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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
WATER SUPPLY, ON FARMS.

President Joe Cook, OF the Missis-
sippi Normal College, believes that
the first step in the education OF Wo-
men in the country should be the elm
nation of needless farm drudgery.
No matter how good the rural school
may be, he declares, it can not help
permanently in making life in the
country attractive unless there goes
with it the movement to tighten the
labor of women on the farm.
The water supply in particular
rouses President Cooks indignation.
He is convinced that as much as nine
tenths of the drudgery of women on
the farm is due to Anticipated methods
of handling the water supply. Here
is the way he states the case in a
bulletin of the United States Bureau
of Education "". .'..' t'.~
The getting of the water from the
source of supply to the point of appiis
cation requires more manual labor
than any other item of housekeeping
The water for the kitchen has to be
lifted from the we'll, carried to the
kitchen. poured into a kettle, poured
out of the kettle into the dishpan, and
from the dishpan out of doors. This
makes six times the water is handled;
and a bucket OF water containing
gallons, with the containing vessel,
will weigh 20 pounds. When this
is handled six times, the total lifting
is 800 pounds. The cooking of three
meals. day on a meager allowance
of water will necessitate 10 buckets,
which will make for cooking alone l.
200 pounds of lifting per day. When
to this is added the water necessary
for bathing, scrubbing, and the week
ly wash, it will easily bring the lift
per day up to a ton; and the lifting
of ton a day will take the elasticity
out of a womans step, the bloom out
of her cheek, and the enjoyment from
her soul"
To eliminate this item OF drudgery
is easy, according to President COOK.
| All that Is necessary is for the farmer
to realize that the farm is also the
heir to modern invention: An isolat-
ed farm can be supplied with a sys-
TEN OF waterworks for an outlay OF
about $3.50 Pump $25; gasoline en-
CINE, 40; tank, $40; bathtub, $40; com
mode, 20; kitchen sink, $4; basin, 81;
500 feet OF pipe, $40; valves and in
stallation. SIS. These figures are
for first-class porcelain-lined fixtures;
cheaper fixtures can be had. Such
system, if intelligently and com
pactly planned, will not only supply
all of the household needs. but will
supply practically all the farm needs
besides" ..lH % ..ta .-sF 20 ..N!-s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
swiMMlNe POOL.

Dubuque reports the opening OF a
new municipal bathing beach. Here
In one of the. things in which. many
of the Iowa towns are still little
Slow" says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
"A few have bathing beaches. and
they are proving eminently practical
and popular. They AFFORD pleasure
and relief to thousands at a very mod
crate cost and they ultimately result
in the saving of lives. OF course, the
bathing beach is patronized perhaps
FIVE months in the state OF Iowa. Dur
ing the other seven months there
ought to be at the disposal OF the peo-
pie everywhere, great natatoriums,
which would be open every day and
every night, and in which people
could battle and swim at Merely
nominal charge, and perhaps in the
cities there could be free days when
the institution would be opened with
out charge to the people who could
not afford even very moderate
charge. Or it could be managed and
operated by the city and be free for
all at all times, That looked like
foolish dream a few years ago. 1t
looks like one of the things now that
the near future is to bring to every
Iowa town" ...-. go
Oskaloosa should have a swimming
pool, and if ii is established in the
Y. NJ. C. A. building it should be re-
served for at least one day in each
week for women and girls. An insti
tuition of this kind, properly conducted
would prove very popular in oskaloo-
ga
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

aging to Wall Street, according TO
Henry Clews in his New York letter.
From his point of view, there is
general activity at all the principal
commercial centers and little or none
of the gloominess which has been SO
conspicuous in the East. The one
point of disappointment in the pres
ent situation is the unquestioned dam
age to the corn crop, which conserv-
ative estimates now place at about
400, 900, 900 bushels less than year
ago. This is a real disappointment
which should not be underestimated.
1t is quite possible, however, that the
damage has been exaggerated to some
extent, and IL should not be over
looked that in the Northern sections
of the corn belt there has been con-
siderable Improvement in condition
which may partially offset the losses
in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
In other respects the crop outlook
continues satisfactory. Wheat, as
is we'll known, promises bumper
crop A large cotton crop seems al
so assured, though this crop and corn
will be in danger OF early frost for
several weeks to come. N3
There has been some cessation OF
activity in the steel trade as well as
reduction in prices. The latter,
however, promise to stimulate orders,
which are sure to come with increas-
ing volume as the trade recovery al
ready started makes further progress.
EASIER money will also facilitate new
orders. Current railroad earnings
when reported are likely to show sat
isfactory gains. There has been an
unusually heavy grain movement,
particularly of wheat, during the last
few weeks, and August returns
should prove more encouraging than
those of previous months"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
PRENATAL CARE.

Prenatal Care. is the title of a
monograph just issued by the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Department OF
Labor. 1t is the first of series OF
bulletins to be issued by the bureau
on the care of children. The reasons
for. its publication are set forth by
Miss Julia c. Lathrop, chief OF the
bureau, in her letter transmitting the
monograph to. Secretary Wilson. The
letter says. elrs... ..... .. ...
A preliminary survey of the field
prescribed by law for the bureaus in
yestigations showed at once the ur-
gency of the question Of infant NOR
tality. The United States Census
Bureau estimates that 100000 babies
less than / year old died last year
IN this country, and it is authorita-
lively stated that at least half these
deaths were needless. Accordingly
the bureaus first field inquiry is upon
the subject of infant mortality. The
studies preliminary thereto have IN
duced us to begin our series on the
care of children with this monograph
on Prenatal Care, for considerations
of which the, following statement Is
significant .....
The latest reports of the Bureau OF
the Census on I'd mortality statistics
show that slightly more than 422 per
cent of the infants dying under one
year OF age in the registration area
In 1911 did not live to complete the
first month of life, and that OF this
AZ per cent almost seyen-tenths died
as a result of conditions existing be-
fore they were born or of injury and
accident at birth. OF those that lived
less than one week about SO per cent
died of such causes, and of the num-
Der that lived less than one day, "a
per cent died of these causes.
Thus the Children's Bureau was
drawn inevitably to begin its con-
templated series of monographs on
the care OF children by statement
regarding prenatal care for mother
and child.
The preparation of such statement
has been requested by the National
Congress of Mothers and by members
| of other representative bodies OF
women. 1t has been written by Mrs,
Max West, of the staff Of the bureau,
from the standpoint of a woman who
] in government research and who Is
herself the mother OF family OF
young children, 1t has been prepared
after careful study OF the literature OF
the subject. II has been read and
criticised by large number OF well
known physicians and nurses, and by
many mothers. To mention by name
lall those to whom the bureau is In
debted for valuable aid in its prepare
ton would be impossible, but especial
appreciationom be expressed of the
generous assistance of Dr. ]. Morris
Slemons, professor of obstetrics and
gyneeology in the University of Cali.
fornia.
This monograph Is addressed to the
average mother of this country. There
Is no purpose TO invade the field OF
the medical or musings professions
but rather to furnish such statements
regarding hygiene and normal living
as every mother has a right to poss-
ess In the interest OF herself and her
children. A standard of life for the
family high enough TO permit a wo-
man 10 conserve her strength for her
family, II she knows the facts essen
tiai for her guidance. Is necessarily
taken for granted. The attempt is
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
PEAT PRODUCTION SMALL

While the United States is the rich
est country in the world in the depos.
it's of peat, little active work is done
in mining or digging 1t and so far as
is known very few of the peat-fuel
plants established have gone beyond
the experimental stage and many OF
them have never been equipped with
essential machinery. Reports from
all known peat-fuel plants in the Unit,
ed States, according to an advance
chapter from Mineral Resources,
1912" on the production of peat in
1912, by Charles. A. Davis, show that
with one exception they were idle
during the summer of 1912. The on
ly plant reporting production made
air-dried cylindrical peat blocks,
which, when thoroughly dry, We're
about inches long and 2 inches in
diameter, dense, and hard and stood
handling well The output of peat
fuel was reported as about 1900 tons,
valued at $3.50. All this peat was
sold.
The production of peat for fertilizer
in 1912, so far as reported, was 4l,OSO
short tons, of which about 5000 tons
was T6pOIteu dS oOlu dh-uiI Cu thdI
is, not dried by artificial heat. The
value of this material at the selling
prices reported was $lS6,522.
The amount sold for mixing with
prepared stock foods was reported to
be 5000 short tons, at an average
price of about S. ton. An increased
production of paper stock from peat
fiber over that of 1911 was reported
by the only company producing this
material. The output for 1912 was
reported to be about 1000 short tons.
The production of peat-moss stable
litter in the United States in 1912, so
far as could be learned, was suspend
ed. AS in past years peat moss was
imported from Holland, the imports
last year being 9.053 short tons, val
ued at $39,S67, almost exactly the
same as in 1911. This material is
used almost exclusively as bedding
for horses in stables, in the thickly
populated parts of large. cities. 1t is
especially adapted to this purpose on
account of its absorbent and deador'
iZing DrODertieS,. $50. b..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
PElLA TO KNOXVILLE.

The Knoxville Express is not very
enthusiastic over the prospects of a
railway from Pelia to Howell, but
thinks that the proposition points the
way to the most feasible piece of road
In this part of Iowa, and one that
would do a fine business from the
very stort "A line from Pella to Knox
vile would put In close connection
the Rock Island, the Q, the Wabash
and the Valley division of the Rock
Island, and give TO both towns the
practical advantages In freight and
passenger service of all these lines.
A half-hour's ride would place the
residents of Knoxville and Pella and
the intervening country upon either
of these lines OF road at trifiing ex-
pense. For Knoxville and Pella II
would be like having all these lines
running into each town; and further
extension CT eight or ten miles would
place both towns in touch with the
Dallas coal fields and the territory
covered by the st. Paul & Kansas
City line. The great need OF Pella and
Knoxville and all OF Marion county
is a transverse line that will bisect
and connect the many lines that now
traverse the county in the direction
OF the streams. southeast and north
west"
II does look Ike two towns as large
as Pella and Knoxville, being locat-
ed In the same county, should have
some kind of railway connection.
Perhaps II they are good the Illinois
Traction company, which now owns
the Oskaloosa plant, may become in
terested and some time build an In
terurban between the two towns.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
progressive" INCONSISTENCY,

Springfield (Mass.) Republican:
The country will patiently endure all
the tariff debate that is legitimately
called for in the senate chamber. But
il hopes the debate will be cut short
at the earliest moment possible. IL
does not forget that some OF those
senator's now so fierce i'm their criti-
cism of the bill were themselves quite
as denunciatory four years ago OF the
Aldrich-Payne tariff and that they
were most solemn in their demand
for revision downward.
Here is revision downward--plenty
of it-and yet they are protesting as
bitterly as before. They began the
wrecking of the republican party by
attacking the republican tariff revis-
ion as a pretense and fraud. They
now attack democratic revision as
meaning ruin to certain parts of the
country, II not the whole OF IL. They
are hard to suit.
Whether they are entitled TO much
sympathy is doubtful. They destroy
ed the only effective political opposi-
ton there was to what is popularity
known as free trade" Now they re-
fuse TO accept the logical conse-
quences Of their political action.
II the opposition as whole could
succeed In killing the bill. how would
their record stand? They failed
themselves, when in power, to give
the country the revision downward 1t
demanded. They split into hostile
factions because OF their failure. and
fbuo thav rave m tho dam0crats con-
troll OF the government Finally. II
they prevent revision by the demo
Gratis, they preserve. no one can say
how long, what is generally regarded
n progressive circles as an abomina-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
GULF STREAM TAKES Squirt
Waters Are SO Fast That Ship, Slowed
Down, Arrives One Day
Too Soon.

Boston.-Carried along at great
speed by an unusually swift current
1; the gulf stream the United Fruit
company's steamer Sosua, from Port
Limon.. Costa Riea, reached here q
day ahead of time.
Captain Bjoness says that the wa
tiers Of the stream were strangely ac-
tive and the steamer began moving SO
rapidly that the engines were slowed
down to half speed, Even after that
the Sosua logged OF the miles at an
amazing rate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
The production of coal in Alaska

The production of coal in Alaska
In 1912, as stated by E. w. Parker, OF
the United States Geological Survey,
was 355 tons, valued at S2,S40, a de-
crease from 900 tons, valued at $1,000
in 1911. The production in 1912 does
not include the, coal mined under the
directions of the United States Blu
reau of Mines for testing purposes,
which. amounted to 900 tons, but of
course no commercial value can be
placed upon this coal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
II staaas aqu9 or Ialndeiensible.,

Bile status 2qu0 OF "indefensible'
schedules.
The income tax alone would be an
important reform in the raising of
revenue. The principle of it cannot
be established too soon in federal H.
nance. Those who should succeed in
blocking this bill would assume also
full responsibility for blocking the
taxation of the incomes of the we'll
TODD. Their political plight might
not be improved in the end.
The sensible course for the Opposi-
ton in this case is to record their
protest as emphatically as they
please, but not to enter upon policy
of mere obstruction and delay Let
the party in control, Of the govern
ment freely work its will II will
then be to the utmost responsible for
the effect upon the nation,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

Things are so quiet at Abba that
the sudden appearance OF a rat so
startled Frank Robinson that he
jumped and lost his balance, falling
to the pavement and striking his head
on the cement walk with such force
as TO render him unconscious for 2
time His head was badly cut and
he was taken to a doctor where he.
received medical aid and it is thought
he will recover.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
old Romano Dope EIena. .

Paris.-Camilie Pitollet. an arch
seologist. has discovered proofs that
the ancient Romans were pipe smok-
ers. using lavender plants and leaves
habituaiiy and opium occasionally.
Roman pipes recently found were
made OF substance resembling meer-
schaum. References to the smoking
habit we're discovered in the literaturs
OF the time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

We do not know Mr.. John M.
Grimes who has purchased the Monte
yuma Republican, but we do know
he will have to keep busy If he turns
out as good paper as Charles X.
Needham has. The fraternity will
miss Mr.. Needham from the Iowa
field, as he has been a most conspicu-
GUS and successful editor and pub
Usher Mr.. Grimes is surely welcome
to the local field.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
cipcils DAY.

All the freaks on circus day,
Don't travel with the show;
Inst take a look about you,
At the ones who pay to go.
Yon'u find a lot of funny clowns,
Outside the big white tent,
Who surely are amusing
And il doesn't cost a cent.
The chinless youth with open mouth
Who seldom combs his hair
His rubber collar somewhat large
And far-off vacant stare.
The rural lad with squeaking shoes,
Is always quite joke,
Expectorating every step,
While learning how to smoke.
The rural bridegroom's wedding SUIT
Is something grand to see; .i,.
And hanging to his eibow'
Is the rural bride TO be-, Ia. 3,
Her gown though rather short In front
Is plenty long behind;
But such is blissful innocence
When rural love is blind.
The patient mother, kind at heart,
And stout at thirty-tive,
With youngsters ike a niSht Oh staiis
All very much alive. -s..E 's..
And while the big parade goes Dy. e.
The infant kicks and squeals;
And right there is the pantry,
Where they start 10 serving meals
The father in his Sunday suit,
Is awkward, tanned and tall;
His trousers miss his shoe-tops,
And his derby hat is small,
And uncle Zebe with ample beard,
And likewise ample chew,
Will pull his whiskers back TO spit
And say, We'll. how-de-do?"
II takes a million kind Of freaks,
To make world they say;
And all of those for miles around
Will come on circus day.
To hold a gladstone jubilee,
And then they all go back, ntfst-
To dream of bears and elephants;
And clowns and cracker-jack.
Some folks sense of funny things,
Is hard to understand; f@tt's ~
For people often look at me
And laugh to beat the band.
| thought that ! was handsome,
And was always smartly dressed'
But now / guess I'm freakish too
Along with all the rest.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

The Monroe County News re-
ports: Dewey Littlecook was arrest
ed and fined s. and costs for kicking
Dan Cruises 8-year-old boy in South
Abba" Respectfully referred TO the
Knoxville Express or the Washington
Democrat. And to resume, in the
same issue OF the News is this: Last
Saturday night the Interurban car
struck COW about halt way between
Abba and Hiteman, killing her"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

"A reader wished to know if Mrs.
Ella Flagg Young is democrat. The
Keokuk Gate-City replied, 1T should
be sufficient to say that she receives
a salary of $4,000 a year, and there
is no record of a democrat ever haV-
ing resigned such a job"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

The Ottumwa Courier calls on
the automobile driver who outs out
the muller every time he goes by the
hospital. to register his name at the
city hall. He has so much consider
alton for sick people that some citi-
zens want to make a present to him"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

"A vocational summer school, with
pfacticaI men and women in charge
of it, is in operation in Baltimore,
Mr., this year. Printing and wood
work are among the subjects taught
the boys; the girls have cooking, sew
ing and other household branches.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

School children and teachers OF
Pointe Coupee Parish, in the flood
district of Louisiana, planted $4,000
fruit and pecan trees last year. Supt.
Trudeau has also plan whereby road
work In the parish viii be done by
school boys.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

According to the Enterprise,
Brighton has a vegetarian who
makes all her meat dishes of fruits
and dough. She has hash nearly
every day made by mixing several
kinds of breakfast foods together.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

The Anamosa Eureaa has found
out that Iowa lost revenue district
in order that one might be given to
the Carolinas. Sixty-three districts
Is the limit. SO the Iowa boys we're
turned away from the trough that
some of the boys In the south might
get a bit closer. This need occasion
no great surprise.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

Pupils in a German school were
recently tested as to their reading:
of newspapers In the highest ele-
mentary class of forty-four, % read a
newspaper every day; Is at least once
a week; and less frequently.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

The steel towers that support
electric power transmission lines SIM
liar to the ones between Oskaloosa
and New Sharon. are being increas-
ingly used by forest rangers as fire
lookout stations on national forests.
With the Harvesting OF the noun
tain streams a network OF these lines
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

An "acre-foot" of water is equiva-
lent to 1880 cubic feet and is the
quantity required to cover an acre TO
the depth of one foot. The term Is
commonly used in connection with
storage for irrigation. .N| .-''s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
An Illinois capitalist has just pun

An Illinois capitalist has just pur-
chased 5000 acres of Iowa farm land,
paying therefor $125 to $3.50 per acre.
He says he secured the land at bot
tom prices and that he stands to
make a substantial profit, because
Iowa land is going much higher. He's
a gentleman and a scholar, as well
as a long headed business man.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

Tuesday, August 26, will be Sol
diers day and Pioneers day at the
Iowa State Fair. The veterans Of the
civil war aud of the Mexican war with
their wives. and also their widows,
are admitted free on that day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

According to the Winterset Madi-
sonian, there will soon be as many
chautauquas IN the country as there
are Ford automobiles, and great
many of them have much in common
with the gas wagon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

is gradually being woven over the for
ests and in the absence of other con-
venient lookouts, the rangers find the
steel towers helpful in their fire pa
troll work,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

BY prompt campaign against a
fiourishing colony of bark beetles on
the Ochoco national forest in central
Oregon, the government is eliminat-
ing danger which threatened TO des-
troy millions of feet Of timber
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

An American scientist has found
in Ecuador the skeletons of an an
cient tribe of Indians whose teeth
show gold crowns as well done as by
the. most up-to-date dentist.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21

The country must be saved. The
Washington Press has stopped run
ming it's Invisible Government" arti'
cles in big type on the front page.