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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

Vet Minkler, the father of Mrs. VIII
son, was out of town, at Abba, for the
week, operating a hack at the Abba
Fair. He came home this morning in
response to telephone message.
Wash Fisher, who had stopped at
the Senate Cafe, near the scene of
the shooting, heard the shots and the
screams. He stated that there were
five distinct reports in rapid success
sion, but with an interval between
the first and second and the third and
fourth shots, that is, one shot, then
screams, then two more, followed by
groans, and final two shots, the last
scream dying away after the last
shot.
The police in examining the room
this morning found two bullets bur
led in the wall little above midway
between floor and ceiling. This ac-
counts for the five shots.
Wilson has recently applied for a
position in the train service Of the
NJ. & st. L. Ry., and had been out
on number of student trips.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

played tackle on last years team and
will certainly help out : the line.
Dodds, who was a strong candidate
for the quarter position last year, viii
help the back field wonderfully. Kei-
logg, who was out on account OF the
Weakness OF his iegg which was brok-
en- last year, has had a support made
for it yand win be In the game from
this on. He will be a strong candi-
date for a tackle position
3 f - ElBs-:- -:.l-:-f, aGaE sgs
& Two new students from Fremont
have just entered school. They are
Curtis FargesonJwho enters the Acad-
envy, and Walter Heisel in the Com
mercial department. o.
? s,tafss- - ..-s & Vi
: The Penn School o.. Commerce,
which is situated in the Y. M. C. A.
building, has started outs thes.gear
very good They have thlrtytsix stu
dents enrolled in their day school
and the prospects are that they will
have a. larger numberfthan that en-
rolled in the night SCHOOL, They are
fully equipped to handieethe students
both in machines and faeultyua This
is one of the best equip
ped commercial schools. in this part
of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

the sidewalks. In many places the
walks were so uneven and irregular
that they were positively dangerous.
They are now being put in fine condi-
ton.
The new Christian Science church,
with p. w. Sparks as contractor, is
now enclosed and has the roof on and
the timers are now putting in the
cutters, and Carbon is also doing
some cement work outside, putting
in pedestals and piers for the front
steps and walks. The interior is
now about ready for the fathers and
the plasterering and other finishing
work will rapidly follow. The ex-
terror of the building is of classic
design and will be finished in white
cement stucCO.
- - -:.a
The two residences of John d. By.
ers, 301 and 3OJ X avenue east, have
been finished up with bright new
coats of paint. They are compare
lively new houses and they are now
in most excellent condition.
The houses of John p. Hiatt on
North Third street have been newly
painted this season and the work has
greatly improved their appearance.
These are both valuable properties.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
THE MAKING OF ACITY
Building Operations Going on Here
and There About Town.

Activity is the order of the day in
the vicinity of the NJ & St. l.. round
house. Toward the north and just
south of the orchard on the old Mas
tellar place, the reinforced concrete
piers are being placed for the new
round house of eighteen stalls. This
land has recently been filled in and
has also been covered over with a
top dressing OF Stag and cinders and
temporary trackage is being put in,
SO that building material can be
promptly handled. Toward the east
a long and extended bulkhead is be-
ing built OF logs and heavy timbers
and when this is completed the pres
.ent road bed will be extended and
widened so that the main line can be
moved over toward the east and so
form a direct line into the passenger
station. The steam shovel has COM
'pleted its work at this point and the
Shovel crew has departed. South of
the present round house considerable
.
grading is being done and the south
Iern entrance to the new yards is be-
ing arranged. Beginning at point
near the Marshall Oil Co., on d ave-
nue. west, the switches and tracks will
gradually widen out until some twelve
tracks have been located and this sys-
TEN of trackage will go as far north
as NJ avenue west. When the new
round house is completed, the old one
will be torn down and other new
buildings, such as machine shops
and car repair shops, will be erected.
The location OF practically all OF the
present buildings in this section will
be changed and many of them en-
larged and prepared for handling a
greater business,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
COSTS TO RUN STATE
While Expenses Were Larger the
Receipts Also Increased.

Iowa spent almost a million and Il
quarter more of dollars in the two
years ending July 80, 1912, than in the
preceding biennial period. The total
for the last two years was 1922, 75i-
20, while that of the preceding two
years was $8,O2S,554.75. The exact IN.
crease was $l,2O4 ,l99.45. r..-.
During the same time the receipts
of the state increased in about the
same ratio Moneys received during
the biennial period ending this year
amounted to $9,270,324.s9, as COM
pared with $S,38S,2SO.93 for the pre-
ceding two years. The exact increase
was ssS2,O43.96. a
These figures are the high lights
in the biennial report of State Treas
urer w. w. Morrow, now in the hands
of the state printer in Des Moines.
The report also shows that the
state has a bigger balance this year
than two years ago. On June 80 this
year il was S1,04l, 4S604 and two
years before it was s1,00S,9l5.S5. NJ.
Following is summarized state
ment OF moneys received by the state
treasurer during the last biennial Pc
riod, June 80, 1910 to June 80, 1912:
From the Counties
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
IN THE DISTRICICOUjR'71
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.
New Gases Filed,

Ella Lutz VS., Jerome Wilson ct al,
equity; foreclosure.
Edward A. Schmidt, assignee, VS..
Arthur Walls; law; suit on subscrip-
ton. .....-,...
James o'Neill VS.. isabelle aEpps;
law Attachment
Della Lester VS.. IF Charles Lester;
equity. Divorce. usHa 3s 81 7iR
In re-application Of Jack Williams
to sell intoxicating liquors as regis
tered pharmacist
Jennie e. Edwards. vs. James Ed
wards; equity. Divorce,
Lulu Parks VS.. George Parks;, equi'
~. Divorce.
John Gel ~, Mahel Roll; equity,
Divorce.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
Dinner Csc at the Senate
Iowa
FARMHOUSE ORCHESTRA
Growing Musical Organization That
is Doing Good Work.

One of the largest and best musical
organizations ever attempted in Os-
kaloosa is the Farmhouse Orchestra.
of the Congregational church. 1t now
comprises forty members and, il is
/ Mr. Barnhouse's ambition to make it
standard symphony orchestra of
sixty-five people with the varied in
strumentality necessary to play any
and all music written for large organ
izations. The orchestra practices
regularly every week, and plays each
Sunday morning at the Sabbath
school hour, 9:45, at the Congrega-
tional church. The only public enter
tainment attempted by the orchestra
thus far was the concert given at the
Oskaloosa ChautauquaS The excel
lence of this program was a happy
surprise to the large audience that
heard it, and showed what a good in
structor could do with raw MATERIAL
many of the members being children.
Since that time about eight more
members have been added and a
higher class of music is being played.
Two more public appearances are
now in prospect, one at the Country
Club week after next, and one at OF
tumwa, where friends have repeatedly
solicited an appearance. ~
Ihe history of the orchestra is in
teresting In 1909 when Rev. J. B.
Adkins was pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, he conceived the Idea
of having an orchestra in the Sunday
school. He organized and carried it
along until in May, 1910, when he APP
pealed to Mr.. Farmhouse to take
charge. The orchestra at that time
comprised only six members. After
Mr.. Farmhouse took charge the organ
ization began Immediately to grow.
and has continued to increase until it
now numbers forty. All will hope
that Mr. Barnhouse's plans may ma
,terialize and that he will bring il up
ito 60 members. The organization
not only is making proficient must
clans, but is also doing great good
for the Sunday school and for the
church with which it is connected.
The personnel and Instrumentation
of the orchestra is as follows: "a
Violius-Carl Woodford, Wilhelm
Read, Miss Helen Miller, Miss Vivian
Mccall, Dull Miller, Carrel Barnett,
Miss Matilda Tyson, Miss Irene Barn
house. Miss lola Kramme, Robert
Black, Arthur Black, Henry Steddom,
William Davis.
Violas - Harold Woodford, Miss
Emma Cruikshank
! Cellos-Miss Flo Jones, William
Black, Miss Hazel Benton.
Double Bases - Arthur Walking,
Lawrence Bowen. T-~"..- 'as."
Flutes-Edwin Dodds, Miss Mar
!guerite Cowan, Miss Ramona Sulli-
wan. .s-.
Clarinets-Harold Hull, Frank Tur.
Iner, Milo SteddOm. -., 30 .s.:-.
! Alto Clsrinet-Russell Howard
Bass Clarinet--Ralph Fitzpatrick.
! Oboe-Homer White -.--- -t-
BassOOn---Karl Mcdonald
Cornets - Winnie Jackley, Miss
Sibyl Kramme, Virgil Benton.
! Horns - Clifford Parry, Charles
Hays. .
Trembones Ross Broyles, Ralph
Robson. aaF 6... ... ..
Drums-Ralph Chapman.
Piano-Miss Jennie Fry.
iCondaetor--C, l., FARMHOUSE, n, "a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

81 The present coal Chutes are to be
moved farther north and entirely re-
built and enlarged. The present wat.
er system is also to be re-arranged
and its efficiency increased. In fact
the whole plant of the NJ & st. l.. r.
r. in this part of the city is 10 be
rebuilt on an entirely new plan and
every arrangement made for promptly
and effectively handling the increas-
ing business of the company. Oska-
loosa is a central point on this divis-
ion and as it has long been the divis-
ion headquarters, its strategic posi-
ton in the administration OF the com
pany's business, will play far more
important part in the future than it
ever has in the past. All OF this will
mean the addition of large numbers
of railroad men and their families to
the population of the city and the
year 1913 should indeed BE busy one
in building circles.
- =. -
The new residence of K. n. Bennett
lat No. 513 North street, is rapidly
approaching completion. He is build
ing it as home for his family and
has arranged for every comfort and
convenience that is available for a
home of this character. The house
comprises a large hall with living
room, dining room and kitchen, with
also buffers pantry and ample clos.
cts. &C, in both the kitchen and din
ing room. A toilet room is also a
handy part of the arrangement Of the
first food. The second floor com
prises two large roOmy bedrooms, a
commodious bath with a linen closet
attached, and also d clothes chute
which passes from the bath room
down through the buffers pantry on
the first floor, to the laundry in the
basement. Duplicate closets are ar
ranged in the bedrooms and connect
ed with one is a fine sleeping porch.
In the basement is the laundry, a
storage room for fruit and household
supplies and also the boiler and fuel
room. When completed it will be
one of the finest homes on North q
street.
The Fred Venable home at 649
North B street has been greatly beau,
tilted with a bright new coat of paint
The color scheme OF the house was
changed from light colors to an olive
green, trimmed with a dark green
THE contrast is very positive and
gives the house very prominent
place in the neighborhood. o..
- - -
! Contractor r. A. Winters OF the
Friends church. is putting in the con.
crete footings for the foundation OF
this building. The work has been
staked out and lined up and all of the
needed excavations MADE. From
now on the building will be pushed
rapidly as il is the desire OF Mr. Win
tiers to have the edifice enclosed and
the roof on before cold weather
comes on. oo St $50 s.is,s=
- - =.
Various cement workers have crews
OF men working in various places
over town leyeling up and repairing
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

Robert Mcdonald, a young boy Id
years OF age, has disappeared from his
home, in Albias andIhis parents have
had cards sent all over the country
asking 'that the officers watch and
place the boy under arrest II they can
locate him. This is not the first time
the Boy hasngoiie from home. Three
or four other times ino the past the
wanderlust hasogotten into his veins
and he has disappeared only to be
caught and breusht backSysN.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

The football team OF the college re-
ceiyed a decided boost Tuesday night
by the appearance on the field of
Clark, Dodds and Kellogg, Clark
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

Dinner CSC at the Senate
Iowa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
New Hats at Waltons'

This is seed corn week. all week.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
Dinner Csc at the Senate
a boy Disappears From, Homo

~ esas % "ra q r'0Wa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

The chapel exercises Friday morn
ing will be in the form of musicale
under the direction of the department
of music. a',- .... .... 70 .-as.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

Two special meetings of the Y. NJ.
C. A. have been held since the begin
ming OF school One of these was led
by DR.. Edwards and the other by DR..
McClelland Bible Study classes have
been organized in both the college
and academy departments and are do
ing good work. The religious spirit
is very good at the school this year.
Prof. Morris led the Y. NJ. c. A. this
"wednesday morning. .. -....sz.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

The work on the forms for the foot
ings for the Friends church is nearly
and it will not be many
days before they are ready for the
concrete work
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

The faculty organized their volley
ball team last week and are putting
in some strenuous practice. 2'- n.,.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

The Penn College Orchestra under
the direction of j. Worth Allen met
last week for the first time thisiyesr
The orchestra has about twenty
pieces to start with aud is doing ex-
cellent work. Mr.. Allen has already
one out-of-town date booked for the
orchestra ... s.'r .iatE .s ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26

Wilson has thus far eluded arrest.
City and county officers have been
busy all day in the effort to head off
the fugitive.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
The Verdict.

The coroner's jury In the verdict
returned did not FIX the responsibility
for the killing, finding only that death
was the result "of shots fired from a
revolver, three Of tho nhots taking
effect"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
Tn. Idttle yellow Pirate.

20 more than queeniy rose.
. sweetest flower that grows.
/ leg you to excuse me,
And please do not accuse me
Before the King of Summer"
Said busy little hummer,
III l take a jar OF honey
And don't lay down the money.
l may sem to be pirate.
For taking things at my rate,
And indeed ! must confess
That my Biack-and yellow dress
And my wanderings through the
clover
Stamp me something of n rover,
Yet pray have no alarm
For l don't mean any harm;
But really need the honey
And I haven't any money;
For. though | toll all day,
1 never work for pay
Then with no more ado
Straightway In he flew.
This little yellow elf,
And began to help himself.
Elton Maurice. in Child Lore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
"Kfllcd In the senate.

Current legislative history IN tine
,.nttad states liz iengthening. link by
iink that chain which Representa- ma
grant suhversion Of one or our run
damental principles Of democracy--
the sovereignty OF the people. Inc
links as a rule. are welded IN the
higher department OF the leeisiauve
House, and on each link may DC ntiy
stamped the words: Killed IN tne
Senate" These words tell the story
OF the impotency OF ma3oritfes ana
the supremacy OF Few iheh ""o
are called senator's
The people OF Virginia desired TO
have a vote on the question whether
or not the sale and manufacture OF
intoxicating liquors should be prohib-
tied in the State. The bill introduced
was supported not only by strong
public sentiment, but by considera-
HE majority in the lower House. A
few members of the Senate, however.
concluded that the people OF Ntr-
yinia have no right to vote on the
LIQUOR question. The voting business
should be In the hands OF certain
gentlemen know as "seators" So the
enabling act was KILLED in the Sen
ate"
This is only one OF many cases. The
people may be practically a unit IN
the advocacy OF a measure, construc-
tive or destructive. An overwhein-
ing majority OF the legislators may
favor the measure. Yet a coterie
of men in the upper House may kill
and quarter the measure.
The forging OF this long. cruel
chain OF tyranny may be a pleasant
occupation for few politicians, but
1t means a day Of reckoning. There
IS a very positive cause for the grow
ing spirit OF independentisin in poll
tics, the increasing demand for the
initiative and referendum and recall.
People are beginning to SEQ that this
gentlemen konw as senators" So the
what 1t In In name-a democracy,
not an oligarchy. They are prepar-
ing to break every link in the chain
OF legislative Dictatorship and make
It impossible for any good measure
to haze sounded AZ its death kMelI;
'Yfxsfffed III tire senate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
The Meaness Thing.

Il think the very meanest thing you
can say. sometimes, is just nothina
II ALL" declared Prue Elder. with d
decided nod Of her auburn head
The girls gave shout OF laugh
ter. How can you say anything
means when you say nothing at all.e
R#saia
We'll. I'll tell you. was staying
uD at Aunt Riah's last summer. you
snow, getting strong after typhoid
fever. All the girls We're nice to me
because they knew l couldn't play,
or even read very much. and needed
10 be entertained. ! never knew be-
fore that girls could be so nice.
got to love them all.
There was one In particular. Her
name was Alice Otis. At first l
thought Alice rather odd. She IL very
quiet. and the would have been hard
to get acquainted with son1y that she
was sorry for me because / had been
Ill, and took particular pains
Fl just can't tell you all the things
that Alice did for me. She had a
pony and cart and almost every day
she used to take me for u drive.
Then she would bring me flowers and
read to me. and even play and sing
for me. though l found out after
wards she would hardly ever do that
for any one-she Is so timid.
Well. there was q crowd OF girls
that call themselves the /stickers' be-
cause they always stick together. They
are little bit--iust the. least little
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
WEEKLY sEaAoN
.lssn,NgAsss WEEKLY sERAoN
sBI OTTlNC OUT iFiE BOND

will work ami walk with me where
t FIN.
tiow did Ch-lst fulfl this demand?
He fulfilled IL perfectly. He was a
man among men he who was rich,
tor our sakes became poor. that We
through Ills poverty. might be Ticn.
HE did n mans WORK, endured man y
temptations, entered into a mans BOT
rows and sufTerinss. and shared a
mans Joys and hnp.-j. HE was maze
In a. things like unto His brethren
Wat was more, but yet not an
lie endured tire evil which other
men wrought. as many men do sun
HI. was brother beloved In all the
concerns If everyday .te.
but now, in the next words; we
come t,pon a deeper thing-the deep
est of All. He gave Himself for me-
What are We TO understand mere
The clue is found in tho little word
for He gave Himself Tor me
Does this imply that He was my
substitute. taking my place, suHef
ing in my stead | believe the WORD
for" Involves all that. and even more
than that. / believe 1t includes the
giving Of all that Is meant by the ma
iesty and might and dominion and
power Of the once crucified and risen
I,ord--alI the glory which He had with
the Father before the world was.
When Paul said. He gave Himself
fer me-" he Nas either guilty of a
grotesaue and objectionable iinperfl-
nece. or else be was ut the very fount
of the Inost stupendous' and glorious
truth ever made known to the human
soul. believe the latter 10 ne the
true Interpretation.
DIR. Frederic Godst says: THE words
for me. understood as in the sense
of lin my place Is. in my eyes, the
centre OF the Gospel. as 1t is the nerve
of the Christian life. II /
have IN any sense missed the truth,
NAV God pardon me. During the sixty
wears that have meditated this ques-
! ton have found nothing better.
/ The language is restrained. but
/ how powerfully II appeals, coming
! from such IA man and from such an
/ experience
/ we have seen that ruin II the result
| Of gin. that sin is the result of sell
, fishness, and that selflshness Is the
! loss Of love. We have seen--I hope
/ we have seen---how Christ awakens
! our love by the wonder and the great
| ness of His own. and how. by the
! giving of Himself for us, the just for
1 the unjust. He draws us up into His
own sinless and sufficing life. thus
1 ''blotting out the handwriting that was
( against us, and mailing II to His
! cross.
| II the handwriting Of ordinances
| has reference also to those ceremo-
mails which were burdensome to the
| Jews and barrier to the Gentle
world. then these likewise pass away
are hIotred out--through the abound
ing grace of the Saviour Himself.
Thy goodness and Thy truth to me,
| To every soul abound.
| A vast unfathornable sea.
Where all our THOUGHTS are drown
ed
Its streams she wtc'e creation reach
| So pienteous IL the store:
Enough for all, enough for eacn.
Enough for evermorc.