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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22


II want you to tell the jury exactly
what happened to you on your way to
your camp in the Black Bottoms that
night Tell it In your own way just as
it happened" H..
The witness looked Mt his question
e. viii apprehension in his childlike
eyes.
.'Mistah Cromwell, you-you done
gimme 70 wu'd dey amt no harm
a-comin' to me eft tells dat?'' he cried
appeaAnsly. "And you done tole me
I halter tell 1t, whur' wants to er
no. Amt dat so?"
''That is the truth, Abe. The law
compels you to testify to the facts Of
your knowledge bearing upon this
ease. And it Is the laws intent that no
harm shall come to you for so doing"
The witness began in low voice.
"Dey want nothin' happened to me
'twell come nigh to dat ar hog path
what cuts of inter de bottoms" he
said. "Dess TO got dar, sub, l heern
shootin'-one shot and den annurr.
hit seem lax ter me, sub. I was skeer-
ed when I hear dat ar shootin' and
seem lax better not go on ter whar
I sho' ter run smack into It. Mistah
Cromwell-yass, sub, rs a-tellin' It
ter de jury. sub. So huccome ] done
hid in de brush side o. do road, sub.
layin' aat on de groun'. And dar !
stayed. sub. !"
The witness hegitated.
go On" said the prosecutlng attcr-
~. I'LL II Jury prscissly waat
~ nsxt NJ
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
THE TRANSFER IS MADE
Oskaloosa Company Now in Con-
troll of Montezuma Plant.

Montezuma Republican: The Mon
tezuma electric light plant is now in
the hands of the Oskaloosa company,
better known as the Mckinley system.
The transfer of the holdings was
made several days ago, but not until
Friday night was the plant in the
hands of representative sent here
by the company. Friday, George H..
Husman, who had charge of the sys.
TENS plant at New Sharon, arrived
and went to work at the light station
here. He will continue to dispense
the juice from the local power mouse
until connections are made with the
Oskaloosa plant. Mr.. Husman has
come to Montezuma to become resi-
dent and will move his family here
just as soon as he can secure house.
He comes here highly recommended,
not only as a competent manager,
but as a good citizen and the resi-
dents of this city will extend TO him
the glad hand.
Monday morning. H.. w. Garner,
manager or superintendent of the
Oskaloosa system arrived 10 look
over the field Inca talk with Mr..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
SUGAR IMPORTS INTO U. s.

More sugar was brought into con-
tinental United States in the fiscal
year Just ended than in any other
year in the history of the country, ac-
cording to the latest figures of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Department of Commerce. The
quantity of sugar entering from for
eign countries and our own islands
in the year ended June 30, 1913, was
6b billion pounds and exceeded by
500 million pounds the figures of the
former high record year, 1912, when
the imports from foreign countries
and the islands were, in round terms,
6 billion pounds. OF the 6h billion
pounds brought in during 1913, 4 l-3
billion came from Cuba, billion from
Hawaii, three-quarters or billion
from Porto Rico, nearly quarter Of
a billion from the Philippines, and the
remainder chiefly from South Ameri-
ca. Java. which has in some years
sent US as much as one billion pounds
of sugar, sent but 13 million pounds
in 1913, while the quantity from
Europe, chiefly beet sugar, was 1872
million pounds, against but 61s mil
lion in 1912, but being materially less
than in certain earlier years, the total
quantity OF beet sugar imported in
1901 having been 90S,6S3.07S pounds,
and in 1897, 1866. 1861. 4s5 pounds,
In value, however, the years re
ceipts OF sugar fell nearly 80 million
dollars below those Of last year, de-
spite the fact that the quantity re-
celved was 500 million pounds great
er. The total value of sugar imported
from foreign countries during the ifs
cal year 1913 was $104,639,S23; and OF
that coming from Hawaii, $50, 1907, 500;
from Porto Rico, $26,619,158; and
from the Philippines. $4.593.199; the
latter, however, being included In the
figures OF imports from foreign coun-
tries. The average value per pound
OF the sugar imported from foreign
countries in the fiscal year 1913 was
2.2 cents. against Psi cents In 1912,
2.46 cents In 1911, and 2.e cents In
1910.
These figures, which show that the
sugar imported IN 1913 exceeded that
OF amy other year, suggest that che
sugar consumption OF the United
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
TO FACILITATE NOTWITHSTANDING.

For the last year or more public
lands in the Western states have
been designated by the Secretary of
the Interior as subject to entry un-
der the so-called enlarged homestead
act, or the 320-acre homestead act,
only on petition of those who desire
of this law. This procedure was an
outgrowth of the desire of the De-
partment to designate no lands which
were not actually enterable under the
law in question. In order to accomp-
lish his end the status of each tract
had to be Investigated to determine
whether il was already entered, was
school section, was involved in a
state selection, or for any other rea-
son had been taken out of the class
OF Incorporated" public lands
which alone are enterable under this
act. This search meant that with the
meager force available to the Depart
ment only slow progress could be
made in the designation of lands for
entry under this law.
Soon after the passage OF the act
lands had been designated for entry
under 1t in body without regard to
their status, the only questions de-
termined by the Department prior to
designation being that the lands were
surveyed, unreserved, and nonirrig-
able. Under this mode OF procedure
designations can be made with com
parative rapidity, the availability of
the lands for entry being determined
by the applicant when he visits the
local land Office to file upon his claim
After the abandonment OF this early
procedure the law was extended to APP
ply to North Dakota. The rule Of
designation by petition has been fol-
lowed in this state, and the resulting
delays have proved embarrassing
both to the Department and to the
citizens Of North Dakota. as well as
to those of other Western states.
At the suggestion OF Senator Gron-
ma Secretary Lane has recently de-
cided to revert to the earlier practice
and designate the lands in large
bodies after 1t is determined that
they are nonirrigable, as required by
the law. He has accordingly issued
appropriate instructions TO the Geo
logical Survey, which is charged UNI
der the Department with the prepare
ton OF the lists OF lands enterabIe
under this law. This change will
have the effect Of greatly expeditiDg
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
GOVERNOR SULzER Z
TO Be |MPEACHE:O
NEW YORK TO FACE POSITION
OF HAVING TWO EXECUTIVES.
A BITTER POLITICAL BATTLE
Friends of Sulzer Say He Will Ignore
Authority of Legislature To
Gust Him-Fight Between Tam
many Hall and Enemies.

Albany, n. Y, Aug. 12.-With Gov
ernor Sulzer about to be impeached
when the Tammany legislature re-
convenes, New York faces the unique
position of having two rival COVER
norS.
BY the state constitution, the lieu
tenant governor, Martin H. Glynn,
becomes acting governor automatic
ally when the resolution of the i'm
parchment passes and he remains
acting governor until the end of the
trial. ..-..<. -.a
Should the governor be indicated
he resumes office. Should he be GUST
ed the lieutenant governor fills out
the term. D.. 81. -.- O. ,.a-1.
Friends of Sulzer say that he will
refuse to recognize the authority of
the extraordinary Legislature to i'm
peach him and will ignore its action.
SulZer may remain in the executive
office issuing orders regardless of the
Legislature and Lieutenant Governor
Grynn would issue rival orders from
his own office.
When the assembly met today the
Levy resolution calling for the i'm
parchment of SulZer was called up
and one of the bitterest political and
legal battles in the history of the
state was started.
1t is fight between Tamamny Hall
and its enemies regardless sof party.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

Garner, who is most pleasat
gentleman, he told the Republican
that the supplies for the connecting
link between MonteZuma and New
Sharon have been ordered and that
as soon as il arrives work will com
mence on the construction of the line.
He said it was possible that six or
eight weeks would intervene before
the factory would get the shipment
out, but that the company will get
busy at the earliest possible moment.
Those interested are, he said, as anx-
ious as the citizens here to complete
the work.
No one can say at this time with
any degree of certainty just when
the old plant will be ready to dis
mantle and the Service from the Os-
kaloosa power house begun. 1t may
be November or December. In any
event the town is looking forward to
the time when the 24.hour service
will be installed. II will be one of
the best improvements Montezuma
has experienced for some time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
The NEW EXPLOSIVE.

discovery by an American of an
extremely high-pnyer explosive which
il is absolutely safe to handle, and
his donation of the secret of its man.
ufacture to the government, is both
of importance in a military sense and
proof of the existence Of a patriotism
that has no measure in dollars and
cents. This explosive is trOtol, ere
ated by Lieut.. Harold Chase Wood
ward, engineer officer Of the Twenty
second Regiment, New York National
Guard. 1t possesses twice the strength
OF the highest grade dynamite, with
half its weight, and none OF the dan
ger in handling. II can not be ex-
ploded by shock or by fire, but only
with a Illuminating cap. II can be
transported by freight with as much
safety as potatoes, and more, since ii
neither rots nor freezes in transit.
Neither cold nor heat affects 1t.
What this means for military use
only the military man can fully com
prehend. but II Is sufficient to say
that II SO far outranks all other ex-
plosives used for torpedoes. mines,
etc, that the nation possessing It
would have a tremendous advantage
In war. II is TO give his native land
this advantage that Lieut.. Woodward
has refused large sums from other
governments and from commercial
companies. He is deserving OF a pen
sion and place in the hall Of fame.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

States in 1913 will be larger than ever
before and will, for the first time, ex-
coed billion pounds. The quantity
brought from foreign countries is
about Az billion pounds, and from
Hawaii and Porto Rico nearly 2 bill
lion, while the domestic production
now approximates 2 billion pounds,
the figures for 1912 being, of beet
sugar about 1900 million pounds, and
of cane sugar, 724 million pounds
Speaking in very round terms, it may
be said that foreign countries supply
approximately one-half of the sugar
consumed in the United States, our
own islands one-fourth, and our own
fields about one-fourth. Cuba supplies
nine-tenths of. that from abroad; Ha
wall, about one-half of that from our
islands, and beets nearly two-thirds
of that produced at home.
Sugar from Cuba makes its highest
record in 1913, 4,311, 744043 pounds,
against 3,509, 652596 pounds in the
former high record year, 1910, while
that from the Dutch East Indies (prin-
cipally Jaya) makes it's lowest rec
ord in many years, being but 1889
756 pounds, against 340,396, 410
pounds in 1912, 9l6S5S,331 pounds in
1909, and 1,162,202,S54 pounds in
1900.
Figures indicate that the United
States is clearly at the head of the
list of sugar consuming countries, the
figures of the current year suggesting
a consumption of more than 8 billion
pounds while the latest available fig
ures indicate a consumption in India
of about billion pounds. in Great
Britain over 3% billion. Russia 3 bill
lion, and Germany 81 billion pounds,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
THE FLAG MUST FLOAT
School Board Arranges to Comply
with New Law. .....

Business of a varied and important
character was transacted Monday
evening at called meeting of the
school directors.
Tuition for the year was fixed at
$3.50 per month.
To meet the requirements OF an en-
actment of the last state assembly
providing for the erection of a flag
staff over every school house in the
state and the raising of the United
States flag upon the morning of each
secular day of the school year, wealth
er permitting, the matter was dele
gated to the building committee with
instructions to act, procure flag poles
and flags.
Date for the opening of the school
year was fixed at September l, 1913,
Upon the recommendation of the
superintendent number of changes
are to be made in text books. The new
books are better, more up-to-date, pro-
durable at a less price for the new
books, and where an eXcange is
necessary arrangements have been
made for the change at no loss to
the user Books to be changed are
arithmetic, commercial and physical
geography, chemistry and graded
school histories. 81.
Carl Reed, of Washington court
house, Ohio, was elected Science
teacher at salary OF $S5 per month.
q Miss Hanna Clendenon was elected
10 the teaching force.
Z Secretary l.. r.. Shangle was in
structed to make inquiry into the
price of city heat for the new school
building.
Time limit for qualifying by teach
ers for first grade certificates was ex-
tended to August 20.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
AT the Great White Way picnt

AT the Great White Way picnic
at Pella, the necessary steps were
taken to affiliate the Great White Way
with the National association, the
great national organization which has
for its object the promotion and de-
velopment of good roads in the coun-
try, and includes in its membership
the best road associations in the coun-
try. This means that the Way will
be shown on all maps issued by the
national associations as the leading
trans-Iowa road, and it will be big
thing for the road. ... -...' .,...
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
IRON MINING INDUSTRY.

Statistics Tor the IRON mining In.
dustry in the United States in 1908
are presented In detail in a bulletin
soon to be issued by Director Harris
OF the Bureau OF the Census Depart.
ment of Commerce. II was prepared
under the supervision OF Isaac A.
Hourwich. expert special agent for
mining.
The total number of iron mines in
the United States In 1909 was 4s3.
The number Of persons engaged In
the industry on December Is. 1909, or
nearest preventative date was 65,-
17e. Of whom 52.230 were wage earn
ers. The expenses OF operation and
Development amounted 10 s74.071, $50,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

Sweeping, busting, sewing, wash
ing dishes and ironing are among the
home Industrial subjects" listed on
a school report card prepared by Mrs.
Mary DeGarmo, of st. Louis, and
used in Missouri schools. Inc par
ent gives the child mark" for the
of one or more home
duties,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

The Webster City Herald says
that if Governor Clarke really wants
a second term, no republican can pos
sibly take the primary nomination
away from him : and it is aifQregd9e
conclusion thar no democrat or pro
gressive can defeat him at the gener-
al election.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
The Deed River Record says:

The Deed River RECORD says.
Speaking of fancy prices, Mahaska
county claims the premium for farm
lands. James A. Critchlow, early in
June sold a farm of forty acres to
Dewey Dunwoody, of near New Shar-
on, receiving a cash price of $3.50 per
acre. Mr.. Dunwoody was offered
around $500 per acre for the place by
a Mr.. Darland, of Barnes City, and
concluded to take the profit OF $4,000,
which was in between taxes and ali
velvet
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

The girls at the State College at
Puyallup, Wash, have helped solve
the high cost of living problem by
learning to prepare tasty lunches at
a cost of 4 or ) cents per person.
Later they will demonstrate what
what they have learned in economy
of foods by teaching domestic
science in the rural schools.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

The AinswOrth Clipper does not
only believe that the truth should be
told in the newspaper, but really
tells it. A man in Washington count
drunken man, was driving an auto
mobile and he went into ditch and
was killed. The Clipper says it was
not an accident, but a drunken man
at the helm and death as the result
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

According. to the Brighton Enter
prise, if a girl wants to stay home,
from Sunday, school to. wash her hair,
it's all right, but If her little brother
suggests fishing instead of Sunday
school, il is all wrong
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

A better use has been found for
army bayonets which now form part
OF the emergency telephone outfit of
forest rangers, used chiefly in fighting
fires. This emergency line consists of
sraall instruments and col of fins
8bpef wire THE wye ,islaJtAShed 70
tie nearest telephone line, thesbayG
net is thrust into moist ground at the
other end, and with the circuit thus
completed the ranger can talk With
headquarters, report his position, and
summon fire fighters. .a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

each will carry on their left arms a
badge with two crossed flags, the
English and the American. Should
the experience prove successful, ii is
TO be extended to other languages.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
The Grlnnell Register

published by the firm of Miller II
Mr.. C. A. Mile, WIN
has been sole owner ana editor for
a most four. years, sold an interest
in the paper to Mr.. E. ID. Hinkhouse,
local editor of The Abba
and also owner and editor
of The Bussey Record. With two such
good men at the helm, the Register
should continue to prosper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

why" asks the Mason City
Times, should the railroads be forced
10 give the state fair a cheaper rate
than the North Iowa fair at Mason
City, or any of the other big fairs
financed exclusively by the people in
the neighborhood where the fairs are
located?"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
Plan Harvest Festlval,

Red Oak will hold harvest festi-
val in Hawkins park on Sept. 2 to 4.
There will be prominent speakers,
god music and all kinds OF sports and
amusements.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

During the last eleven months,
the foreign trade of the United States
increased $500, 100000 How is that
for an item to go with the elimina-
ton of the Republican tariff?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

California has nothing TO crow
about even in hot weather. A tenn
perature of los in San Francisco is
something awful. And San Francisco
is advertised as summer resort. :"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

Fort Dodge newspapers estimate
that S250,000 is being expended for
new homes in, that city this year. A
mighty good Showing and well worth
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley suggests
that fruit given to children in August
be peeled and possibly cooked before
eaten This is more necessary now
that fruits are so plentifully sprayed
while growing. Fats, and oils used
simply for heat producing are not
good for hot weather, but should be
replaced by sufficient vegetables. Fish
is better than meat if one can be sure
of IL
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

in the list of exports, apples have
first place, while prunes are second.
1t is a pleasure to know that not all
the prunes have to be consumed in
this country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

-"Some friends are like sun dials,"
observes the New Sharon Star. They
are no good except when the sun
shines; others are good in cloud as
We'll as sunshine"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
Monroe County Falr.

The fifth annual Monroe county
fair opens In Abba August is and
closes August 81. Premiums to the
amount Of $4,000 win be given IN the
farm products department. -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS,


The Benel Israel, sect OF dark
skinned Jews in India, differ physical
ly as we'll as socially from the great
bulk of their co-religionists through
out the world There is tradition
among the Jews that the Benel Israe-
lites are the descendants of the sur
vivors of a band of Jews who fled
from persecution and were wrecked
near the Henery and Kenery islands
in the Indian Ocean, fifteen miles
from Cheul, formerly the chief en-
porium of trade between India and
Arabia. Seven men and seven wo-
men are said to have been saved from
the ship wreck, and from them, in
the course of some sixteen or eigh-
teen centuries, the Benel Israel claim
descent. The men have inherited a
certain fatalism from the Hindus
which has made them invincible on
the battlefield and in recognition OF
this quality the British government
has shoWered high positions upon the
Benel Israel In its military service.
And, unlike the Hindu, the Benel Is
raelites get the same salary, rations
and quarters as Englishmen, and are
treated as such.
Most Of the familiar licorice root
comes from Syria. 1t is gathered and
piled into great stacks, where IL re-
mains until 1t is thoroughly dry. It
is then taken to the factory to IN
dergo certain processes. The finish.
ed product is used for flayoring con-
fectionery and beer, as we'll as enter
ing into the makeup of many brands
Of tobacco. Some idea of the ex-
tent of the industry may be gathered
when it is stated that, on an average,
5000 tons Of dry licorice root is ship
ped from Aleppo annually, while Bag
dad yields another 5000 tons, Antioch
1000, and Damascus 500 tons. With
the exception of the Damascus out
put, the whole trade is In the hands
OF a single firm.
One OF the most historic inns of the
suburbs of London, the old six Bells"
at Willesden, is about to be closed.
Local tradition associates the inn
with Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild,
and other notorious criminals Harri-
son Ainsworth, in his romantic his
tory Of Jack Sheppard, mentions the
six Bells" near to which stood the
Cage at Willesden from which Jack
escaped. Sheppard is supposed to
have been buried In the churchyard.
but there is no record of the inter-
ment.
New South Wales has adopted the
California idea Of blowing at night.
For this purpose two powerful acety-
lene headlights are attached to the
traction engine which draws the
plows and the ground is so well and
brilliantly lighted that the operator
can work over the field quite as well
as by daylight.
Berlin has decided to follow the ex-
ample Of Dresden and Liepsic and Is
stationing polygot policemen at the
chief street corners OF the business
center. Twelve OF the most prumis-
ina iinguists on the Berlin police stan
nave already mastered the English
tongue. AZ a mark OF recognition
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

--,A good word is an easy obligation
but not to speak in REQUIRES only our
silence, which costs us nothing.-Til-.
Ilotson
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t is
generally admitted that too many wo-
men in the pursuit OF fashion are ex-
ceding the speed limit s
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-14

The Hedrick Journal complains
that no man can manipulate screen
door to the entire satisfaction of his
Wife.Hat