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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
A REWARD OF INDUSTRY.

Through cultivation of one acre OF
land the firemen of station No. 4, in
Hammond, Ind, have raised enough
vegetables to supply their family tab
les and to bring them a cash return
of $500. This result represents, no
doubt, intensive cultivation, and 1t Is
worthy of note as an example of what
can be done by men who have spare
time. -. s>-@ .,..
Firemen are called upon to work
hard for brief times; in their leisure
moments they have opportunity for
self-improvement or for useful and
profitable work. There are other oc-
equations in which spare hours can
profitably be employed. Many a man
confined to a desk for the greater
part of the day finds pleasure as well
as profit in gardening. City gardens
for those who have small incomes
have proved profitable in many cities
no larger than Oskaloosa.
No one should be too sanguine
about gardening; 1t cannot be made
a success without doing the right
thing at the right time and having
the time in which to do it. Spasmodic
gardening means failure, but for
those who have the time, the inclina-
ton and the opportunity to indulge In
it properly there are substantial re-
wards of health, pleasure and profit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Grove, were Tuesday callers at the
DIR. Traister home. also at the John
Traister, ST., home. sEg'E
Mrs. John Traister, ST., was a Wed
nesday visitor at the ,Chas. carney
home in Givin. Es.a
Clark Paris, of Buxton, had his fin
ger badly mashed while at work in
the machine shops in Buxton. Same
| is improving as well as can be ex-
pected. -. -. .-,-. - .a..
Chas. Marsh. of Kirkville, was a
guest at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Frank Traister, in Buxton, Monday
and Tuesday of last week. pj.5 q, }En
Miss Mary Allen, of Buxton, Is visit
ing for a few days at, the home of her
grandmother in What Cheer. =o.,a.
The K. of P. dance in Coopertown,
Buxton, Saturday night was we'll at
tended, there being a large crowd
present from all parts of the country.
The work of painting the post office
building in Buxton is almost COM
pleted. A new barber shop has been
fitted up in the lower end of same.
A young (colored) fellow residing
in Buxton was badly burned while at
work in mine No. II, when a keg Of
powder exploded Friday last
Aug. 81. GOLDEN ROD.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
EVANS.

M. A. Miller and wife, of New Shar-
on. and DR.. Geo. Miller and wife, OF
Jacksonville, Mo-, with their son,
Langford, of st. Louis, spent Satur-
day with their brother, J. w. Miller
and family, Of Evans. They had
very happy time together. Mr.. Miller
thinks Iowa the finest country he
has struck.
Oscar Evans, of Lucerne, Mo-, visit
ed the last two weeks with his aunt,
Mrs. Merrill. He left Saturday for
visit with an aunt in Valley Junction.
Mrs. Will Lawrence and little
Gladys Woodcock are visiting Mrs.
Ray Harris at Lockman.
Mrs. Jno. Robinson, Mrs. Matusick
and Lulu Gear took the children to
see Bronte last Friday
Miss Pearl Evans, of Chicago, after
making her aunt, Mrs. Wilson, and
old friends visit, left for Des Moines
where she will visit other relatives
and friends. 49,
Little Hazel Robinson has been on
the sick list since going to see Bronte.
We think, however, 1t was the rain
and not the dog that left the bad eff
feet.
Reno O'Brien and Charlie Evans
spent Sunday in the country at the
Ellis home.
Mrs. Novels has returned from Bux-
ton, where she has been visiting her
daughter, who saw her safely home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson and son, OF
Beringham, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Jackson's brother and family, A. She
rod. d.,
| Mrs. Matusick's sisters from the
Misser Chiffon, of Givin, are visiting
her this week.
Thos. Evans and family came over
from Lockman Sunday in his, auto.
Aug. 20. BROWNIE.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
IA TOILETTE ON ROOSEVELT

In the current issue of his maya.
zine Senator LaFollette takes a hard
rap at Colonel Roosevelt saying in
part:
"The last thing to be tolerated of
a new political party, protesting to
stand for progress, is to bark back to
boss and machine rule through
threats and coercion Of candidates for
office, And yet Roosevelt threatens
to beat senator's, congressman, COVER
nors, sheriffs and coroners unless
they declare for him.
Loyalty to progressive principles
has nothing to do with the matter.
In Ohio Judge E. B. Dillon was nomi-
mated on the republican ticket for
governor. Dillon was enough of a
progressive to be acceptable to pro-
gressives and was assured that no
opposition would be made by them to
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
PRIOR TO DAYS OF COPYRIGHT.
Golden Opportunity That csssandra
Overlooked.

Xanthippe, Cassandra, Queen Eliza
beth and Dido we're walking along the
Styx one afternoon not long ago and,
the conversation between these emf
nent ladies turned upon prophecy.
With the exception of Cassandra none
Of them seemed to take much stock
In Il. ,--i-.. s.,..,. .,..~
Tell me the honest truth now, Cas-
sandra--could you really see into the
future?" asked Dido with skepticai
smile at the prophecies ~. II
Il could, honestly" said sCassandrs
earnestly. trpasS. :. sa d. ~
/, How far, Caster queried Queen
Elizabeth. - .,. ....s ....s
IAN the far there was,'' said Cas-
sandra ,,.. .....-.-
"Humph," said Xanthippe. Gould
you see as far ahead as--Rudyard
Kipling?"
Yep" said Cassandra. I'D read all
Kipling ten years before the fall Of
Troy" sa.
Then all I've got to say" said
xanthippe tartly, is you were an aw.
full fool not to copy the stun down and
publish Il as your own"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
WALTON ON BIRDS SONGS
Famous Author Of 1.-THE cofnpIeat
Angler" Appreciated Music Of
His Feathered Friends.

At first the lark, when she means to
rejoice, to cheer herself, and those
that hear her, she then quits the earth
and sings as she ascends higher into
the air; and having ended her heaven
ly employment, grows then mute and
sad, to think she must descend to the
dull earth, which she would not touch
but for necessity. Now do the black
bird and the throssel, with their melo-
dious voices, bid welcome to tie cheer
full spring, and in their fixed mouths
MARBLE forth such ditties as no art or
instrument can reach to. Nay, the
smaller birds do the like In their par
ticular seasons; as, namely, the
laverock, the titlark, the little linnet
and the honest robin, that loves man
kind, both alive and dead. But the
nightingale, another Of my airy crea-
lures, breathes such sweet, loud music
out of her little instrumental throat
that It might make mankind think
miracles are not ceased. He that at
midnight, when the very laborer sleeps
securely, should hear-as have very
often-the clear airs, the sweet
descants, the natural rising and fall
ing, the doubling and redoubling OF
her voice, might well be lifted above
earth and say: 90. "a g.. e.
Lord, what music hast thou pro
vided for the saints in heaven, when
thou affordest to bad men such music
upon earth!"-Izaak Walton's The
Compleat Angler"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

who are not delegates, but who came
back form the convention and rushed
over to their official organ. the Demo
crat, and filled 1t with glowing &C.
counts of how they nominated Pres.
ton. Don't get excited about this.
Preston defeated the railroad candi-
date. You must remember that a
railroad attorney considers 1t his spe'
cial prerogative to nominate the
judges. When he can't do it he must
appear to do 1t anyhow. He always
owns or deceives enough editors to
give out this impression. Preston
had the support of every progressive
in the First district and they were
more than two to one over the stand
patters. He also had the progressiyes
from the northern part of the state
and no progressive should vote
against him because the railroad at
torneys claim to have done the job
There is also an especial reason
why Preston is the whole people
candidate. When he was first elected
Judge, all the railroads sent him pass
es as they did to all of the judges
He soon found himself sitting in cases
where a poor cripple was suing rail-
road for injury in the line of duty or
farmer trying to collect for fireloss-
es. On the other side of the case
was the railroad attorney who had
sent him 5000 worth of free passes
and he had received nothing from
the cripple or the farmer. There was
no law against taking these passes
but the clear head and clean con-
science of Byron Preston quickly saw
the wrong of all this high class sys-
tenn of bribery and he sent back his
passes and paid his own way. Pres
ton is the genuine article. He will be
elected and he will make good.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
az BETHEL.

Fred White and family, of Eveland'
were callers at the parental White
home in Hamilton Sunday in their
new auto.
Among those who attended old set
tiers reunion in Hamilton August Is.
is and II, were Mr.. and Mrs. Judson
Kerr and son Ed, also Miss Edna
Gown, Ham Moore and family and
Miss Anna Storko. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Fowler and son Willie, also SON Har-
vey and family and many more from
this vicinity.
lack McFadden and daughters
Margaret and Annie, from near Elm
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

w. w. Rockhill, the American
ambassador at Constantinople, is said
to be negotiating with the Chinese
Republic, looking toward the accept
ance of adviser to the new govern
|ment. He is thoroughly concersan'
with the Chinese affairs, having serv
ed as minister in Picking following
the Boxer uprising. He has even pen
etrated Tibet. Mr.. Rockhill is re
garded as one of the most experience
ed of American diplomats, having
served in Greece, Russia and Other
countries
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

his candidacy. Upon this understand
ing he accepted the nomination. But
Roosevelt thereafter demanded that
Dillon declare for him (RoosevelD or
face the opposition of second candi-
date. Dillon very properly refused
and, unwilling to take the chances OF
defeat, withdrew as candidate.
| Governor Deneen of Illinois was
not asked by Roosevelt's agent how
he would stand as to Lorimer's sue
cessor-a matter of grave Importance
to the whole nation; or whether he
would SUPPORT a. progressive state
program. The rlifn6is congressman
we're not catechised as to their posi-
ton on national legislation. But
they are plainly given to understand
and some of them are the most pro-
nounced reactionaries in public life
that If they declare for Roosevelt
they will be aided, or at least will not
be opposed by Roosevelt. That is
the meaning of the telegram which
each one received from Roosevelts
managers in Illinois.
IF Cannon and Mckinley, frighten-
ed at the sight of the big stick, should
promise to come out for the Roose-
welt party, they would have no Pro-
gressive opponents in their districts.
On the other hand, Hadley of Mis-
souri, and Borah of Idaho, neither of
whom will go into the Roosevelt par
Ity, are to be punished by having
Roosevelt tickets put up against them
| in their states.
How do you stand on me" is
Roosevelt's sole test of qualification
for a Progressive. Imagine a con-
gress elected on this basis. OF course,
lit would be reactionary. Roosevelt is
not concerned about a Progressive
congress. An Aldrich senate and a
Cannon house are satisfactory to him
liz he can win more easily with that
kind of combination.
What would become of the pro-
gressive movement under such lead
ership? And yet, it is exactly the
plan Roosevelt pursued when presi-
dent. 1t is the Roosevelt way. He
supported Lodge for United States
senator two years ago, and Penrose
for United States senator four years
ago. He has always played this kind
iof a political game.
1T is characteristic of Roosevelt
that, while he seizes upon issues that
make good propaganda and gives
them publicity, he has not the pa
thence nor stability nor depth of con-
Iviction to prevent his sacrificing es-
sential principles and permanent re-
suits to personal considerations and
temporary advantage. 1t was this
that made his administration as pres
ident, although a time of reform agi-
Itation, barren of constructive legisla-
ton and a period for growth of evils
that might have been avoided under
wiser leadership.
"The third party movement prom
Uses to illumine this inherent weak
ness of Roosevelt as has no other
phase of his political career. He
completely dominates its policy and
the real significance of his tactics is
revealed as it could not be in the
more complex political situations in
which he has been a conspicuous fig
ure."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

One of the remarkable features OF
the business situation in the United
States is the fact that in spite Of the
prevalence of the most bitter political
agitation that the country has seen
since 1896 there has been no precep'
tible diminution in general prosperity
The export trade of the country has
shown huge increases, the railroads
are handling increased traffic, the
factories are mostly working full time
and commercial conditions generally
are excellent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
vAuIE OF FARM CROPS.

| The total value OF the crops vi SOh
tinental United States in 1909 was
in round numbers, $5,4S7, 100000, as
compared with $2,999, 100000 in 1899
The increase was thus s2,4SS,OOO,Ooo
or SO Der cent, according to state
ment issued by E. Dana Durand, Dl'
rector of the Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce and Labor.
The total value of crops in 1909 was
equal to 1886 per capita of the pop
ulation of the United States, while
the value per capita in 1889 was
s3e.46. There were 6,361,502 farms
in the United States in 1910, so that
the value of crops of 1909 was equal
to an average of 1868 per farm, while
the average value of crops per farm
for 1899 was 1923.
A large part of the extraordinary
increase in the total value OF farm
crops between 1899 and 1909 is at
tributable to higher prices. This
might be inferred from the fact that.
while the acreage of crops with acre
age reports increased only 9.9 per
cent. the value of such crops increas-
ed SO per cent. 1t also appears by
comparing the percentages of in
crease in the quantity of the various
individual crops with the percentages
Iof increase in the value. Thus, for
all cereals taken together, the produc-
ton. increased only IL per cent, while
the value increased 1913 per cent; for
hay and forage the production in
creased % per cent and the value
1912 per cent; and for cotton (not
counting cotton seed) the production
increased III per cent and the value
117.3 per cent.
The total reported value of the
crops covered by the computation in
1899 was 1881 ,979, 900, and the total
reported value of the same crops in
1909 was 1894, ago, 900, an increase of
1873 per cent Had the prices of 1899
prevailed, however, the value of
these crops in 1909 would have
amounted to s2,962,358,O0O, or an in.
crease of only 10 per cent over 1899.
The difference between s2,962,358,O 900
and $4,934, 100000, or s1,972 1872, 900,
represents the amount added to the
value of these crops in 1909 by reas.
on of increase in prices over those OF
1899 the average percentage of in
crease in prices being thus 66.6.
The figure just given, 10 per cent,
as representing the excess of the val.
ue OF the crops of 1909, on the basis
of 1899 values, over the values of the
same crops in 1899, is virtually a con.
solidated expression of the general
increase in the quantity of crops pro,
duced. Covering, as it does, nine,
tenths of the crops of the country, ii
may properly be compared with the
increase of q per cent in the popula.
ton of the United States between
1900 and 1910. An earlier statement
showed that the increase in the mum,
Der of farms from 1900 to 1910 was
nos per cent, and the increase in the
rural population which includes places
under $500 in addition to the agri.
cultural population, was liz per cent,
the increase in urban population be.
ing 34.8 per cent. 1t is only by reas,
on of great reduction in the ex.
portation of agricultural products that
the increasing consumption of the
country has been supplied.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
JUDGE PRESTON.

Washington Press: Many times we
have been asked II Judge Prestonwas
nominated for. the supreme bench by
the railroad attorneys and II he really
Is the candidate Of the railroads. This
question was never raised before. II
would not be raised now, but for the
action Of the local railroad attorneys.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
MARGUERITE AND eWENooLYN
At THE POLLS.

Saw. Kiddo, who you votin' lot!
/ don't know none Of these;
What do they mean by scratchin mag
Does candidates have 1eas?
Why don't they put lookin' glass
In this here votin' place?
So us with really decent looks
Can manicure our face!
II must be cause dem wash face dolls
What forms the upper crust,
Would want to bring their maids II
here
And fix up fit to bust.
Where was you chasin' to last night
Did Jimmie keep his word!
The guy wot sent dem dandelions
Must sure have been a bird.
I'm goin' to vote for Bill McDun'
His name looks good, by Gee!
/ used to know him well enough,
He sometimes speaks to me.
It's simply grand the way he bows,
And always tips his lid,
And smiles and says, Good eVenin'
Mag"
Oh, he's the sugar, Kid!
What's that? He amt the Bill McDufl
That | knows? Watts de dill?
I'd rather vote for him than some
Big hifalutin' stiff.
Say, wot's a prohibitionist,
Or is it anything?
T4h
Wild old Teddy in a ring.
Let's vote for Patrick Casey
If he is a democrat;
/ wonder if his brother
Was the dub that went to bat?
Just open up the curtain, Mag,
About two inches wide,
And pipe the show day baby rack
That's lined up just outside.
What do they mean by yotin' straight
To cross it in the ring?
I'm not gonna use a cross,
A hats a better thing.
Say, Mag, took this pencil here
And chewed the point clear off;
] wonder If it was some guys
That had spittin' cough?
Say, Mag, here is a cheesy joke,
Just listen while | state;
How would a really decent girl
Vote any way but straight?
Let's can this politician stuff,
And beat it for some soup.
Wen swell like two smoked herring
If we larry in this coop.
Say! Who's that glass-eyed human
swine
Wot's yellin' hurry up?
If owned such a mutt as him
I'd trade ii for a pup.
Dey allus treats US women thus,
Well never have a chance,
Until we ditch these hobble skirts
And put on peg top pants.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

The Brighton Enterprise suggests
that a man who will work horse
with a raw shoulder under the collar,
ought to be compelled TO walk beside
it with tight shoes on his feet and a
corn on every toe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

MIR. Campfield's recommendation
of a fine of $4,000 against the water
company puts him almost in the same
class with Judge Lands, who sock
ed" 1t to the Standard Oil company
s29, O0O,0 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

more than million farms are oper-
ated by negroes. There are negro
graduates of all the great UNIVERSE
ties of the country; there are nearly
800 newspapers edited by negroes,
and the list of bankers, brokers and
manufacturers includes many names
|of black men. e..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

The Poweshiek county board OF
supervisors have adopted new plan
of handling the pauper business Of
the county. They have employed
Miss Adah Hopkins, a trained char
fly worker. as oeyrseer of the poor.
The experiment will be watched with
interest by officials In other counties.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
Notice.,

There will be a meeting of the wy
more cemetery association Saturday,
Aug. 81, 1912, at 100 o'clock p. m.
for the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year and the transaction
of any business that properly comes
before the meeting.
Phil Grace, President.
Byron Parr, Secy.
5w2 =.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
PUBLIC SALES
Mrs, J. Mitchell

will sell at public auction at her farm
five miles west of Lacey, on Monday.
Aug. rs, at 100 p. m, one brown mare
IL years old; bay blind mare 9 years
old; coming three-year-old mare; com
ing one-year-old horse; coming two
yearold horse; threeyear-old mare;
two-year-old horse; one fresh COW,
and one to be fresh soon; one yearl-
ing heifer; one heifer calf; 80 acres
of corn in field; some oats and rye:
chickens, riding hand cultivator; 200
egg "Old Trusty" incubator; large
oak Der room suite; active Mascot
range stove and other household fur
niture. Term easy. J. M. Convey, auc-
tioneer
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

A banished headache. No more
itching, smarting and burning Of the
eyelids. Just 4 Cool, eomfoftable feel
ing when reading sewing or study
ing. The eyes refreshed.
The only way is to walk up the
Crystal Stairway and get pair of
Arnold's stone lenses (not glass;.
Moderate prices always.
Crystal Stairway"
between Lyric Theatre and Jones Co.
Store, West High.
P. S.--Rock Crystal Lenses--made
from stone--no other place in Iowa.
MAYNE. ARNOLD OPTICAL co,
oskalooss, iowa. 4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

The vacation season is on, and
the Brighton Enterprise reports that
a Charlottesville man got his own
meals and ate a dish OF sweeping
compound by mistake for breakfast
food
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

-sesenteen Boy Scouts and their
Scoutmaster, L. r. Ferris, of Mexico,
Mo, have a camp and cabin mum.
Der of miles outside of town. They
have built suspension bridge across
the river near their camp.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Monroe County News: 1T looks
as If Abba will not be able to enjoy
a visit from any OF the big circus
shows this year" A town without a
circus once a year, might as well be
on the map.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
OFFICIALLY TOLD
Of DENOMINATION
CONTINUED from Page l.J

awful sinking of he Titanic with Its
great loss of life, to excessive speed
The third term party and Candidate
Wilson urge the country to like dis
aster and ruin.
I'VE republicans are not men wor'
shippers. We are free and we follow
blindly no leader and bow to no die
Itator. We ask that the republican
party be tried upon its record of ser
vice and accomplishment. Confident
that the American people are not yet
willing to destroy and discard the
constitution that they have not YET
forgotten he dire result of the mis-
take of 1892. we calmly await the
tides of November"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Marriage may be the most i'm
portant business in the world, as Ella
Wheeler Wilcox says, but it would be
impossible to find another business
carried on in SO haphazard a way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

st. Louis and st. Louis county
gave republican majority of 10000
in last weeks state primary. This
from Missouri gives the democrats
little comfort.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Its hard to please everyone. The
city of Newton has just been present
ed public park, and the Daily News
is kicking because it is not nearer
the public square.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Say, have you got change for a
five?"
NO, but | would like to have five
for a change"