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The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09

and Mrs. w. f. Blake and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Sims visited Sunday at the
f. A. Gray home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Nevins were
recent visitors at the home of their
son, Ozzie Nevins. They also called
at the A. M. Hill home on their re-
turn.
Mrs. Messo, of White City, and her
daughter were recent visitors at the
Patrick home.
Miss Jeanette Haywood, who has
been attending school in Eddyville,
was obliged to return home on ac-
count of i'll health.
Mather Bros. were out with their
automobile Sunday, callers at the B.
Harris home, and also gave quite a
number of their friends a joy ride.
A party was given at the Tyrrell
home Saturday night in honor of the
Misses Trimpe, of Michigan.
A number of young folks were in
attendance and a splendid time Is re.
ported.
Mrs. Lydia Moore is on the sick
list at present.
Bethel Grange met last Thursday
evening in regular session. After
the regular business of the Grange
two candidates were initiated into
the third and fourth degree. The fol;
lowing literary program was rendered.:
Song-By the Grange.
praVnp-pu IA 1o
Pickerel.
Address-By the Worthy Master
John Moore.
Remarks-How to Keep the Boy on
the Farm-Mr. Hill.
Short Talks on testing and caring
for seed corn, by Will Smith, George
Ankeny, ]. H. Clara, Will Johnson
Claude Moore and H. j. Moore.
Instrumental Music by Nellie Pick
erel.
Current Events by the lecturer
Mrs. Hunter.
The general idea of corn testing
was to gather the seed in the early
fall and hang in dry, we'll ventilated
place, and there would not be the
need of so much time spent in test
ing and not so much poor seed in the
spring time.
Iowa is the best place after all, as
it seems by the recent arrivals last
week from the western and the north.
ern states. Anon gthose who landed
here last Monday We're A. J. Hugh.
banks, from Sterling, Colo, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Sims and daughter, who have
proven up on their claim in North
Dakota, and Miss Cinda Beedle, from
Colorado.
A machinist from Des Moines spent
several days recently at the Mather
home and repaired their engine. NJ
Nesser and w. S. Mather accompan.
led him to Des Moines and were look.
ing at threshing machine separators
with a view to purchasing a new one
On last Saturday night a crowd OF
relatives and friends assembled at the
Byron Mcconnell home and surprised
Mrs. Mcconnell, reminding her of her
birthday. A splendid time was en-
joyed by all. Refreshments, consist
ing of ice cream and cake were serv
ed.
May 8. N. X. C..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
USE OSKALOOSA BRICK
Contract Awardedfor Half Million
for Spencer Building.

Contracts for the brick and other
wall material, face brick, building
brick, hollow blocks, paving blocks,
ETC., etc, to the number of almost a
half million have been awarded to the
Oskaloosa Paving Brick Company and
home people will furnish large share
of the material that enters into the
construction of the big building to be
erected by the Fl. l.. Spencer branch
of the Western Grocer Company.
Another contract that goes to a
home firm is that for the hardware,
which is awarded to the Huber &
Kalbach Company. The contract in.
cludes all of the builders hardware
that will enter into the finishing of
the building.
Engineers are engaged in testing
the sustaining power of the soil upon
which the foundation of the building
is to rest, to determine the nature and
the extent of the foundation fOotings
necessary.
Work on the M. & st. l.. switch to
the building will in all probability be
completed and material will be deliv,
cred at the building site during the
week. Contractor c. w. Ennis will
begin work as soon as the material
is on the ground.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGES

DAVIS.-Mrs. Mary J. Davis was
born in Monmouthshire South Wales,
November 80, 1880. At the age of
thirteen she realized change OF
heart and united with the Congrega'
tiOnal church and remained a faithful
member. She was united in marriage
to Mr. William J. Davis in the winter
of 1852. To this union fifteen children
were born; eight have passed to the
home beyond. The family emigrated
to the u. S. A. in the year 1872 and
settled down at ashland, Ohio, where
they resided for twenty years. They
came west and made their home at
Excelsior, Mahaska county, twenty
five years ago, where she united with
the Welsh Baptist church and lived up
to her faith until the journey of life
ended on Tuesday, April 16, 1912, at
Edwards, of Beacon, of old age. The
deceased was prevented from attend.
ing divine service for quite awhile
before she ended the journey of life.
The funeral services were held at the
Baptist church in Beacon on Thursday
afternoon at 200 O'Clock, conducted
by Rev. Lloyd Williams. of Oskaloosa
She is survived by her husband, w. j.
Davis, and two sons, Edward A. Davis
at 1923 DeWolf street, Des Moines,
and Matt Davis, of Sewers, and Mrs.
Mary Ashman, of COlfaX. and Mrs.
Tom Edwards, of Beacon, and three
daughters in Ohio. with large num-
Der of grandchildren and great.grand.
children. Her remains were laid to
rest in Beacon cemetery.
j. A. II.
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ELM oaovE-eARFlTLp TWP.

The Swede Row school closed Tues
day and Miss Hazel Black, teacher
has returned to her home in Oskaloo,
"a. ..r
Three weeks more school at Elm
Grove. So far two little girls have
been perfect in attendance and pune
tuality. '....
The F. C. Reynolds family visited at
the Moffet home Sunday. 30.
F. c. Reynolds sold horse this
week.
Mrs Fred Garischer visited Tuesday
with her mother, Mrs. Ellen Shaw.
Mrs. Mary carney, of Givin, is Wis.
iting this week at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. z. T. McFadden "'
Howard McFadden has been quite
sick with sore throat, but is improv.
ing at this writing.
Roy Livingston, of Hooking, is Wis
iting this week at the Robert Kirk
and John Hunter homes.
Mrs. Dick Lewis sold So dozen eggs
in one week recently.
Ross Colville sold fourteen wagon
loads of hogs recently, six hogs to the
load, which averaged 721 lbs. each,
for which he received $3.50 per cwt.
There was no Sunday school or
preaching at Elm Grove Sunday on
account of rain.
Mrs. Mary carney was a caller at
the Robert Kirk home Tuesday.
John Morgan is improving his house
with new Notwithstanding and paint.
Dave Williams and family were
Sunday visitors at the parental John
Morgan home.
May 4. X.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
Dinner Csc at the Senate
NEEDLES and Undertakers.
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Next week" says the Hawk-Eye,
State Medical Society. Two weeks
later, in the eternal fitness of things,
there comes to Burlington the state
convention of the Iowa Funeral Di.
rectors' association. And il the
tombstone men have an association
they ought to be along week or two
later"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
WHOLE FAMILIES;
PERISH IN FLOODS
Scores Marooned in Large Sec
ton of Louisiana.
SWEPT FROM THEIR ROOFS
Motorboat Relief Parties Called to
Rescue, Arrive at Stricken Homes
to Find the Occupants Had
Vanished.

New Roads, La, May Flood refu-
gees reaching here declare there has
been loss of life in that part of Louis
lana inundated by the swift waters of
the Mississippi river rushing through
the breach in the levee at Torras.
1t is known that motorboats sent to
take many persons from floating
housetops arrived too late.
How many persons persisted as
they We're overtaken by the food can
not be determined. Refugees brought
to the concentration camps are hur-
ried hither and thither, sometimes
families are separated in the eonfu-
sion, and persons have been reported
missing" who simply have been sent
from one camp to another
Nevertheless, large numbers Of the
refugees say they have seen entire
families swept from the housetops into
the flood waters.
Relief Parties Arrive Too Late.
Leaders of the rescue corps admit
torboats to points where families had
taken refuge on the roof of house
and that when the boat arrived its
crew found only the building, buffeted
about by currents, and half its roof
surface submerged.
Appeals for help have reached here
from Lettsworth, directly in the path
of the Torras torrent. Half hun
dred people were reported to be in i'm
minent danger of drowning. The
house in which they had taken shelter
had been dislodged from its founda-
ton and was being tossed about in the
current.
There are at least 900 people who
remain to be rescued from the mum
dated country west of Lettsworth and
Bachelor. Some of them are drifting
about on hastily constructed RATS.
The crevasse water is spreading al
rapid rate, inundating sections Of
Pointe Coupee parish which have new
err before been reached by overflows.
Town after town is being buried be.
meath the muddy waters.
Train Has Race With Flood.
Passengers on the last of the spe-
cial trains which have been bringing
refugees out of the country around
Bachelor who have arrived here state
that water was flowing over the tracks
for distance Of FIVE miles. An at.
tempt was made to cross the food, but
about halfway the track gave way
and the caboose and three cars toppled
over. Occupants Of the derailed cars
were thrown into the water, but es-
capped.
North of Morganza scores of people
were seen standing waist deep in wa
ter near the railroad signaling the
train to stop. The water was rising
SO rapidly that those in charge of the
train decided 1t would imperil the
lives of all those on board to delay.
With the last means Of rail COM
lmunication cut off and with the
scarcity of boats, so imperatively need
ed in the work of rescuing the home
less. the situation at Bachelor has
grown extremely serious.
Urgent appeals for boats to be used
in rescue work have been sent to Gov
yernor Sanders at New Orleans. The
steamer City of Shreveport and ship
Iment of dozen skiffs are due to ar
rive at Bachelor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

IL Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the goth day of
April A. D., 1912, the undersigned
was appointed by the District Court of
Iowa. in and for Mahaska County,
executor OF the estate of Ellis P. Duns-
more. deceased, late of said Ma
haska County, Iowa. All persons
indebted to said estate will make
payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same
will present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance. g
Dated this 9th day of April, 1912.
w. H SHAW, Executor.
4lw3 l.. E. Corlett, Clerk.
BY <. P. Coffin, Deputy.
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Dinner CSC at the Senate
IOWA
iowa's Longest Welded.

Emmett county can boast of having
the oldest married. couple in Iowa, or
for that matter in the United States,
according to the Armstrong Journal
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. II. Jenkins, residing
two miles south of Armstrong, will
have been married seventy years on
Feb. 9, next year, which is claimed to
he record for this country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
The First Twins.

In the eleven years OF the existence
of the Iowa ethodist hospital at Des
Moines the first twin babies to be
born within its walls are those of Mr..
and Mrs. Mex Ginsberg. born Satur-
day. The babies are healthy and of
fine physique, say the hospital author
tiles, who will have them photograph
ed and the picture framed and hung
on the hospital walls.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
GERMAN TITANIC QUIZ BEGUN
Of Emperor VIII Investigate All
Phases Of the Wreck.

Berlin, May THE maritime con-
ference, called on Emperor Williams
initiative in consequence of the Titan.
&c disaster, was opened at the depart
ment of the interior under the presi-
dency of the secretary of state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
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Using a Steam Pillow.
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Washington Journal: The first
steam propelled plow ever brought
into Washington county was purchas.
ed recently by A. Pearson, who lives
seven miles northeast OF Washington.
The pillow is made up of six fourteen
inch gangs, blowing section 81 inch,
es wide at one swath. II Is. propelled
by forty horse power engine.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
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VIII Teach Agriculture.

Four vacant lots have been rented
by the Creston school board for the
purpose of teaching agriculture to the
boys in the high school taking that
course. Various crops will be plant
ed and the lads will be given chance
to learn all the up,to-date methods In
farm economics.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
Canadian Judge Passe. Away.

Toronto, Ont, May Judge ]. p
Mabee. chairman of the railway com.
mission of Canada. is dead following
an operation for appendicitis
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c. YER PLOEG
Killed While nuntina Crows.

William A. Cough, well-known
former of Blackhawk county. saw two
crows on his place few day ago.
He got his gun and in crawling
through wire fence had the misfor-
tune to discharge the contents of the
gun into his own body. Death was
instantaneous.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09
Aviator MccaIIey Fatally Hurt.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 7.-During a
flight here ]. B. McCalley. an amateur
aviator. fell with his machine 40 feet
and was probably fatally injured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-05-09

one of his horses hurt, it having its
shoulder dslocated. DR.. Parker of
Oskaloosa is caring for it.
May Z. Rem.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
SAILORS FIGHT IN RIGGING
Negro Cook and Filipino Battle With
cleaver and knife-captaIn Sub
dues Pair.

San Francisco, Cal.-Captain Peter
son of the salmon bark Star Of Chile
climbed 100 feet into the rigging of his
vessel as she came in through the
heads recently, and disarmed two of
his crew who had clambered aloft to
slash at each other with a meat
cleaver and a knife.
The bark's. cook, a negro, differed
with his helper;N Filipino, and chased
him into the rigging. The pair swung
OF the mast, cutting at each other,
the cook trying to chop the Filipino's
legs with his cleaver, and at the same
keep out of the sweep Of the helpers
knife.
Captain Peterson, fearful of losing
his cook, went up the shrouds with a
marlinspike. and drove the pair down.
The cook descended as he went up.
The Filipino, fearing treachery,
went overland on a backstay to the
mainmast and thence to the deck,
When Peterson, painting, regained the
planking, he made them shake hands,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
MOTION PICTURES ABLE ALLY
One Of Features Of Edlson's Work
J. Will Be to Teach Effect Of Alcohol
and Narcotics.

Moving pictures are here as a part
OF the civilization or the demoraliza-
ton OF the twentieth century. They
have come to stay-until they in turn
give place to some still newer scien-
tihc marvel. The moving picture show
is great" Great because of it's
power to teach. great because of the
millions of people it influences-half
a million in the city of New York
alone, in a single evening, mostly
young people and children.
When, years ago, Miss Willard ask
I'd Mr.. Edison his reason for abstain
ing from liquor, he replied, 81 have
always felt l had a better use for my
i.ead." And now he is using that won
;'erful head in the interests of the
chool children. His latest project is
ne spending Of three million dollars
and eight precious years in producing
y repertoire Of educational films for
Sc in the school room. He proposes
, make the moving picture an essen
'al part of the educators equipment.
md a feature of it's teaching will be
; ne effect of alcohol and narcotics on
the human system.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28

How to Estimate Number In 4 Review.
Did you ever try to estimate the
number in a crowd and then find out
later that you had missed your guess
by hundreds?
Here is a simple system with re-
gard to the. number of troops on the1
march: n
The strength of a body of troops
may be estimated from the length of
time it takes to pass a given point.
Assuming that infantry in column of
fours occupies half a yard per man,
cavalry one yard per trooper, and
artillery is in single column Of guns
and %caissons, a given point would be
passed in one minute by about 175
infantry, 10 cavalry at a walk. 200
cavalry at a trot. and five guns or
caissons. Allowing for spacing be-
tween companies, battalions, and
regiments, all of which Is according
to mathematical rule, it takes q regi-
ment Of 1000 men divided into bat
talions just ten minutes to pass, or at
the rate of 5000 an hour. And this
supposes no breaks in the line.
These rules, it must be remembered,
are for trained soldiers used to q
long step and to keeping up without
struggling. No civilians ever have
kept up this pace.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
Change Of Front.

That the framework Of the faces of
Europeans has changed greatly in the
last three centuries is the contention
of DR.. F. A. Woods Of Harvard uni
versity. The ayes are now closer to-
gether, the upper part Of the nose
more slender, and the cheek bones
less prominent. Altogether, the upper
part of the face a closer to the
Monaghan structure three centuries
ago. The mouth and lower part Of the
face. on the contrary. appear to Aavo
changed very little. In the early bart
OF the portraits Of English, French
and German nobility it was rare 70
f1nd a face of the modern type. The
face of the aristocrat of those days
was more like the peasant Of day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
UNIQUE TABLE is MADE
Patient Man Devotes Leisure Hours
to Making Furniture Of 11,264
Pieces Of Wood.

Ridgefield, Wash.-Isaac Hughes Of
this city, during spare moments the
last few years. has made three beau
tiful inlaid tables. These tables are
valued at nearly $1,000 4.
The star table is made Of 1924
pieces Of nineteen different varieties
of wood and the top measures 22A
inches square. The following named
woods are worked in this table: White
holly, black walnut, teak. tulip, ebony.
satin, rosewood. yaw, China wood,
orange, zebra, camphor.s mahogany,
Oregon grape. pencil cedar. oak, bill
liau, amaranth and elder.
Mr.. Hughes has gathered varied
woods from all parts of the world.
The diamond" table is made of
fourteen varieties Of wood and con-
tains 7115 pieces. 1t measures 1919
x22k inches on top. The different
woods in this beautiful table are:
Burl maple, white holly. walnut, pencill
cedar satin. mahogany, tulip, ebony!
cccobolo and imitation ebony.
The other table contains the Re!
bekah emblem and was a gift from
Mr.. Hughes to Union Rebekah lodge
No. 104. in this city. 1t is made Of
4,361 pieces and is 10 inches square
on top. 1t Is composed Of the follow
ing nineteen varieties of wood: White
holly, walnut. camphor, mahogany.
orange. zebra. olive. amaranth, rose.
wood. Oregon grape. tulip. ebony
smoke wood. pencil cedar, white CO.
dar. yaw, China wood. b%utternut and
satin.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
MANS PROPHECY OF FLYING
Character In "RasseIas" Said That
Aviator Would Be Next Step
After Swimming.

Chicago.-Among the prophecies Of
conquest Of the air, the account of an
inventors faith that men could learn
to fly since they have learned to
swim, as found in Johnson's "Rasse!
las" is interesting. The mechanic
says:
II have been long of opinion that
instead of the .tardy conveyance OF
ships and chariots, man might use the
swifter migration of wings; that the
fields of air are open to knowledge,
and that only ignorance and idleness
need crawl upon the ground"
This hint rekindled the princes de.
sire of passing the mountains; having
seen what the machinist had already
performed, he a willing to fancy
that he could do nor . II am
afraid" said he to the artist, that
your imagination prevails vel your
skill, and that you now tell MI rath-
er what you wish, than what you
know. :" 80" replied the ma
chinist, fishes have the water, In
which yet beasts can swim by nature,
and men by art. He that can swim
needs not despair to fly; to swim is
to float in a grosser fluid, and to fly is
to swim in a subtler. We are only to
proportion u power of resistance to
the different density Of matter
through which we are to pass. You
will be necessarily upborne by the air.
If you a enew any impulse upon it
faster than the air can recede from
the pressure"
The prince promised secrecy, and
waited for the performance, not who'll.
lv hopeless of success He visited the
work from time to time, observed its
nrogress, and remarked many in
genious co%ntrfvances to facilitate mo.
ton and unite levity with strength.
The artist was every day more Ger.
tain that he should leave v~ultures
and eagles behind him, and the con-
tagion Of his confidence seized upon
the prince.
In a year the wings were finished,
yand on a morning appointed, the max
er appeared furnished for flight on
= little promontory; he waved his
Unions awhile to gather air. then
'eaped from his stand, and in an in
slant dropped into the lake. His
wings, which were Of no use in the
Dir. sustained him in the water. and
the prince drew him to land.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
Horses Part In War.

Lies grands maneuvers de pouest,Mg;
as the French maneuvers are o~faciat;
ly termed, are unique in their way be-.
cause for the first time aeroplanes are
to be tried on an organized system,
says the Paris correspondent Of the
London Telegraph. No longer will
the commanders in chief be Obliged
to rely on the reports of the cavalry
for their information on the enemy's
movements.
An aeroplane can do the work of 4
cavalry patrol in a twentieth Of the
tlme and in a far more compre-
hensive manner; and one thing is GER
tain, this new development of a mill
tary science will have the effect of
speeding up war and will give birth
to a new school of generals, men Of
lightning decision, who can decide
with intense rapidity what the next
move on the great c%hessboard of war
shall be. 8
h millennium of peace seems al.
most to have arrived for the horse.
He has practically disappeared from
the scene on which he has pla1Ded
such a glorious role in the past. He
crags nothing and he ia almost use.
Jess for scouting.
>The motor trolley puffs along the
road, relieving him once and for all
from The sore backs Of his progeni.
tors, and the aeroplane soaring over.
head leaves him hopelessly in the
rear If he endeavors to ascertain the
movements of the enemy.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
WON MILLION; LEFT $4,000
William T. 6%urbridge's Estate Fur.
ishes Lesson on Fugitive Property
Of Gaming Spells.

New York. = The official account,
ling Of the estate Of William T.,
|Burbridge, who was at one time de.
;clartd to have won over a million
dollars in gambling establishments in
New York City and Hot Springs, Ark.
shows how uncertain Ia a fortune
Quilt on chance. The property left by
Burbridge, who died in Havana on
Sept. IA, totals less than $4,000. :
Burbridge was driven from New
York in 1904 by District Attorney Je.
come and went to Havana. where liz
spent more than $125.000 on the Gu.
ban Club and on a race track and
hotel. I
For a time he prospered. then luck
ed and he was compelled to 90 to q
eanitarium. AYhere be died I
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-28
BILL FOR DRINK is IMMENSE
Money Spent for Liquor in the United
(! States Amounts to $2,256 ,324,447
Yearly.

The United States drink bill is
$2,256,324,447 yearly. This sum would
give a $4,000 home to each of 1,12S,162
families with a few dollars left. Or
1t would pay $4,000 to the family Of
every white man who died in our
country last year.. Or it would run
the government a year and give a
$40 gold piece to every man, woman
and child in the land. Or 1t would
build $4,000 $4,000 churches, put a
$4,000 pastor in each, build 10000
$4,000 schools, put 10 $4,000 teachers
in each; build 100 colleges at $1OO, 900
each, endow each with 1000, 900;
send 100000 missionaries at $1,000
each; build 1000 Y. M. G. AS at
100000, pay secretary for each
$1,000: build 1000 Y. w. G. AS at
$4,000 each, pay secretary for each
$780,; and there would still be left
$~9O,324,447, OF a dollar apiece for ev.
cry man. woman and child in the
United States. '