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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
SCHOOL PLAY GROUNDS
New Movement Under Auspices of
Social Service League.

Play grounds will be organized this
summer on the schoo q oundS in all
of tn wards except the FC,rth. The
grounds in that ward are so torn up
on account of recent building, that it
| is thought best this summer to ask
the Fourth ward children to patron
ize play grounds in the other wards.
Volunteers to aid in the play
grounds undertaking have reported in
liberal numbers. The ward principals
in each instance are much interest.
ed, Miss Brown, secretary of the
Social Service league, will superin-
| tend the work, and will be present at
each play ground, one afternoon each
week. The play grounds will open
three weeks after school closes, and
will continue about six weeks, closing
with special public program and
exhibition.
At the solicitation Of the Cedar Rap
| ids play grounds management, Miss
Brown submitted form to be used
for flag drill in that city. She was
yesterday notified of its acceptance.
The same flag drill will be put on in
OskalOosa.
The following is gathered from the
secretary's report for April. at the
regular meeting of the Social Service
League board, Tuesday morning:
Fourteen individuals reported 9th
er persons as needing some form of
assistance, and fourteen persons on
their own invitation applied for var
iOus kinds of aid.
| The charity league of Pasadena,
! Cal, requested the secretary to call
on an Oskaloosa party in behalf of an
applicant at the Pasadena Office,
One hundred visits we're made dur.
! ing April to, or in behalf of cases
| This includes only visits in the homes
and in the schools regarding the gen,
eral welfare of the children. In this
connection nine children We're report
ed to the superintendent of schools
as being about the streets during
school hours. About half of the mum
Der were habitual truants, but are
now attending school.
Temporary employment was found
, in four cases, and work that should
other instances.
Leans were PROVIDED one applicant
for having much needed dental work
done. AS a result, party is now able
to do some work, with a good pros
pect of soon becoming much less de-
pendent.
Cooperation has been established
between the social service Office and
the public schools, the various de-
partments of the city administration,
the city hospital, steward of the coun-
ty farm, the county physician, and to
a greater extent the general public.
In this way is effected an invaluable
and confidential exchange of inform
alton, all of which may be used for
the best interests of the respective
cases in hand, and without which the
effort to permanently improve the
condition of the less fortunate is
greatly hindered.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
MOTHERS DAY.

Mothers Day, which was first sug
gester by Miss Anna Jarvis. of Phila
| delphia, in 1907, is observed annually
on the second Sunday in May. which
this year will be May 10. The idea
occurred to Miss Jarvis while com.
memorating the death of her mother
on the second Sunday OF May that
the day, falling in a season of blue
sky and blossoms, might well be set
aside as an annual festival upon
which due tribute of affection and
remembrance should be rendered to
all mothers. Miss Jarvis then began
a campaign of personal appeal to
men prominent in public life, clergy
men, philanthropists, business and
professional men. asking them to
further the movement. She pleaded
her case so eloquently that in 1910
the day was celebrated not only in
Philadelphia but in many other cities.
On May 10, 1913, resolution passed
the United States House OF Repre-
sentatives and the Senate commend
ing Mothers day for observance by
the two houses of congress. the presl-
dent and his cabinet and other heads
of government departments. In that
same year the Legislature OF NeDras-
ka made Mothers day a state flag
day in honor of the patriotism OF
Nebraska's true homes and mothers.
In May. 1913, the legislature of Penn
sylvania made Mothers day a state
holiday. The day is planned 10 be OBJ
served by some distinct mark of kind
ness. visit, letter. gift or tribute show
ing remembrance of the mother and
father to whom affection is due.
Mothers day is equally Fathers
day and is designed to deepen and
perpetuate family ties. An interna-
tional association has been formed to
promote and protect the observance
of the day in all countries and to
carry forward the work President
Wilson and our ex-presidents are hon
orary national officers of the assOcia-
ton. The white carnation has been
selected as the emblem of the day.
because, as explained ny Miss Jarvis.
lit seemed the least perishable, was
not costly and could be worn by men
and women alike. Then, too, its sweet
wholesome fragrance and white pur-
ity made it stand out as an apprOpri-
ate symbol for motherhood"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
allLl MOOSE FRICTION.

I Casper Schenk, of Des Moines, who
! came down to address the local herd
! of bull moose, about two weeks ago
seems to have gotten i'm bad, politi.
Cally, with the other third party lead
ers in Iowa. The especial leader who
proposes to stand in the path and
dispute the passage of the afOre'
said bull moose, Srough the forest OF
! the primaries to the privilege. Of ran.
ming for office, IS Mr.. IS H Basl6r,
of Waterloo. IN a letter to the breth1
rem, Mr. Bashbr Says;
Il have the rather surprising in
formation that Casper Schenk secured
nomination papers and at the last
minute entered the field as candi-
date for the nomination for the once
of United States senator on the pro
gressive ticket in Iowa. This was
surprise extraordinary. This, for the
reason that in conversation with
Mr.. Schenk the day following the
withdrawal of Frank Q. Stuart, after
had told him that | would not enter
the race and contest for the place
with him or anyone else, for what APP
peared to me cogent reasons, he IN
sisted that he was not candidate
and would not be. He then dictated
the letter of withdrawal, which was
published the next morning in The
Register and Leader, stating that ne
would not be Il candidate. He gave
me a typewriter copy OF the letter,
which was accepted as an evidence
OF his good faith.
Mr.. Schenk has studied so deeply
into the life of Abraham Lincoln,
and written so much about him, tnat
it may be he has the idea that the
only possible way to save the country,
is to allow the reincarceration OF the
great war president to start things
by running for United States senator
in Iowa this year defeat Cummins be.
cause he is with Boss Barnes and
elect a democrat who is with Boss
The question as to who shall be.
your candidate for United States SEN
ator sinks into utter insignificance
as compared with the success OF pro
gres sive principles and the rounded
growth OF the progressive cause. Inc
movement was to break
away from bossism and crooked pom
tiCal methods. If, in its very lnclp'
iency the progressive party Is to re-
sort to the same tOSsilized procedure
that finally broke the republican or
what reason have we TO
offer for not returning to the old par
ties whose methods we seem unable
10 shake off? If the progressive party
Is to remain true to the spirit OF the
call for its organization, shady meth
DDS must be tabooed, crooked pettltoS-
cling, peanut politics, must be ellmin,
ated and men with clean purpose ana
patriotics spirit must control its al
fairs. and unSelfiShly devote their
.im.e and energies to its success. 1t
cannot be made secret aid to the
candidate OF other parties, nor can
It's leaders lend their efforts TO whls-
lie in the dark with the republicans or
Rirt behind the curtain with the dem
oclats. With us it must be the sue
Tess of progressive principles and the
OF bossism and interparty
alliance, or ultimate defeat and OBJ
livion. Our hands must be kept clean
and our purpose single.
S. H. BashOr.'
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

be most conservative estimate
Many deaths have doubtless beer
concealed, and there are some wht
declare that mortality roll would
contain at least 200 names.
The damage to property, the finan
cial loss through idle time of the
strikers, the diminished output of tho
mines, the loss to the railroads and
to business in general. the expense
of the military ana kindred cost, like
wise is unknown.
II is hard to reach an approXima
ton, but on averaging the estimates
gathered from several sources it ap
pears that the cost of the industrial
war to date runs up to at least $50
000,000-nearly $l,000000 a week.
The men have been on strike for
four years. Up to the beginning OF
this old strike the mines had recog-
nized the unions, but about four years
ago the operators declined to renew
their contracts.
Reasons for this refusal conflict,
They illustrate the manner in which
the versions of both sides disagree
at every point involved in the story
of Colorado's struggle and indicate
the extreme difficulty of getting at
the actual facts.
What the final outcome will be, no
one knows. but for humanitys sake
all will hope that bloodshed and tyr
amy are at an end.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
To Publish Ballot,

Des Moines, May 5.-W. S. Allen
secretary of the state has sent letters
to county auditors directing them to
publish the notice of the primary
election June l. with the specimen
ballot. The newspaper representing
the party which cast the heaviest
vote at the last general election shall
be given the advertisement.
If there Is a newspaper represent.
ing the party which cast the next
highest number of votes the procls.
nation may also be inserted in it,
But If there Is no such newspaper the
organ representing the third party in
number of votes shall not be entitled
to carry the advertisement, the stats
official ruled.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
WAR ~ COLORADO,

The appearance OF. Federal Troops
on the scene has Temporarily quieted
hostilities in Colorado. which have
been raging for seven months But
the presence of the soldiers has not
settled the trouble and the contro
versy will continue until settle
ment OF some sort Is forced on the
issue OF union recognition. Both
sides are as determined as ever not
TO recede from their positions on this
question, and Colorado faces an in
definite prolongation of its industrial
deadlock.
The cost OF the war 10 date Is not
known 10 certainty. Some say
that about seTenty-tiye persons have
been killed. Others who have been
on he Fighting ground III The way
Through say that an estimate 81 lon
llkas lpsi kltee last September would
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
LOCAL DASHES.

J. B. Doll says the war news of the
past two weeks reminds him Of the
man who had a contract to iced pris-
oners in a Jail. He was to change
their bill-of-fare every day and still
feed them for the lowest price posi-
Bile. He gave them bread, water and
cheese one day, water, cheese and
bread the next; then cheese and
bread and water. and so on, faithfully
carrying out the provision of his con-
tract. The news has been much like
that - the faithful correspondents
turning it over and rewriting it every
day-but doing it so nicely that the
public was satisfied that they we're
getting hot stun from the front on
every wire and by every mail
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
WHEN The GARDEN WAKES UP

On, such a busy outdoor world,
Such putting forth of leaves!
Such prinking of the tiniest buds
That Natures workshop weaves!
For winter weather now is past
The gardens waking up at last!
Narcissus rears his scented crest,
A dainty little fellow,
The crocuses look shyly up,
All painted pink and yellow;
And, bordering the narrow beds,
The modest violets lift their heads.
In tunic of the palest green,
A daffodil's gold cup
Mods in Good morning" welcome TO
The pansies springing up
Quaint kitten faces, grave and gay,
The first to come, the last to stay.
White hyacinths. fragrant group,
Shed sweetness far and near;
Their waxen bells paean ring,
Unheard by mortal ear;
I'VE are the very breath of spring.
The perfumed petals $ EN- to sing.
The lilac trees are swelling fast,
The rambler buds would, too.
But Mother Earth chides; No, Red
Rose,
'Tis not quite time for you!
Wait till the summer days are here.
It's only springtime now, my dear!"
Maize V. Caruthers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Game Birds wIntered We'll.

Reports to Mr.. Hinshaw, state
game warden. are that several thous
and game birds distributed to the
preserves have mated and are nest
ing In the preserves and that the late
winter and early spring weather has
been such that they are all In good
condition very large crop OF the
young birds Is expected. There are
eighty-fye OF the game preserves. on
~ fourteen counties not having them.
and this solely because Of lack Of
time IN getting them arranged for
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

that a scientific eye test and exam
nation, such as Prof. Arnold gives
free with each pair of glasses, compe'
tent specialists collect for from five
to ten dollars. Letters attesting the
skill of Mayne Arnold are on file at
his Office In large numbers. from the
most noted eye scientists OF America.
Professor Jas. ~? Dow superinten.
dent, iandsDroiD. nj. Cool, surgeon and
physician for IN inneseteu Blind tInsti.
tute, highlys cemmepdedi Prof. Mayne
Arnold "a years ago.
Faribanlt, Mimi, Oct. Is, 1890
Prof. Arnold has magnificent collec-
tion of appliances and lenses His
methods OF examination are in ac-
cord with those of the best opticians
of this country.--Jas. J. Dow, (super-
intendent), ID. NJ Cool, M. d., (phy-
sician In cbarge.)
Prof. Mayne Arnold's skill, obtain
ed in the best institutions of this
country and of Europe. largely in
creases the value of glasses procured
from him.
!. MAYNE ARNOLD OPTICAL co.
Z oskaiooss. iowa.
Only OptIcian and Optical store In
Mahoslia county
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

Sioux City, Iowa, May 5.--Petitions
of consent for operation of saloons
and breweries in Sioux City were filed
last evening in the office of the coun-
ty auditor. The saloon men claim
they have a margin of 1000 names
over the 4,454 necessary to comply
with the law.
Council Bluffs. Iowa, May 5.-The
saloon consent petition was filed
with the district clerk late yesterday
The petition, upon the face of it.
bears the names of 5,014 voters of
record at the last election, in which
1894 votes were cast. Only 1852
names are, therefore. required to
make the petition operative.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
CHEWING GUM FROM MEXICO.

How many people in the United
States chew gum? No accurate gov.
ernmental statistics being available
conservative estimate may place
the number at l0,O00.OOO, dividing
them into two classes, the inveter-
ate or habitual ChewerS and the occa,
sional Chewers Under the latter
class may be placed school children,
who are not permitted to chew gum
during study hours.
According to the census of 1910
there were in the United States 81
75O,599 persons between the ages of
6 and 20 years in the AZ states and
the District of Columbia. OF this
number 1900, 204 attended school, at
least occasionally, and may be class
ed as potentially occasional chewers
leaving balance of 10,450.395 as pc,
tentially inVeterate chewers of gum,
all under the age of 20 years. OF
course, all of these may not have been
gum-Chewers; equally of course in
veterate gum-Chewers cannot be con.
fined to persons under the age of 20.
These figures may be taken, however.
to show that the estimate of 10000
600 inVeterate Chewers is very con
servative.
The latest statistics published by
the Department of Commerce show
that during the calendar year 1913 the
United States imported 13.40l .316
pounds of chicle, valued at $5,119. 500
Now the word "chicle" to most peo
pie in this country might be Creek
but it isn't. According to the pamph-
let on Mexico recently issued by the
Pan American Union at Washington,
ID. c., the word "chicle" Is OF Aztec
origin, and is the name given to the
sap of the sapote tree, botannically
known as the Sapota Zapotilla. 1t is
this sap which Is the basis OF practi.
cally all the chewing gum used in
the United States.
The Aztecs of Mexico are said to
have been the first gum-chewers
known on this. or for that matter
any other continent. The followers
of Cortez reported that the Indians
chewed a gum to quench thirst and re-
lieye exhaustion. They obtained IL
from the sapote tree by tapping, and
today the manner of gathering the
sap Is in close analogy to the process
OF gathering maple sugar In New
England. The tree is indigenous to
the northern countries OF South Amer.
lea, Central America and especially
in Mexico, the last named furnishing
about six-seyenths of the entire sup.
ply consumed annually in the United
States. t0& oct
The sapote tree Is usually found lin
groups. freduentlys grows to height
II 40 TO 80 feel, Is generally etef5
straight and has a long. clear liengts.
which makes IL most desirable for
timber. The wood Is OF reddish
color. is quite hard, heavy.
In texture and fine grained,
Door sills and frames OF this remark
lble wood have been unearthed In the
ruins OF Uxmal and found
% be In an excellent state of pIeser-
alton. The wood is in demand today
" cabinet makers, who employ Il In
he manufacture OF high grade furni
ure and household fittings
The fruit. the sapodilla pear. was
nee very popular In Latin American
but the constant demand
or the gum and the consequent tap
ing 20 reduced tile size and quaint. |
u 81 the fruit that Il has become al. |
no&t 4 negligible product.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

There We're no shIpments OF zinc
concentrates from. Iowa in 1913 and,
as in 1912, the production of lead con-
sisted entirely of small lots of galena
obtained by means of shallow shafts.
according to J. p. Dunlap, Of the
United States Geological Survey. The
lead concentrates shipped from the
Dubuque district in 1913 amounted
to SO tons, which was five tons more
than in 1912. The approximate value
of the concentrates sold was $4,15O,
and the metal content 81 tons The
only mining at depth was done by
the GOosehOrn Mining Co. This com
pany has a shaft 1870 feet deep and a
concentrating pant which was oper-
ated during 1913, but the concentrate
eS produced were not sold.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

there was evidence that these recent
ly had been in use.
Among those held in confinement
were men once of prominence, but
whose names nor have been there
forgotten; men whohad been there
so long that their minds were blank
and men so enfeebled by the treat
ment they mad received as to insure
''GV; ls3E]ITj... B55.l1spIsn..f,' witt, IL,
the naval force landed at Vera Cruz
writes: The appearance of the pris-
oners was pitiable Emaciated Great
ureS stumbled forward to the inspect
ing officers for their delivery. Long
boards in many cases were matted
over dirty Countenances on which
once the fashionable element of the
federal capital had looked, for many
of those imprisoned were once prom
inent in society, in politics and in the
army"
Each succeeding administration
perpetuated the use of this ancient
fortress as a prisOn--a use to which
it was put by the Spaniards.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Hurt La cnIlisinn

Abba. May 5.--Nellie Burden and
Helen Hilliard were injured while
riding a bicycle when their machine
colliding at street corner with an
automobile driven by James Mowrer.
The bicycle was wrecked and the two
girls thrown into the gutter and cut
and bruised.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Two Killed by Auto,

Iowa City, Iowa, May while rae
ing against a storm, an auto driven
by w. B. Jones of Oxford turned tur-
tie near MarengO Sunday night, in
stantly killing him and resulting in
injuries to his wife which caused her
death yesterday. Two other passen,
gers were uninjured. Jones was a
prominent grain merchant.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

An exchange asks: Who is the
greatest living man." and the Los
Angeles Express replies: In our opin-
ion it is the fellow who never knocks,
takes his sorrows with a smile, pays
his bills and does all he can to help
somebody else. Name a greater man
II YOU can
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

According to the Pasadena Star,
CALIFORNIA; million dollar Almond
crop inspires the citizens of the state
with a billion dollar crop of optimism.
That is the way the high tinanciers
capitalize everything out there. In
fact they have to make a showing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

That the Iowa decline in popula.
ton the last ten years has been con-
fined entirely 10 the rural districts,
is shown by brief study of the cen
sus figures. In Iowa cities whose popu-
lation was from $4,000 to 100000 there
was an increase OF 302 per cent. In
Iowa cities OF 2,500 TO $4,000 there
Was an increase of lis per cent. In
the rural territory there was a de.
crease in population OF ~ per cent
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Euneral nf neunriok

Abba, Nav 5.--The remains of
Frank Deyorick, the American ma
rine. killed In the battle at Vera Cruz,
arrived here last night and the fun,
eral Is being held to-day at his old
home at Blakesburg, attended by
many citizens of Monroe county.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Crippled Woman Burned to Death.

Villisca, Iowa, May 5.-Miss Nellie
Teneyck, aged 90, was the victim of
a distressing accident here which re.
suited in her death. The woman
made her home with sister and
while alone for a few minutes is sup
posed to have attempted to carry a
lighted lamp from one room to an.
other when it fell from her grasp and
set fire to the house and to her cloth
death.
Neighbors attracted by the smoke
gave the alarm and the fremen eXtin-
guished the blaze before much dam
age had been done to the house. Miss
TeneyCk was crippled in one hand.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Will Purchase Auto Fire Trucks

Ottumwa, Iowa, May 1.-The city
commissioners decided last night on
the purchase of two pieces of motor
equipment, a combination chemical
and an aerial truck. the type of ap-
paratus to be determined later.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
BIRTHS, DEATHs. MARRIAGES
Floyd Il. Knight, Oskaloosa. 1
1916 and
Nea Eastburn, Oskaloosa. ..... 1

WALKER-Born to Mr.. and Mrs
John Fletcher Lacey Walker at theil
home in Urban-dale, Des Moines al
eleven o'clock a. m. Saturday, May
End, 1914, a son. This makes VIII
n. Walker and wife, Daisy Kendig
Walker, grandparents for the seconC
time, a daughter arriving to Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Walker last December
and II. r. Kendig OF OskaloOsa is
thereby acquiring prominence as ID
great grandfather.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

The value of the mine output of
lead and zinc in Wisconsin in 1913
was $3.5i0, AGA, These figures show
a decrease of $1,222, 1875 compared with
1912, when the value was $4,793, 1870.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
Aued Abba Counle Married.

Abba, Iowa. May 81. A. Crozier.
70 years of age. was married to Mary
E. Parker, aged 81. The groom is a
veteran of the civil war and former
implement dealer of this city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07

Missouri girls are said to have
formed a pick and shovel brigade
and are busy solving the good roads
problem. The more one hears about
Missouri girls the less one thinks OF
Missouri men.