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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
FOUR DAYS IN SNOW
PASSENGERS ON SANTA re TRAIN
y. HAVE GAY TIME.
Six Trainloads Reach Chicago After
ssins Tied UP BY Gigantic Drifts
In Kansas.

Chicago. March 2. Pleasures OF be
Ing snow bound with modern improve
ments that made ioyial house party
OF six trainloads Of passengers were
related by passengers OF the first
Iof the Santa Fe trains held by q
snowdrift in Garden City, Kan, to ar.
rive In Chicago. The train, four days
late, reached the city shortly before
Z q. u.
The train that arrived left the coast
last Friday. The trip was uneyentful
until a blizzard Was struck in western
Kansas. Slower and slower crawle6
the train, until it pulled into Garden
City. Here an especially gigantic drift
OF snow halted the train.
Don't get the idea that we were IN
comfortable" said George Wheeler Of
Concord, Mass. to reporter who met
the belated train. 1t was pleasant all
the time. The railroad company did
everything In its power to amuse and
entertain US, and the Garden City folks
were fine.
we found theatrical troup on
board. The manager was a pleasant
chap and he got possession of the
towns theater to stage his produc-
ton. You can be sure that was an
enthusiastic audience"
While the first trains passengers
we're getting acquainted in the towr
FIVE more trains pulled in from the
west and stuck. There were receE-
ions and more parties for the new
arrivals.
Gov Marshall of Indiana is said to
have been one Of the passengers on
board the first trair to reach Chicago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
THE MOTHERS COUNCIL
Mrs. J. v. Miller Elected President
First Ward Organization.

The Mothers Council of First ward
met Friday p. m. at Lincoln building.
In the absence of the regular presi'
dent the Chair was filed by Mrs.
Miller After the minutes of the last
meeting were read the following Off
GERS were elected: ......
Mrs. J. v. Miller, President.
Mrs. c. NJ. Boggess, Vice President
Mrs. II. A., Wentworth, Secretary.
Mrs. w. Lafollette. Treasurer.
Mrs. T.. q. Smith gave an interest
ing talk to the Mothers on "Socia
Purity" Topics OF interest to par
ents and teachers were discussed
Refreshments We're served.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
To Hear Noted Men.

Washington. D. c., March 4.-The
twelfth annual meeting OF the Nation.
al Civic Federation, which Is to meet
In this city tomorrow for a three days
session. has selected Industrial peace
and progress as the general subject
for confederation. Many men national.
ly and internationally prominent In
public life and in the Industrial
world viii participate. Cardinal Glib
bons will preside over the first day
deliberations and President Taft viii
make the opening address.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07

The above is a likeness of Mr. and
Mrs. John Q. White. who celebrated
their siXty-eighth wedding annivers-
airy in Fremont on Thursday, Febru.
AIRY 8, 1912. The following personal
history of the aged couple will be of
interest:
John @. White was born in Dear
born county, Indiana, on July "a,
1924 Alvira f. Hough was born in
Shelby county, Indiana. on July Is,
1928. On February s, 1874, they were
married at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hough,
in the same house in which the bride
was born. Rev. John Reece. a Baptist
clergyman. performing the ceremony.
In the fall of 1S4S Mr.. White went
west looking for location and pur-
chased 24u acres of land in Cedar
township, Mahaska county. This
land was later known as the Chas.
Lott farm. and is now occupied by
John H. Harfst He returned to In
diana and on April 2, 1919, with his
wife and two children, one an infant
of six weeks and Il small company
of other homcseekers started over
land for Iowa. The spring of 1S49
was an extremely wet one and much
difficulty was encountered in travel
ing as the horses would cut through
the sod and get down. Nj. White
says that he saw as many as six
horses in the caravan down at one
time. After overcoming the many
difficulties OF travel they arrived at
their destination on April 20, being
almost rour weeks on their way. In
the fall OF 1852 they made a visit To
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
PUPILS LIVES ARE MENAcED
Five Hundred Children Escape From
Burning School House Through
Teachers Heroic Work.

Tusooia. Ill, March 2.--The lives OF
500 children were endangered here
when fire broke out In the basement
OF the school house. A panic was mar.
rowly sYerted. but heroic work by the
teachers prevented horrible disas-
ter No lives were lost. but several
pupils we're injured ...r
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07

Complaint and criticism OF the pri.
mary law was heard on all sides In
the talk among the delegates present
at the Mahaska county convention
Saturday. n vote OF the convention
had been taken as to preference Of
systems. the result wonld have been
practically unanimous choice OF the
old caucus and delegate convention
lsysten. M
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
Mr.. and Mrs. John @ White. of Fremont, la.
(From the Fremont Gazette)

their old home in Indiana, going and
popular way in those days of no rail-
roads, and made the trip each way in
just fifteen days, and during their
thirty days travel did not see a drop
of rain, a pleasant contrast from their
first trip. In 1853 the family moved
to Fremont and MI. White started a
general merchandise store and con-
tinued in business until 1861, during
which time he was postmaster for
eight years. In. 1851 they moved to
farm just east of Fremont, which is
now known as the old White home
stead, and is now owned by George
Helm. They remained here until
1890. when they moved TO Fremont,
which has since been their home. At
one time Mr.. White owned 500 acres
of land. and his holdings stretched
north and south for more than two
miles. While on his farm east of
town he bought and sold stock and
was enc OF the pioneers in this busi-
ness. The White home has always
been a hOspitable one and many an
early stock buyer can tell of the
splendid times and good meals had
there. Mr.. and Mrs. White have rails
ed a large family, have passed
through the vicissitudes of pioneer
life and are now enjoying good health
at the age of almost So and 81 years
respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. White are the parents
living. They also have living twenty.
nine grandchildren and twenty one
great grandchildren.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
WlI.on Ruler on Mars.chIno.

Washington, March 2.-Secretary
Wilson has approved a decision OF
the pure food board which holds that
no cherries may be labeled Mara
achino" unless they are Marasea cher
ries preserved fE maraschino. liquor
prepared BY distjllstion II the Asrss
M cherry. ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
Can't Escape Head Tax.

Washington. March 2.--B0reignsrs
enlisted in the United States navy. in
the future win have httls chance OF
escaping the head tax imposed ON
aliens entering this country. should
they desert or be discharged Wills
IN the United 6tatsA
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
reyas 4 o o. :. in session.

Dallas. Texas, Mar. 4.--Delegations
representing the 500 Odd Fellows
lodges In Texas assembled in Dallas
today for the opening OF the grand
lodge meeting OF the order. The Re
bekah Assembly also Is in annual SEES
sion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
THE FIRST OF MARCH
Busy Days in the Office of the
~ =" County Recorder. y 49, z;

March first Of each year, which ia
considered by the county recorders as
the first day of the year, was not as
heavy in Mahaska county this year.
During the day fifty-four Instruments
were filed. Nineteen OF the iifty-four
filed were warranty deeds and three
were quit claim deeds. The largest
transaction was twenty-siX thousand,
the next was twelve thousand five
hundred, the next eleven thousand,
while there were many above the
five thousand mark. The following
table will show the comparison for
the past four years:
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
AVIATOR MEETS DEATH.
North Yakima Sees Fatal Flight of
Philip o. .ParmaIee.

North Yakima. Wash. = With a
smile and kiss thrown to his fiancee,
Miss C. E. Turpin, and wave of his
hand to the thousands who watched
him, Philip o. Parmalee, one of the
Wright aviators, took the air in the
teeth of gusty west wind here Sat
urday afternoon for his first flight.
Three minutes later his broken and
lifeless body was dragged from be-
meath the wreckage of his biplane in
an apple orchard in the lower end of
Mckee valley. two miles from his
starting point.
AS he rose from before the grand
stand at the fair grounds, Parmalee
swung to the west over the Yakima
river. He rose to a height of about
400 feet and his speed increased to al
most mile minute, although it was
noticed that his plane dipped and
rolled and seemed to be controlled
with difficulty.
The body of the unfortunate aviator
was dragged from beneath the wreck
age of the machine by farmers who
were working in the orchard, but his
skull was fractured and he must have
died instantly.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
SQUADRON OF WARSHIPS
SAILS FOR CUBAN WATERS

Washington, d. Chine big fight
ing ships were dispatched to Key
West Monday under secret orders, and,
according to reports which came with
clock-like regularity to the Navy de-
partment. the program for naval
demonstration in Cuban waters was
carried out without a hitch. The
fourth division got away from New
York with marines aboard at o'clock
in the afternoon and the third division
left Hampton Roads late at night.
The armored cruiser Washington,
flagship of Rear-Admiral Hugo Oster-
haus, ommander-in-chief of the At
lantic feet, and four battleships of
the fourth division, sailed from New
York for Key West, on hurry orders,
few hours after arrival at New
York, from Provincetown, Mass.
The bsttleships following the flag
ship were the Ohio, Missouri, Missis-
sippi and Minnesota.
The battleships have on board seve-
raj hundred marines and by the time
they reach Hampton Roads the battle
ships Georgia, New Jersey and Rhode
Island, of the third division, will be
ready to join them.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Vale Extension Ordered .

Ontario, Or. = Orders have been
issued here by Chief Engineer Carl
Stradley. of the Oregon Short Line, to
the contractors on the Oregon & East
ern railroad to rush work on the first
80 miles of the extension of that line
out of Vale. This will take the line
90 miles southwesterly from Ontario
to Riverside, and will be practically
through the Malheur canyon. where
all the heavy work on the line be-
tween Ontario and Burns is en-
countered. The work will be finished
this summer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Rebel. Dispense Federals.

Chihuahua, Mex.-Rebel headquar-
tiers received word that Colonel Gam
boa, commanding a detachment of
rebel troops, had defeated and dis
persed volunteer force Of federals
numbering lis at Temosachic, 156
miles northwest of Chihuahua, a sta
ton on the Northwestern railway.
The report gives the casualty list as
10, but does not mention any rebel
loss. The federals have not as yet
pushed their vanguard into Jiminez,
but the city is theirs for the taking
whenever they choose.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
DAIRY BUTTER is PROFITABLE
Has Resulted In Increased Manu-
facture Of oleomsrgsrIne.

Farmers have been giving dairy but
ter less and less attention in recent
years and as one result of this cleo
margarine, as a cheap substitute. has
come into use.
1t has been observed during the
months of phenomenally high prices
that the butter substitutes are -four
lshing to an amazing oxtent- They
are taking a place In the worlds COM
merce which ought to be held by
good, wholesome farm butter With
plenty OF choice dairy butter. oleomar-
garine would be driven from the Ia
Lies of American families generally.
When creamery product is selling at
4 to 80 cents, the oleo comes quick
-ot enough dairy butter to meet the
demands. The substitutes get their
start and hold large and valuable
trade simply because the farmers are
neglecting the opportunity to furnish
sufficient supply Of fair to choice
dairy butter. Not all farmers are To-
Gated near enough to creameries SO
that they can deliver their milk once
q day without unreasonable travel
Those who are not should keep but
ter diaries, large or small, according
| to circumstances, and market their
product once week.
This is in the line of liberalization
and 1t is paying proposition II
should not be all dairy. not all poul
try, nor all hogs. nor all corn, but {
wise mixture so that the farmer al
ways has something for the l.gh mar
kets. A little pushing along the dairl
line just now is justified both by pres
emit prices and future prospects.
When farmers can get rs cents o
more for a fair quality of butter. a
at present. there IL money In 1t TO
them and they can afford to CIV
that branch OF husbandry a great des
more attention than they do.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
WATERS REFUSED
New York Police Use Guns When
Strikers Attack Hotels.
Hoteinnen's Association Still Firm
All Kinds of Substitutes Pressed
Into Emergency Service.

New York-Police of the "strong
arm" squad required revolvers to keep
back 800 strikers and sympathizers
who assumed threatening attitude
after nine of their number had been
arrested in the Savoy Hotel on
charges of disorderly conduct Satur-
day night.
Holding the strikers back with guns
which they fired only to threaten, the
police retreated to the automobile en-
frances of the Metropolitan club,
where they barricsded themselves be-
hind the gates until reserves arrived.
Hundreds of extra police reserves
were sent to the station houses with
in the strike zone to be prepared for
any emergency.
After the first clash with the
"strong arm" men, the strikers at
tempted to storm the Hotel Neither
lands. Three policemen armed with
revolvers stood in the doorway and
threatened to kill the first striker who
entered. The riot occurred in one oil
the most exclusive residential dis
tricts and within stones throw OF
the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Traffic was interrupted in Fifth ave-
nue. half an hour.
With more than two-score of the
leading hotels and restaurants affect.
ed by the strike, the New York Hotel
mems association refused to entertain
a proposal of arbitration suggested by
Commissioner John J. Brestin, of the
State board of mediation.
More than 700 employees in IL hotels
and restaurants Joined the strike.
Manicure girls, college boys, and
recruits from boarding houses anc
cheap restaurants were pressed int
service and the employers continued
firm.
At the dinner hour 65 men marched
out of Delmonico's after hundred
guests had been served with the frs
course. Union men at Breton Hall
the Brevoort, the Kaiserhof, Colaiz
EOS, the Hotel Netherlands and thu
Hotel Savoy also quit their posts whil'
dining rooms were crowded.
Announcement was made by tn
Hotelmen's association that all de
mands of the walters, including highe
wages, abolition of fines, better foo
and working conditions, have bee
granted.
Edward Blochinger, secretary o
the international Hotelworkers' un
ion, said that the recognition of tn
union is paramount to all other de
mands. If necessary, the strikers as
sert, every waiter and cook in Ne'
York, about $4,000 in all, will b
called out.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
su,r vDJecreo 10 nIoer.

A millionaire rancher, of Pomona.
Cal. was painfully injured, recently.
while attempting to ride a large red
Durham bull. He had made wager
with another rancher that he could
remain on the bulls back for two'min-
utes, faith In his ability to win the
wager being based upon his expert
ences in broncho riding. He lost the
bet by just 1T seconds. for three sec
opds after he mounted the animals
back, he was seated in the center Of
the corral nursing badly wrenched
nip and shoulder
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
WATERS ON STRIKE.
-Four Largest New York Hotels
Are Without Help.
Six Hundred Leave WaIdorf-Astoria
Owners Refuse to Recognize
Union But Offer More Pay.

New York-More than 800 walters,
together with cooks and other hotel
workers, went on strike at four large
hotels after o'clock Thursday night,
leaving thousands of would-be diners
dinnerless or forcing them in many
instances to wait on themselves.
More than 600 walters struck at the
Waldorf, where 1900 patrons were
left hungry. Three other large hotels
were involved, the Breslin, Rector's
and the Gotham, with several small
ones. Unlike the day before, the pro-
prietors of these hotels were able, in
degree, to keep things moving by
obtaining other help
With those who had joined previous
strikes at the Belmont, the Knicker-
booker and Churchill's make total of
more than 1900 who have actively
participated in the fight for higher
wages and better working conditions.
Interest centered mainly in the
strike at the Waldorf-Astoria. The
almost clean sweep of this hotel,
which at any other time would have
caused complete paralysis of bust
ness, was negatived in large part by
the tactics of the proprietor, George
C. Boldt, who forced the issue at {
time when his hotel was least busy
and when be was best prepared t.
meet it.
Even while the Waldorf's proprie
tor was talking to his men 116 wait
ers who had been secreted in the hote
for several days were slipping int
their working clothes and by the tim,
the last of the old ones had gone they
we're standing in front of the table'
ready for business.
Manned by a skeleton crew, tn,
Waldorf managed to serve most of it
patrons, but not without delays ant
confusion. 1t was estimated tina
1900 would-be diners were at tn,
tables when the strike was called
The management promptly marches
into the main dining room with 15i
strike-breakers. The kitchen, whicl
had suffered the loss of nearly To-
cooks, was manned with a sufficien
number of substitutes to supply cur
rent demands.
Extra forces of detectives and pc
lice were stationed about the hote
and prevented disturbances Tn
Gotham, the Breslin and Rector
arrangements had no strikebreaker
ready.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
INLAND EMPIRE LOOKS GOOD
Record Crops Assured in Washington
and Idaho Sections.

Record Crops Assured in Washington
and Idaho Sections.
Spokane = Inland Empire farmers
will harvest one of the best crops on
record if conditions now prevalent in
the district continue, according to re-
ports gathered by the Spokesman
Review from representatives in fertile
farm districts in the region. Reports
from those conversant with conditions
in these farm sections, summarized by
counties, are as follows:
Washington.
Douglas--Rainfall 6. 80 inches since
January I; wheat in fair condition;
season late.
Garfield = Precipitation since jan
usry almost IL inches; wheat crop
assured.
Lincoln-Record wheat yield pre-
dicted; business better; farmers buy
ing automobiles.
Chelan-Rains mean good crops |;
apple yield will be heavy; trade bet
ter.
Grant = Bountiful wheat harvest
certain; moisture deep in sandy soil.
Walla Walla-Wheat healthy with
fair crop prospects; more moisture
than usual.
Kittitas Conditions best in years
April rains .65 inch; hay and fruit
crop assured.
Stevens = Acreage 20 per cent
greater; most of 1875. 900 acres ir
wheat; prospects roseate; more fruit
than facilities to handle.
Whitman - Crop conditions never
better at this season; heavy rain as
sures record yield; rainfall since Jan
uary 9, IA inch; wheat prices lower
estimate wheat crop 100000 bush
els.
Yakima-Fruit condition encourag
ing; estimate county will ship 5000 t,
5000 cars fruit; rains worth fortune
To farmers.
Nez Perce-Wheat prospects best il
years; potato acreage large; moistut
deep.
Idaho--Grain never looked better
heavy rain assures big wheat yield.
Latah-Winter wheat lin best con
dition in years; bean acreage small
because of late season.
Bonner = Hay, berries and grail
helped by rains; crop assured
Kootenai-Hay and grain prospect
best in years; rains raised lake an
rivers, but highland crops assured.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Beach Re.ort Ha. Calm.

Seaside-For the first time in many
tides the continual roaring of the
ocean in front of the Hotel Moore
ceased Sunday and there was calm
such as few residents of this place
have seen here. At extreme high tide
there was death-like silence in place
of the usual incessant roar. The ocean
was we'll up on the beach and for miles
presented CLASSY appearance. Mari
ners say it resembled the lull before a
hurricane. Occansionally there was a
single large breaker. Large droves of
seals and sea lions swan close to shore.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Shin Ha. opium Room.

San Francisco-Among other APP
pointments for comfort of passengers
on the liner Siberia is an opium room,
inwhich Chinese smoke, SO testified
Charles B. Kenney, lately third officer
of the vessel, in hearing before
Francis Krull, United States commits
sioner. 1.-THE room is marked hos
pital. Kenney said, but so far as Z
knew only opium smokers used it.
Captain Az B. Seeder, of the Siberia,
applied to have his fine of $50 for hav
ing contraband opium on board hi
ship, reduced to a nominal sum.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06

table Compound. My husband said it
would restore my health and it has y
Mrs. MAY WYATT, Ashland, KY.
There are probably hundreds of thou
sands Of women in the United States
who have been benefited by this famous
old remedy, which was produced from
roots and herbs over thirty years ago by
q woman to relieve woman's suffering.
Read WhatAnother w oman says:
Camden, N. III had female trou-
BILE and serious displacement and was
tired and discouraged and unableto do my
work. My doctors told me never could
be cured without an operation, but
thanks to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound am cured Of that affection
and have recommended it to more than
one OF my friends with the best results !"
Mrs. ELLA JOHNSTON, 324 Vine St
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by .
woman and held Ia strict confidence
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
pownx Chick Gets Credit.

Woodland, Wash. = Carl johnson,
who operates a poultry yard here, is
exhibiting plate of nine eggs, six of
which are full-sized and were laid by
1-year-old pullets, two are about one
third size and were laid by chicks
that came from the incubator on
March %, 1912, and the ninth egg is
a tiny affair that was laid by a chick
that had been out of the incubator
only two weeks. Mr.. Johnson stakes
his reputation for veracity on this
story. The chickens are White Leg
horns
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Woman Swim. to Rescue.

Elsinore, Cal.-Miss M. Gibson, of
Toronto, and M. R. Hedlington, mill
lionaire Canadian yachtsman, were
the real heroes of Mondays yacht
races on Lake Elsinore when they res
cued four men who had jumped into
the water to escape being taken down
with the yacht Indian, which sank
two miles off shore.
Bedlington and Miss Gibson, who
were among those aboard the Patricia.
jumped overheard and succeeded in
hauling the four struggling men to
safety The Patricia lost whatever
chance she had of winning the race by
going to the aid of the Indian.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-06-06
Noah's Struggle.

1t was only with the utmost dif1icul-
ty that Noah was able to control him
self. as the two mosquitoes OF the ark
waxed red and corpulent on the back
of his hand. gorging themselves to re-
pletion- IF 1t wasn't for the grudge |
have against my posterity," he rasped
through his clenched teeth. I'D smash
your Internal carcassesi Puck