e. church, Sunday, January 10, 1911
at one o'clock p. m, at the w. L
Dunbar home, and interment wal
made in the Jackson cemetery ives
of Rose Hill. The pail bearers wer,
grandsons of the deceased.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
SMALL INDIAN SEWING BIRDS
Build Their Nests In Trees Where
Frisky Little Monkeys and Snakes
Cannot Find Them. -.,

In far-off India there live little yell
low birds about as large as your IA
theirs thumb. They are called tailor
birds, because they sew. Monkeys and
snakes also live in this faraway land,
and they eat birds.
But the tailor birds are very wise.
They build their. nests where they can
not be seen by the hungry monkeys.
They pick up a dead leaf and fly up
into a high tree, and with fiber for
a thread and their bills for needles,
sew the leaf onto a green one hang
ing from the tree. They, sew up the
sides and leave the top open. After
laying some of their soft feathers
and down in 1t their home is finished.
And the frisky monkeys never know
the nest is swinging there in the
breeze, with two little white eggs in
1t, and the mamma bird safe in the
nest, too, while papa bird sings near
by. ......- -...... -......
Some day out of the little white
eggs will come two yellow baby birds.
which will fly away with papa and
mamma birds. ....,. .-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
Rose HILLS D0|NGS DEL1AA BUSY TOWN
HIckLIN AND BOWERS HOME
FROM kANSAS-MR. AND MRS.
BERT MOORE HAVE DAUGHTER
RICHARDSON BROS. ENLARGE

Delta, Jan. sc. Hicklin and Ellis
Bowen have returned from their trip
to Kansas City, where they went to
buy stock for Racket store to be
kept in the Sampson building.
Richardson Bros. have added five
and ten cent counter in their store.
Ellie Moore is reported better at
this writing.
George Ball was Des Moines bus
mess visitor Thursday and Friday.
Ed Tobin, our marshal and light
plant man, has been quite sick and
Evan Sargent is looking after the gas
plant for him.
Kelley Rhodes has returned from
Jefferson, where he has been employ
ed in building cement tile factory.
Now comes Bert Moore and claims
the appellation of papa, an eight-pound
girl having arrived at his house on
Sunday. f' ,
The sale of Will Wharton on Tues
day was well attended and good
prices were obtained.
B.. E. Sargent, agent for the Gilmore
Auto Co., of Des Moines, was an Os-
kaloosa and Delta visitor Tuesday.
Alta Coffman, of Keota, is visiting
her people in Delta this week. b..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
BILL BOARDS TO HELP.

During the next three months, the
bill boards of the United States Will
display 10000 educational posters on
tuberculosis, according to an an.
nouncement made today by The Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis.
This will conclude the campaign
begun year ago, when the National
Billposters' Association donated free
space to the tuberculosis cause, the
Poster Printers Association offered
free printing, and nine paper manu-
facturers gave he paper for the pos
tiers. The combined value of these
several donations for this three
month campaign is nearly 100000.
The posters are in six different de-
signs and are all printed in three col
ors. They are seven feet wide and
nine feet high'' Already nearly $500
of these posters have been hung on
the billboards Of forty-six different
cities, and it is planned to distribute
20, 900 more before April LIST in over
400 towns and Cities. Any anti-tuber-
culosfs society iii the United States
may receive free of charge, except
for transportation, as many of these
posters as car be hung on the
boards in itsgteEfhory. The National
Association with the Tuberculosis
Committee of, she National Billpost'
ers. and DistribBtOrs,s are conducting
the campaign .9J.a, .nq&t a.'-.. "
The posters show in graphic form
how fresh air ~ good food and rest
cure tuberculosisl how bad, air, over
work and closed windows lead to
consumption. and how the careless
consumptive menaces the health OF
his family by splitting on the floor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
CONCERTED ACTION.

This is ascommercial club age, and
he town without thriving organi-
cation is a back number. In the hum
and hustle of business each individ,
ual is striving for personal enrich
ment, many times forgetting that the
foundation of personal success is the
general prosperity of the community
in which he lives. Very few business
enterprises thrive through the mis-
fortunes of their neighbors.
Every industry employing labor,
every industry which brings to a
town or a community increased popu-
lation and provides employment for
This increase, is, a public benefit in
which every citizen should be thor
oughly interested This increase pro
duces better home market for the
products of the farm and of the shop
and better demand for the wares OF
the merchant.
Business men throughout the coun'
try are awakening to these facts
and are uniting their efforts in max,
ing their towns produce more than
they consume and 20 ship out only
manufactured products instead of the
raw material.
This is simply business economics.
They have also, learned that city
as well as an individual business
must advertise its advantages, it
must be courteous to its customers,
and it must have a wide acquaint'
ance, it must keep its labor employ
ed, it must be systematic.
No one man can accomplish these
results for a city alone, it mus be
united effort on the part OF the
business men as body. For these
purposes commercial clubs are or
gained. A commercial club is sole
ly for the building up and promoting
the interests Of the entire commun'
ityI Whatever Is for the upbuilding
of a city rs an advantage to every
citizen of that city as well as the
surrounding country. This Is toe
clear to require an explanation and
every citizen who has the good Of
! the community at heart should be a
member OF the commercial club
Let's get together and make Oska
loosa in this good year OF 1911, bet
Ter and bigger than ever.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
When She "Primps."

She walks in beauty like the night,
as some romantic singer said; her
eyes give forth starry light, her lips
are of a cherry red: across the floor
she seems to float; she seems to me
beyond compare a being perfect-till
note the way she has done up her
hair. She must have toiled through
half a day to build that large, un.
wieldy mass; she must have used a
bale of hay, and strips Of tin, and wire
of brass; her sisters must have helped
10 braid, her mother wrought and till
kered there. and butler. cook and
chambermaid all helped to wrestle
with her hair. And after all the
grinding toll and all the braiding and
the fuss, the one effect rs just TO spoil
her beauty and make other people
cuss. she walks IN beauty like the
night where nights are most serenely
fair; hut, Julius Caesar! she's a sight,
when she's ..ot on her Sunday hair'
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
OUR SWEET TOOTH.

The people of the United States
consume more than half their own
weight in sugar every year. This
may seem, startling statement. but
If we. take the quantity of sugar pro-
duced in the United States and add
to this the. quantity brought from our
own islands and the quantity impor,
ed from foreign countries, and sub
stract therefron the amount export
ed. we get grand total OF consid
erably more than billion pounds
consumed in the country; and by di
yidiug the population into this grand
total, we get an average OF S11a lbs
per capita, speaking in round mum
bers, for 1910, and about like guam
tity for 1909. II is not assumed, OF
course, thai each person necessarily
consumes sugar equal to one-half his
individual weight; but taking the to
tai consumption and comparing II
with the total population in the sec
ton known as continental United
Estates, the average yearly consump
ton of sugar is found to be about
s1h pounds per capita.
In fact, the people of the United
States are larger consumers of sugal
per capita than those Of any othel
country Of the world except England
for which the latest fignres show /
consumption Averaging S6 pounds
per capita, against our own averag'
OF S11a pounds per capita. The mex
largest per capita consumption is il
Denmark, TN pounds; followed b.
Switzerland, ga pounds; Sweden, s.
pounds. and Germany and Holland
each about 431s pounds.
Not only is the United States thu
second largest sugar consumer PEE
capita, but the total amount consum
ed annually is much greater thar
that OF any other country. aggregat
ind: as above qihdfcated, more than :
billion pounds pes annum, agalns
q Billion pounds in England ant
ab6qtS billfQn pounds in Germany !,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19

About one-half of the sugar con-
sumed in the United States is
brought from foreign countries, abous
one-fourth from our own islands, and
the remaining one-fourth produced in
this country. The total production of
sugar in the United States now
amounts 90 tx billion pounds year,
of which more than 1 billion pounds
is beet sugar and about three-quar-
tiers of a billion cane sugar. 1t is
only recently that the production OF
beet sugar in the United States has
come to, exceed that of cane sugar.
In 1900 domestic production of cane
sugar was twice as great as that of
beet sugar. and 20 years ago was
more than 60 times as grea.; but the
growth of beet sugar production has
been very rapid in recent years, and
in 1907. for the first time, exceeded
in quantity that produced from cane
and has so continued since that time.
The sugar habit is evidently a
growing one with the people of the
United States and probably with
those of other countries, since the
total world production of sugar, in
Guiding all countries for which sta
tistics are available, has increased
so per cent in the last decade and
about double in Is years. In our
own case the consumption has shown
rapid growth, the per capita con-
sumption having been, in 1880, forty
pounds: in 1890, 81 pounds; in 1900,
50 pounds, and in 1910, approximate
ly S1k pounds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19


Leon Reporter: The grand jury
which has Just adjourned at Carroll
Iowa, returned an Indictment against
the FairmonS Creamery Co. of Oma
ha, charging them with unfair dis
elimination in, the, purchase of poul
try at various towns in Carroll coun
ty, alleging that on the same date
the company paid, 9 cents for poultry
in Dedham, and on the same date
paid IL cents for poultry at Coon Rap
ids, in the sam county. At the for
mer place there was no competition
and at The latter place there was
competitor who was buying poultry
This was in violation of law passed
by the Thirty-second general assem-
bly,.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
PUBLIC SALES
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Chas. Tohren


will sell at public auction at his res
idence, miles south Of Oskaloosa,
Thursday, Jan. &c, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Norman stallion coming years old,
weight 1850; Roadster stallion COM
ing years old; 6-year-old horse,
weight 100; good work horse 10
years old; coming 2-year-old filley, a
good one; IL milk cows, 1 fresh now,
to be fresh soon, balance in spring;
two 2-year-old steers; two 2-year-old
heifers; 4 spring calves; bulls l and
2 years old; brood sOws, 2 to farrOw
in March; 80 head of fall and sum
mer pigs; hay in barn; corn in crib !;
chickens, farm implements, house
hold goods and other articles. Terms
made known on day of sale. Free
lunch at noon. J. M. COvey, auc-
tioneer. John Tenant, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
THOMAS A. EDIS0N'S OFFICE
Great Inventor Had Newspaper Plant
on Board Railroad TraIn-"Sen-
sation" Duly Displayed.

Thomas A. Edison, the great inven,
tor, had a difficult time of it when he
was a boy, Just as so many others Of
our famous men have had. His father
died when he was young and his
mother, left with her family in her
Ohio home, bravelY faced a difficult
problem, and that was-how to pro-
vide for her young children. AS soon
as Thomas was old enough he secured
a place on one of the railroads be-
tween Chicago and New York as news
boy. 1t was long before newspaper
trains had been thought Of, and 1t was
his work to look after the delivery Of
the papers at the various stations.
This work was difficult. but he kept
faithfully at it and by his energy won
the regard of his employers.
Young Edison soon afterward Sc
cured position as baggageman on the
road. About the first thing he did in
that position was TO set up a small
printing office In one end OF the car
and all his spare hours on the, long
trips were spent In getting out little
newspapers, which he disposed Of at
the villages along the road. He ar
ranged with a man In Chicago to
telegraph him the important news Of
the day. He received these dispatches
at various stations. and by the time
he had reached the next, his little pa
per was sent out with the sensation
duly displayed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
II, ]. Frederick

will sell at public auction at his resi-
dence, miles east of Oskaloosa on
the Charley McCurdy farm, on Fri.
day, Jan. q, at 10 o'clock a. NJ, Z
year-old mare in foal, weight 1900;
smooth mouth mare, weight 100;
team of horses, weight 200, smooth
mouth; brown fIley coming 2 years
old; colts coming two years old
spring horse colt; milk COTS, all
giving milk, Jersey 5 years old, red
COW 5 years old, COW 6 years old and
one years old; tons timothy hay;
farm machinery and other articles.
Terms made known on day of sale.
Free lunch at noon. J. NJ. Convey,
auctioneer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
MADISON

The Madison Cemetery Association
held its annual meeting last week
All accounts were settled, among
which was new fencing. Balance in
treasury 5000. Officers were elected
for the year as follows: J. F. Cru
zen, president; Frank Whitehead,
treasurer; Elmer knight, secretary.
The trustees were reelected
Miss Eva Martin returned 20 her
home in the city Monday after spend
ing a time at the home of her sister,
Mrs Ed Scharf, and was in attend
ance at the meeting. A collection
was taken Sunday evening for her
services rendered as organiSt during
her stay.
The following have delivered hogs
in Oskaloosa since last report: Ed
Scharf, so head; Fred Coffin, 54 head:
Chas. Bailey, 80 head; George Ger
| hold, IA head. The 14S head were
sold to Ben Snyder. Padgett and
More sold 40 head to Chef Quick.
! G. B. Coffin, our assessor, is call.
ing on the people of Madison town
ship to find out how many dogs are
in the township.
The meetings are still in progress
with a Mr.. Higgs from University
Park doing the preaching. s... ..
Fred Hicks is slowly improving
latter being seriously i'll with ;pnep
monia. >a. IL 49,. ~
Elmer Knight is building corn
crib 1Ox24 feet. d. d, ..-.F ......
Fred Coffin and wife went to Des
Moines last week. ....
Mr.. Reed, the stock buyer of %he
city, was in this neighborhood this
week .,..
Chas. Bailey bought hundred
bushels of corn Of Mr.. Volster last
week
Byron Cruzen bought 500 bushels
of corn of Ed Harvey recently.
Fred Coffin sold twenty-five head
of 1870 ID. fat steers 20 Reed and
Beans last week for cents pound.
Mrs. Ida Cruzen enjoyed a visit
Sunday at her home with her father.
Dillon Stalker, and sister, Mrs. Frank
Crispin, of North Center: also Oscar
Blair wife and daughter, Miss Elma,
from near Evans. r.,
The Fred Else household entertain
ed The Lutte Dilley family from south
of the city Sunday.
The Volsters were visiting at the
Chas. Bailey home this week
Very few houses are not veritable
hospitals for the last two weeks in
this and surrounding communities.
Friends will be glad 20 hear that
Will Cruzen Is enjoying good health
in a letter from Mrs. Cruzen receiV-
ed this week She states that her
husband has not had a rheumatic
twinge since leaving home. They
are very much pleased with the eli
mate and people. 1t will be remem-
bered Will Cruzen, wife and swo
daughters started on the evening
train for Excelsior Springs, Mo-, the
21st of December. where they are
comfortably living in furnished
rooms. While they are missed in our
community, we are glad to know he
is being helped
Jan. IS. NO SID AM.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
Still Worrying.

The experts are now dealing In an
incredulous spirit with the signatures
supposed to be Shakespeare's. Sir e.
Durning-Lawrence disputes the gen.
uineness Of all five. What he has to
say on the occurrences of the name
In the will is curious. He finds the
three very dissimilar. The "W's" are
all three differently shaped: the SIS"
there ere only two-are different
also; the ''h" in one case begins at the
top and in the other at the bottom.
which is also the case with the fol.
lowing "a" while the tx" and the g"
are as widely unlike as possible.
What" he asks. could have In.
duced a man who really signed his
name to his last testament to play
tricks with the first letter Of his
Christian name And his contention
is that the clerk who drafted the will
wrote the names and varied che forms
OF the letters to indicate they we're
not autographs. The argument seems
not unreasonable, for It more likely
that a clerk writing another mans
name should vary Id thehwseting OF II
than one should who was writing hts
own. . Js
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
THE CALL OF THE NEW YEAR.

THE CALL OF THE NEW YEAR.
Quit you like men, be strong;
There's burden to bear,
There's a grief to share,
There's heart that breaks meath
a load of care .
But fare We forth with a song.
Quit you like men, be strong;
There's battle to fight,
There's a wrong to right,
There's God who blesses the good
with might Co.,.
So fare We forth with son.
Quit you like men. be strong;
There's a work to do,
There's a world to make new,
There's a call-fo men who are
brave and true -
On! on with song!
Quit you like men, be strong;
There's year of grace,
q There's a God TO, face, ..'~,-s. =,
There's another heat in The great
... world race. ...
Speed! speed with a song!
William Herbert Hudnut.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-19
A NEW AMERICA"

Andrew Carnegie has found ;
hymns international Peace" he pre-
fers TO America" The metre is sh'
same, but although he prefers new
words, he does not urge them as
substitute. Several thousand copie
of the hymn were distributed by Car
negie among those Interested in thu
peace movement. .,.
1t was written by Prof. Georg'
Huntington, formerly librarian o
Carrollton college, who was retiret
on pension from the Carnegie Foun
dation. Following are the lines 0
the verses:
Two empires by the sea,
Two nations great and free,
One anthem raise
One race of ancient fame,
One tongue, one faith, we claim.
One God, whose glorious name
We love and praise.
What deeds our fathers wrought,
What battles we have fought,
Let fame REGARD.
Now, vengeful passion, cease,
Come, victories of peace;
Nor hate, nor pride's caprice.
Unsheath The sword.
Though deep the sea, and wide,
Twixt realm and realm, its tide
J Binds strand to strand. -r.,
So be the gulf between ..' 90" 4
Gray coasts an dislands green
With bonds of peace serene,
And friendship spanned. 80,
Now, may the God above
Guard the dear land we love,
Both easS and west.
Let love more fervent glow,
As peaceful ages go,
And strength yet stronger grow,
Blessing and blest.