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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
"'M LITTLE, BUT I'LL TRY"
Brave Child Of Section Foreman Saved
Train and Set Example for
All Others.

She was only seven years old.
Eileen Martin, the section foreman's
daughter, as she stood reaching up to
telephone at the little town of Alta,
Cal, telling the agent at the nearest
station that rail was broken. Child
like, she knew the semaphore signals,
had come to the track to see the Over
land Limited whirl by and had watch
ed the long finger drop, letting the
train into the block. ...N
I'm pretty little, but I'll try" she
said, when the station agent asked her
II she could not stop the train that was
past him. and started out with her
sister of fourteen who had just appear
ed. They ran down the track, stopped
the train and saved a wreck.
Pretty much every primary school in
the city ought, within the next week,
to hear of Eileen's I'm pretty little,
but I'll try" The alert attention
which knew the semaphore signal, the
quick wit which understood what a
broken rail meant, the decision and In.
itiative which alone sought the tele-
phone. the courage with which she and
her sister started up the track, waving
their aprons tA stop the big Overland
Limited as 1t bore down upon them
these are the qualities which through
life bring self-help. for others. success
and happiness.
And she was only seven years old.
pretty little" but ready to Try
Philadelphia Press.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
THE LABOR DAY PLANS
Committees Appointed and Prepare
lions Are Commenced.

Oskaloosa Labor Day plans are ma
terializing rapidly and committees
have been appointed and are at work.
The special Labor Day committee ap-
pointed by the Trades Assembly is
made up of ]. A. Hartman, president;
DAVIS S. Barr, secretary; Charles F.
M. Schlenker, treasurer; U. A. Wy
coff and Thomas w. Ware. 80. ....
Board of trade committee acting in
conjunction with the Trades Assem-.
bly, committee consists of James A.
Dewitt, Art Oppenheimer and Charles
V. Hoffman,.
Organization was affected at a
special meeting of the Trades Assem-
bly, committee held at the Trades As
sembly hall Sunday afternoon. Work
ing committees were designated and
they will get busy Immediately. The
committees appointed are as follows:
Program committee, Thomas w.
Ware. chairman; George Sullivan and
Arthur Cochrane. .,.... ..f.. -..t ..
Finance Committee, Charles F. NJ.
Schlenker, chairman; S.. A. Fox and
Harry Smith.
Entertainment Committee, Wilbur
Williams, chairman; Fred Harbour,
Charles Garner. Ned Closson and
William Moore.
Transportation Committee, w. U, A.
Wycoff, chairman; George Fritz, Floyd
Moore.
Reception Committee, Bert Brown,
chairman; r. J. Cady, Albert Hawk,
ms and James vallandingham.
Advertising Committee, James Vail
andingham, Floyd Moore and G. A..
Fox.
Progress has been made by several
Of the committees, which are enter.
ing upon their duties with enthusiasm
and concerted action. The new audi
forum at Penn College has been Sc
cured for the speeches and the basket
dinner will be held In the natural
grove near the college.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

4. Secretary. DAVIS; Rarr. has resolved
work ffSh H5i, N EE | Kendall, ICON
gressman of the Sixth district, that
he will be present to take part in the
program.
Another melting of the Trades AS
sembly committee will be held next
Sunday, April. 2Sth, after which other
announcements will be made. The
committee has decided to take the
public into its confidence and to make
known from time to time just what is
doing toward the preparations for the
great day. Suggestion from anyone
upon any part of the preparations for
lie work will be gladly received by
any of the committees. Anyone hav-
ing anything to offer along the line of
suggestions for features of the parade
or any other department of the days
program will confer a favor by letting
the BOYS know. Write to the secre-
tarr, D. S. Barr, or communicate in
person.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

Interstate Commerce Commission.
Practical destruction of the white.
slave traffic.
Admission, as promised, of Arizona
and New Mexico to statehood.
Bond issue of many millions to
complete irrigation and land reclama.
ton projects in the arid west and
southwest.
Bureau OF mines created to safe
guard the lives of miners.
Maintenance of peace in Cuba,
South and Central America by friend
ly warnings and moral Intervention.
Income tax amendment to the Con-
stitution submitted to state legisla.
lures for ratification.
Passage by Congress of the boiler
inspection law.
Non-political methods used in taking
the census of 1910.
Government business methods mod
ernized and reformed by economy and
efficiency commission, saving millions
of dollars yearly to the people.
Bucketshop and get-rich-quick con.
Germs put out of business and offend
ers jailed.
New treaty with Japan, quieting
racial controversies on the Pacific
coast.
Further extension of the safety ap.
pliances act.
The United States Postal Depart
ment made self-sustaining instead of
running millions behind each year.
Peonage, the twentieth century slav.
cry, abolished.
Maintenance and extension of the
open door policy in China.
Publication campaign funds and eX-
penditures.
Corporation (FederaD tax success,
fully created and yielding $4,000, 900
to $30,000,000 year without any
kicks" of moment; government ex.
animation of corporation methods pro.
yided.
Transformation of treasury deficit
for the year of S5S,OO0,000 into a 800,
100000 surplus.
Remarkably able and non-partisap
judicial appointments.
Court of Commerce established to
review the findings of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Workingmen's compensation act
brought to successful issue in the
supreme court.
Non-partisan Tariff Board created to
| find out and report the difference in
the cost of production at home and
abroad, thus protecting American
wages and American capita.
Customs service reorganized, cor
ruptions done away with, frauds eX
posed and published and millions oil
dollars recovered.
Extension of civ il service control
that protection of government serv
ants by executive order.
American capital and labor benefit.
ed by extension of foreign markets.
Court of Customs Appeals; under.
valuations stopped. -
In view of the foregoing and much
more which might as properly be set
forth, President Taft is entitled to re-
nomination and election.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
WHAT TAFT HAS ACHIEVED.

Among the many achievements for
good put drought by President Taft
may be mentioned the following:
Enforcement OF the Sherman anti
trust law without fear or favor.
Veto of Democratic wool, cotton and
free list bill as unfair, unscientific
and destructive Of the Republican
principle and policy of protection to
American wages and American cap
ital.
Abrogation OF the discriminating
passport treaty with Russia.
The establishment of postal savings
banks, chiefly benefiting the working
classes.
Great progress towards early com
pletion of the American Panama Can
al, without hint of favoritism or scan
dial.
Railroad rate increases prevented
unless they are first approved by the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

most insidious temptation that comes
to young man. Once caught in the
net he thinks he must spend his mon.
ey lavishly and foolishly in order to
hold his place in the estimation of his
companions and be able to talk with
an air of mystery about the current
gossip of his home town. Mr.. Fisk
must bear the burden of the disclos.
ures made by his own confession, but
he is no more guilty than the men
who put the temptations in his way or
those who enjoyed the fruits of his
illgotten gain.
Roy Fisk, aside from his one trans
gression, that of gambling with mon.
ey that did not belong to him, is an
exemplary young man. During his con-
nection with the Oskaloosa base ball
association his good habits and clean
life were admired on all sides, and
were recognized in the nick name of
Deacon" which was applied to him.
But the temptation came in the prop
er form to reach him and he yielded.
But hfs years are not many and there
is long life of usefulness and good
before him, if he, from now on, clings
to the right and pushes the temptor
from his path. His friends will be
loyal to him and will encourage him
in every way possible to live down
the one sad mistake. His experience,
however, is one that every young man
should seek to avoid, and the lesson
they should take home to their hearts
is that sooner or later every sin of
which they may be guilty will come
to light.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
THEIR MONUMENT.


Peasant and merchant and millionaire,
Soldier and scholar and man of the
sea,
Mourned by the world, they are rest
ing where
No towering monument every may
be;
But the waves that go rolling above
them there,
Where the pitiless fogs hover over
the tide,
Shall never efface and shall never
impair
: The glory they gained when they
manfully died.
With only an hour in which to pray
When death had found them and
would not wait,
They sent the young and the weak
away, .....-.
Intrusting them to the whims of
Fate; ...-
Robbed of hope. they had strength to
stay
While the helpless ones and the
women went,
And the dark sea, rolling till Judg-
ment Day,
Is their ever-enduring monument.
Peasant and merchant and millionaire,
Soldier and scholar and roustabout,
BY the to-ch's fitful and feeble fare ,
They manly swung the lifeboats out
Whispering hopes that they might not
share,
They claimed the right of the strong
and brave,
And their fame shall live till the last
bear
The last of all heroes to his grave,
Christian and Jew and humble and
high,
Maste- and servant they STOOD, at
last, .....
Bound by glorious, brotherly tie,
When doubling was ended and hop
ing past!
They stayed to show how the brave
could die,
While their helpless ones and the
women went,
And the sea that covers them where
they lie ....s....t
Is their ever-enduring monument.
S. E. KISER.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
MTHE'DISIRlCTCOUR
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

Ellis Larson ct al VS. James Casner.
Dismissed by plaintiff without pre-
JUDGE. Judgment against plaintiff
for costs.
One of the most interesting cases
has been tried in the district court for
a long time, ended Friday evening by
the jury being directed by Judge
Preston to return verdict for the
plaintiff. The case was brought some
time ago, by the Guardian of the
minor heirs of o. c. Lakka against
the Modern Brotherhood of America,
on policy of insurance. 1t will be
remembered that some time ago 0. G.
Lakka, who had for many years been
road master of the Iowa Central, and
short time before his death he was
solicited to take out and did take out
81 900, in the said company, that in
short time afterwards he died leaving
wife and four minor children. The
defendant Company refused to pay for
the reason that the deceased had not
been initiated into the order, the
policy had been issued to the deceased
and he had paid all assessments and
the Company contested the rights OF
these children. The suit was watch.
ed with a great deal of interest by
attorneys and members of the or
ganization and other lodges, as it af-
fected the rights of all members in
similar organizations. At the close
81 hot CT
PENDANTS moved to direct verdict
and the court held that the Company,
having issued the policy and having
received his premium, the Company
could not escape liability on this
technical ground and the court di'
rected verdict for the plaintiff. Dan
Davis and Mccoy & Mccoy, attorneys,
appeared for the minor children and
Captain Heating and Senator Dowell
appeared for the defendant Company.
The following jury assignment has
| been made by the court.
Monday, May 9Th
Stutzman VS.. Adams Express Co.
Gassaway VS.. Forney.
Updegraff VS.. Page.
Looney VS.. Garfield Coal Co.
Tuesday, May 7th.-
Veenstra VS.. C. B. & Q. Ry Co.
Hiatt VS.. Way.
Jenkins VS.. C. B. & @. Ry Co.-1:3O
p. m.
| Wednesday, Nav Sth-
Carnego VS.. Crescent Coal Co.
Pickerell VS.. Davis.
Fanton VS.. Laport Utility Co.
Mitrisin VS.. Norris ct al-130. p. m.
Thursday, May 9Th
Indiana National Bank VS.. Picken.
Swain VS.. MCGEE ct al.
Friday, May 10"
Gull VS.. #. X. Smith Jewelry House,
Effort ~vs. Billick.
Hamer VS.. Crescent Coal Co.
j Smith VS.. Bolton-Hoover Coal Co.
Downs VS.. Crescent Coal Co. f.l
Judge Preston held short session
of court Saturday afternoon to dis
pose of a few probate matters. Fol
lowing the disposition of few mat
tiers he adjourned court until next
Saturday. The following dispositions
were made:
Estate of Charles Tovrea. Final re
port and distributions made.
Will of Ellis P. Dunsmore admit
ted to probate. w. H. Shaw appoint
ed executor, bond 100000
Estate of Ellen Montgomery. FinaI
report and distribution approved. AID
ministrator discharged.
Guardianship of Chris Omundson
Final report approved. Temporary
guardian discharged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

is going out of business in Oskaloosa.
This leaves Prof. Mayne Arnold the
Only optician in Mahaska County.
With T. X Smith, the number is
II who have fitted glasses in oska,
loosa with more or less success and
finally left for other locations. All
this number in twelve years.
Does not this teach the lesson that
you should take your eyes to one who
has the education, skill and expert
ence to understand them, and will
stay right here to give the needed re-
lief? The commodious offices now
occupied by Mayne Arnold are leased
by him for ten years.
MAYNE ARNOLD OPTICAL CO.,
oskaIoosa, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
-Keosauaua Republican:

-keosauqua Republican: The war
department has refused to approve
the report of the surveyors to make
the river navigable, which means that
the company which has been talking
of erecting power dams in the Des
Moines can now do it as far as the
government IL concerned. They
can't any longer give government op.
position as reason for not making
good what they professed they desir.
ed to do.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
The CASE OF ROY FISK.

The sad case OF Roy Fisk, of New
ton, should bring the lesson home to
every young man, that when he begins
to spend more than he makes he is
on dangerous ground and ruin is sure
to overtake him II he does not mend
his ways. This thing of being good
fellow" Is the most dangerous and the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

This bit of current advice is good.
Don't wait until vacuum cleaners get
cheaper before making a start at set
ting the premises in sanitary order.
Get out the old wheelbarrow, hickory
make the trash fly. Clean and screen
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

As William Rose says, man
tinkering about the shed Wednesday
might have been open to suspicion of
mending the overworked snow shovel
as much as being charged with intent
to get out the lawn mower ..r
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

There is at least one editor in
Iowa who will be able to east three
meals a day for the rest Of the presi.
dental campaign year. Brother Pear,
son Of the Ainsworth Clipper went up
to Chicago last week with four car.
loads of his own hogs and brough
back over $4,000 in cash.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25
The Moral Of Years.

We are the children OF our own
deeds. Conduct has created a charac.
ter; acts have grown into habits; eacL
year has pressed into US a deeper
moral print; the lives we have led
have left US such as We are today
Dykes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

The report has gone forth that
half of the property destroyed by fire
in Hardin county last year was not
protected by insurance. The rates in
Hardin county must be much like they
are in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

AS the Brighton Enterprise sizes
up the situation, the political cam
paign consists mostly in kicking the
other fellows dog around.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

Biting fish, kites and marbles may
be sure enough harbingers of spring
but the season never really opens
in oskaloosa until the band concerts
begin.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

1t has been observed that many
who berate the idle rich would not
work II they didn't have &c.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

There is never a scarcity of jobs
for the man who knows how.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

Time to begin thinking about
Memorial Day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-25

According to Brides story. the
Frankfurt waited 20 minutes before
answering the &C. Q. d." call of the
Titanic. and then asked what was the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Boys appear to be slightly healthier
than girls in Japan, but tie girls have
better eyesight. According to offic-
la reports covering medical inspec-
ton of nearly 100000 children IN
the public elementary schools, AIT
per cent of the boys had strong con-
stitutions, 47.4 per cent medium, and
49, per cent weak; of the girls 42.7
per cent had strong constitutions 51.2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

We wish to call your attention to
the fact that most infectious dis
eases such as whooping cough, diph-
iberia and scarlet fever are con-
tracted when the child las a cold.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will
quickly cure cold and greatly les
sen the danger of contracting these
diseases. This remedy is famous for
its cure of colds. 1t contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be
given to child with implicit con-
fidence. Sold by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

per cent medium, and 6.1 weak. An
other test was on strength of the spi-
nal column. 95.1 per cent of the boys
had a perfect spinal column and 49,
per cent defective; 942 per cent Of
the girls were perfect in this respect
and So per cent defective. In eye
sight, on the contrary, only 500 per
cent of the boys were normal, as COM
pared by 900 per cent of the girls.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

While the most Of us arc blessed
"ithour share Of food and ralmcnt
there are numbers right here In Ok
mulgcc who are not 80 fortunate.
While some in the city may not believe,
hut n little invostigatlon on their part
would reveal 10 them conditions OF
suffering that they never Grcamed
existed. AZ a member OF the order
Of Good Fellows all will have "A chance
o' assisting IN relieving the suffer
ings OF the poverty stricken homes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Holland affords a good example OF
public school progress in the import
ant matter of attendance. In 1900
about in every hundred children
did not receive instruction; IL 1904
the number had gone down to . in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

There is an Oriental institute for
languages at Naples. Italy. with an
attendance of 400 Seventy eight
students are taking Arabic, l6 Turk
ish, 30 Persian, 6S Amharic (the cour.
language Of Abyssinia), 80 Chinese.
&C. modern Greek. 81 Albanian, and
81 Japanese. Some of the students
pursue two or more Of these languag-
e." cOnCurrcntly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20
Bomar 8 Davis Drug Co.
-HOFFMANNS OLD STAND--

people in their national history. There
are galleries filled with old furniture,
antique coaches, hearses that belong
ed to different guilds, with their
funeral trappings, and other interest
ing relics of the past.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

At the Ghent worlds exposition in
1913 there will be number of inter
teachers of domestic science and one
teachers of domestic scinee and one
of women engaged in farming, the
latter in onnection dth general con
gress of agriculturists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

every thousand; in 1908 it was / 20
thousand and more recently the in
spector at Nijmegen was able to an
nounce that there were no children of
13 or IA years who could not read
ard write.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Unless farmers get DIsy and DIra
lunch grass and other rubbish Ehefe
The ch.nca bugs ar. harborIng next
5ear is likely ~ 9e known a. chlncA
Jgg yea-. Here IL DlaAe where
an ounce u pre,ent.on may be worth
r. good Gsal mDre than pound o'
cure
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Hlrn the parcel yost comes IN Ne
can ezDect letters Ike this. Dear
Dad St.cE 4 STAMP On FldO's back,
tie a tag ~ his tail. address 20 mo
and put him 10 the parcel post SOE
wouldn't that ca1Ee a howl?-Jeifer-
ECuAu
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Ancient farm houses have been
gathered from all parts of Denmark
and placed in the grounds of the ia
nous Danish National museum at
Lyngby, with a view to educating the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

to recognition and promotion any
more than the building OF the Pan
ANA canal.-Ada News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20
Okmulgee Republican.

1t will be remembered that las'
Saturday kafflr corn special trail
stopped for a while In this city. We
hope the words Of wisdom which
dropped from the lips of Messrs
Fields, Bishop and Martin will be alb
sorbed by the farmers who heard
them and that larger acreage Of kaf-
for corn will be planted next spring.
And while the farmers are stirring the
sell 1t would be a good idea for them
t. plant few acres Of peanuts --
Duncan Eagle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

n q sleigh bell BE- tied about the
neck of a bottle containing poison It
vii give "A warning whenever the
bottle II pLr:ked up according 10 the
Houston POet By George 80 It VIII
But It might merely serve 10 let the
whole nelghDOrhood know that you're
taking your rnaxnin's mawnln', fears
the IoulsHlle COurier-J Joural
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

Five drills are AZ work in the gas
field near Duncan. with two or three
wells already completed and ready
for pipe line connections. Two com
panles are surveying lines into tha.
city. and /, II e1pected that the ci'i-
zeng viii be supplied aith gas fuel
before the winter IL Oycrl--Comanche
American.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

A chair in social hygiene has been
established in the university at Mum
tch, Germany
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-20

The school farm movement has pen l.
etrated Alaska. From the school nj
Klukwan. IN southern Alaska. cones
Il basket of potatoes turnlps carrots
and other vegetables consigned to
The United States bureau Of educa
ton Several of the products are of
q size and weight that would be re
markablc in a far more propitious
climate than that Of Alaska. Tho
teacher at one of the schools has one
third of an acre set apart as model
garden on this he experimental with
different products and eventually OBJ
tanned good supply of vegetables for
use in cooking classes. Radlshes.
Wrnips, peas, rutabagsc carrots.
hccts cabbagcs, potatoes, lettuce, kohl
rahi, parsnlps and few other vcge-
tables did well in this arctic garden
but onions, beans and cucumbers
were unsuccessful Tulsa DemocrSt