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the Federal government because Of
 the improvement in the public health.
 in the construction of public high ways, in the increase in the agi>sul- tural produce of the country, and
 therefore, will react in the interest of
 the entire commercial life of the
 South and the nation.
 "The Southern Commercial Con
 gross has inaugurated a plan for the
 reclamation of these non-productiye acres and an educational campaign to set forth to the people of the United States, as well as to the owners of these lands, the economic value of their reclamation by making these lands fit for agriculture.
 "A commission has been appointed by the Southern Commercial Con- gress, under the chairmanship of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt. to simplify and standardize the drainage laws of the several Southern states, and inaugn rate a simple and direct method of procedure applicable as far as pos sible to all the states, and the effort. made to have the program adopted by the legislatures of the several states.
 "The Southern Commercial Con- gress has petitioned the Congress of lished as Senate Document No 734, urging the importance of a complete survey by the federal government of all the swamp and oVerflOwed lands in the United States, and appealing to the government to work out a plan for draining each individual project as a part of a complete system, In the petition the federal government is also urged to embrace in the plan an examination of the soil of the swamps, showing it's value from an standpoint and it's adapt ability for the growth of profitable crops.
 Unless the drainage problem of our states is solved they will not reach the maximum of agricultural and commercial development that is possible for them. The question in- wolves the preservation of our for ests, the prevention of the erosion and flooding of soils, and the control of vast waterpower now going to- waste The destruction of our forests strikes at the heart of the timber and lumber industry The erosion of soils destroys the fertility of the land, vast areas unfit for cultiya- ton; the flooding of great areas rem ders this vast asset wholly unpro- ductive; and due to lack of control millions of horsepower are going to- waste.
 As an evidence of the constructive statesmanlike work of the Southern Commercial Congress, the executive officers of the organization presented four blanks to the resolutions commit tee of the national Democratic party in the convention in Baltimore. The four blanks are directly related to the whole subject of the agricultural de- yelopment of the Southern states and,
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Grigsby's LiV-Ver-lax, that delicious liver syrup, has displaced caiomel in nearly every home. Good for grown ups and children alike. Ask R. G. Morris Drug Co.
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For spring chicken meals go 10 Dobrys, Malvern Road Telephone 1549. 4-llH
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that was written into the platform ol the Democratic party"
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The Remedy is an AOtiSeptiC, Bacteria Germ
 Destroyer and Blood Purifier

the Ills and Diseases that af the human the worst Blood Diseases The base of the Germ Destroyer known to
 
 discovery great California physician n that known all the patients resort ac reached the hopeless stage complete heal when this impossible measure of relief was obtained
 of the death of the physician Subsequently came into the of twelve freely the med friends both Hot and ills diseases which ehealng in alcases rapid and complete
 induced put the Remedy the market general sale
 The restoring health and eliminating dis the medicine Sa coat and ohd oher sometimes
 vitality those whose systems down. Physically blood  and of o aho Make sectOn
 N B. Printed Instructions be had from Druggists
 or from John II. Lewis, 625 Central Avenue
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
.LYNNv|LLE LOCALS
MRS. GEORGE w. SPARKS ENTER.
TANNED EMBROIDERY CLUB
JOHN DE BRUYN AND WIFE
MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOME.
(Lynnville Star, Sept. III.

The Rebekal ladies embroidery
club was royalty entertained at the
pleasant country home of Mrs.
George w. Sparks for an all day SEES
! sion Wednesday Of last week and
words are very inadequate to des-
Cribe the pleasures of the day. Ways
lof conveyance to the place of meeting
were provided for those not having
ways of their own and about fifteen
ladies were present.
John DeBruyn and wife have NOV
ed into their new home recently va
Gated by V. A. Roberts. The house
has been raised, new foundation
put in, a large window put in the din
ing room, a new front porch and they
are digging a cellar so that when all
the repairs are finished, which will
include a fresh coat of paint, they
will have a very neat little home.
Rev. Zeno Doan and mother start
ed Monday for Indiana, where they
will attend the western yearly meet.
ing at Plainfield, the Indiana yearly
meeting at Richmond and visit Mrs.
Doan'S brother at Danville. Rev.
Doan began ais ministry in the West
ern Yearly meeting.
and Mrs. Ida Nicholson. of Ralston,
came Saturday for a visit with Mrs.
Bonds daughter, Mrs. z. Doan. Mrs.
Bond returned that evening but Mrs.
Nicholson remained for a longer visit
with her niece.
Fred Quire, who deals In full blood
Hampshire swine, sent one of his
sows from the Iowa state fair to the
Nebraska state fair at Lincoln. where
it received first premium and the
junior championship.
e. J. Evans, of Oskaloosa, who has
been assisting w. l.. Anderson. coun-
ty missionary for the American Sun
day School Union, was in town Tues,
day in the interests of the work.
Rev. J. l.. Pickett, the new Meth.
odist minister, arrived with his fam
lily and household goods Saturday
morning ard are getting settled In
their new home.
Mrs. Eliza Remand and son Ray
mond. came up from OSkaloosa Satur-
day and spent tie day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
ONE MORE MILE
OF BRICK STREET
PAVING ORDERED
TUSCALOOSA WILL CONTINUE
WITH PUBLIC WORK.
BIDS ASKED ON THE BIG JOB
Only Two Blocks Of All That Was
Contemplated Was Omitted From
Resolution Adopted by City
Council Last Night.

Oskaloosa is asking for bids today
upon almost one mile of new brick
block paving, with concrete base. All
but two blocks of the paving men
tened IN the resolution of necessity
was OF Ge,ed in by the city council 81
an adjourned meeting held Friday
evening There will be nine blocks
through First ward, from M avenue
south on Fl street to G avenue east
to connect with the pavement at the
north end of ID street. Not a word
of protest was entered against the
pavement of two blocks on Second
avenue East, between First and Third
streets. Some objection was raised
to the work on A avenue West be
tween b and ID streets, but the pave
ment was ordered.
Resolution of necessity was passed
for one block on + avenue to connect
the north end of ID street with G
street at the Capt. Stone corner near
giving paved way from First ward
to Penn College.
c. e. Munroe and S. ]. Dutton talk
ed to death the pavement for North
First street and the resolution to
pave was amended to omit these two
blocks. Remonstrance signed by all
property owners along the street
with a single exception was presented
against the project, the Christian
church and the Oskaloosa school
board joining in remonstrance.
Bids for the work will be opened
Friday, October 2, and date of COM
pletion of the work is fixed at Jan. 1.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
OLIVET.

OIivet, Sept. 19.-The weather man
let the bottom drop out last week and
fall pasture was never better than at
the present time.
P. H. wilkins, of Atlantic, was In
town Tuesday on business.
Miss Mary Top returned home this
week from Harvey, where she has
been visiting relatives for a time.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Laughlin spent
Monday in Tracy.
The Herald man has always been
a strong advocate of buying at home,
but when it comes to paying $1.50
per bushel for peaches when they
are selling for $1.00 elsewhere, five
cents pound for potatoes here,
while they sell for three cents in
Oskaloosa, etc, our mind changes
for financial reasons.
Mrs. George Jones, of Beacon, was
In town calling on friends this week.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Williams acknowl-
edge a pleasant call Wednesday.
Uncle John Dolan moved to Tracy
this week. Uncle John and wife have
lived here thirtyfve years and we
miss them badly.
The mines west of here are running
full time, taking two and three trains
a day to handle their coal.
The majority of farmers as they
come to town report large corn
crop. Occasionally we find some fel-
low who says it is not worth a
We pass him by.
Willis Billings returned home on
Monday from Oskaloosa, where he
spent Sunday at the f. Ives home.
w. II. Allison, of Seymour, was in
town on business Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Adams, OF Oskaloosa,
was pleasant caller in town Thurs.
day.
A. Hardy, of Centervile, was bust
ness caller in town Friday.
S. Bartlema spent Friday in Oskar
loOsa on business.
J. Peterson, of Des Moines, was in
town on business Thursday.
Mrs. M. A. Miller of Oskaloosa Wis
tied in this locality this week with
relatives and friends.
Section foreman Billings and his men
were up to the Anderson mine with
an extra crew Thursday unloading
two cars of slack to repair washOut
IN the track leading to the mine.
We are informed the barn and con-
.ents of Luther McCombs was burned
Down Wednesday night. The cows
we're also killed. His horses happen
I'd to be out. He lives on the Adair
place north of town. r. w.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
OUR new METHODIS7S.
Something About Newly Appointed
Superintendent and Pastor.

In the current issue of the Central
Christian Advocate published at Kan
sis City, the full list of the appoint
mentS of the recent session OF the
Iowa conference are published and
corrected in accordance with the
transfers just made by Bishop w. o
Shepard. So that the incoming Rev
w. H. Perdew is now regularly as
signed to Oskaloosa.
Perhaps many in Oskaloosa do not
know Rev. Perdew and in connection
with these changes, it is of interest
to know who he is and where he
comes from. He is man just in the
prime of his activity and his record
in the Iowa conference is about as
follows: In 1894 he entered the con
ference and was appointed to Colum
bus City where he remained two
years. In 1896 he was left without
appointment and for four years at
tended school at Boston, Mass. On
his return in 1900 he was stationed
at New Sharon where he served for
three years. In 1903 he was sent to
Mediapolis and remained there three
years. In 1906 he was stationed al
Centerville and also served there for
three years. He was then sent in
1909 to Newton where he has just
finished his fifth year and now in
1914 comes to OSkaloosa to continue
his good work. In all of these loca
lities he has been universally respect
ed and admired as preacher las a
pastor and as citizen.
The record of Rev. G. l.. Minear
who comes to Oskaloosa asthe sue.
cessor of DR.. G. l.. Stafford on the
district is also full of achievement
He also Joined the Iowa conference
in 1894 and for one year was left
without appointment to attend school.
In 1896 he was sent to Salina where
he remained for two years. In 1897
he went to Libertyville for one year
and in 1898 took another year to at.
tend school. In 1899 he was station.
ed at East Gloucester where he ser,
we'd for two years. In 1901 he went
to Cantril Tor three years. The con.
ference of 1904 appointed him as the
field agent of Iowa Wesleyan Univer,
sity and in 1905 he was elected as
principal of the Academy, where he
remained for three years. In 1908 he
went to take the position of Dean of
the Missouri Wesleyan University
and held this position for two years.
Returning to the Iowa conference in
1910 he was sent to What Cheer,
where he remained for two years. In
1912 he was sent to Knoxville for a
two years pastorate and in 1914 he
comes to Oskaloosa as the district
superintendent.
1t is a coincidence that both of
these good men joined the confer.
ence in 1894 two years after DR.. J.
NJ McClelland and now they are in
the work of the Methodist church in
Oskaloosa. Without daubt they
will prove worthy successors of the
able men who have preceded them
in this field.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24

Marshalltown, Sept 21.--F. E. VooF
hees, %, Cedar Falls, was killed al
o'clock Saturday evening when he
ran into fence in the second lap OF
five mile motorcycle race at the
county fair. 1t was the closing event
of the speed programme. Voorhees,
sustained fracture of the skull. Two
other riders ran into the fence ahead
of him but escaped uninjured.
AS the casket wagon containing
Voorhees, body was backing up to an
undertaker's establishment at 8 o.
clock, H. c. Council, IS years old OF
this city fell dead on the sidewalk of
heart failure, induced by excitement.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
WHY A DONA7ION DAY?
Needs of Hospital And How They
Are Supplied.

Editor Herald: l note with APPROX.
al the designation of Saturday, Sept.
2Gth as Donation Day for tle Oska,
lOoSa Hospital. OF all the institu.
ttons to which the citizens of this
community have contributed, there
are none OF which they have greater
reason to De proud than their hospi-
tai. A glance at the yearly report of
its superintendent will disclose that
there is scarcely an operation known
to medical science that has not been
successfully performed there while
Its mortality rate is as low as that
of any similar institution in the
United States. The graduates of its
training school are sought after and
given preference by physicians fher
ever known. 1t should be remember.
ed that there are no profits made in
the administration of the affairs OF
the institution. There are no debts
therefor, no interest charges to meet
or profit on investment. Every dol.
lar above the running expenses goes
back into improvements and better
mentS that future patients may en-,
JOY even greater comforts and bene.
hts than nave those in the past. For
six months the capacity of the insti-
tuition has been taxed to the utmost.
AS a physician during the last six
months | nave had patients in the
nurses rooms on the third floor, in
the office, in the X-ray room and in
the hall. Most everywhere but in
the. kitchen. 1t is evident, therefore,
that most of the things which will
be donated might be purchased by the
board from the income of the insti.
tuition, should they see fit to do so,
but they would like to lay by little
nest egg toward the building of a
nurses home or an addition to the
main building, which is as everyone
knows one of the necessities OF the
immediate future. The board knows
also that every patient who has gone
out from the institution to health
and happiness long sought and found
at last within its walls, carries with
them feeling of gratitude toward
the hospital and a debt of love to the
nurses who have ministered to him
with tdc tenderness AMI solicitude Q.
mother.
It was doubtless to allow these the
opportunity to repay in a measure
their debt that Donation Day was in.
stituted. The appeal of the nurses
for blankets that they may be able
to sleep out doors during the com
ing winter should meet with a ready
response. We can never repay these
women for the risks they run and the
burdens they bear that we or our
loved ones may have comfort and
surcease from pain. If every moth
er's daughter of them does not get a
crown over on the other side, why
there just isn't any use trying-that's
all.
Then there Is a little personal some
thing about handIemmed napkins,
pillow slips, sheets, towels and home
canned fruits and liellies that you
cannot buy at the stores, even though
you had a million dollars. Don't for
get that; and remember that this is
your hospital, and you're proud of it.
Yours respectfully.
j.. G.. ROBERTS.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
EDDYNILLE.

Eddyville, Sept. 19.-Mrs. Al Rob
erts left Thursday for Spokane
Wash, where she will spend the win
ter visiting relatives. She will also
visit in different parts of Oregon be
fore returning home.
Miss Kate Chapman, of Everett
WASH, arrived in Eddyville Thursday
for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Libby
Strange.
Mrs. Chas. Kussart went to Des
MOines Thursday to spend week
visiting her mother, Mrs. l. S. Riggs
VIM. Mintoyne, of Des Moines, was
"a business caller in Eddyville Thurs
day.
The following prizes have been ar.
domestic science held in Eddyville
this week. First prize on bread Mrs
Yves Donnegon; second prize, Mrs
Lee Roberts. Angel food cake: First
prize, Mrs. Gertie Shahan; second
Mrs. Geo. Stephenson. Sponge cake:
First prize, Mrs. Gertie Stephenson +;
second Mrs. Yves Donnegan; Choco.
late layer cake. first prize, Mrs. ChaS.
Odem; second, Mrs Nina Oldham.
Burnt sugar cake, first prize, Ollie
Bolibaugh, SECOND, Mrs. Caas. Old
ham. Sugar cookies, first prize, Mrs.
John KoontZ, second Mrs. j. j. Reintz.
There were many excellent exhibits
of canned fruits, vegetables and jel~
lies on Wednesday evening, the cakes
and fruits were sold at auction. $50
was realized from the sale. The
cakes and fruit were taken to tie
K. of p. hall, where the ladies and
their husbands were bountifHly ser.
we'd. An excellent talk on domestic
science was given by Mrs. Worrell.
John Mahaffy is moving this week
from Eddyville to Ottumwa, where
he has employment with the Ottumwa
Co.
Thos. Wignall and family moved
Thursday from the Reece property to
the Tenant property of VIM. Hays
on South Second street.
The Aid Society of the Baptist
chucr of Eddyville and the Aid So
Of the Pleasant Corners church were
very pleasantly entertained on Thurs.
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Norman. Forty members of
the societies were present after
short program refreshments were ser
we'd ..-s ..-.
Mrs. Fern McNease has returned
rom an extended visit with relatives
1t Ravilla, Mont.
Lee Warner and Harry Simms call
ID in Oskaloosa Friday.
Mrs. Jeanette Jones of Des Moines
S visiting this week with her mother
Mrs. Kate Breden.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
Cane With q History.

In 1865 Harry Brewer, living at
Givin, procured piece of the gun,
boat "Conistoga," which was destroy.
ed during the war of the Rebellion,
and he made walking stick of It.
He presented the cane to the late DIR.
ID. A. Hoffman. who carried ID the re-
mainder of his life. Mrs, Hoffman
then used it as long as she was able
to walk Upon her death. -her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Effie Hoffman Rodgers, re-
stored the cane to the Brewer family,
ana Z. D. Brewer is the proud posses,
sor Of the keepsake.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24

Miss Mary Norris, Estancia, N. NJ.
Y. w. Parey, Albers, Ills.
II. r. Parr, 1875 S. 7th ST., Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Mrs. Amelia Patterson, Granville, Ills
Mrs. Perry. Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. John Poague, S54 E. 2Sth St, Los
Angeles. Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer POmeroy, Ere
mont, la.
Joe Pratt and wife. Sewers, la.
Mrs. Rebecca Ransom, ITO N. Center
s. Remington, Chambers, Neb.
T. Remington, Salem, Ore.
Walter A. Riggs, Edmonton, Alberta
" Canada.
J. H. Riggs, Waterloo, Neb.
w. H. Riley, 1919 Capitol, Des Moines
Iowa. s.
Fletcher Roberts, Petaluma, Cal
Mrs. lola Robson (nee Craven), Cam
bridge, Idaho.
Ed. Rockwell, Martinsburg, Mo.
Mr.. w. F. Rodgers. Grand Forks, N. D
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Rodgers, McKen
zie, NJ ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Rodgers, McKen
zie, N. Oak.
Mrs. Winnefred Roe (nee Roberts)
| Corbin, Mont.
w. H. Ruby, McCune, Kan.
Mrs. Lizzie Reay, La Crosse, Wis
d. d. Ross, 100 E Ave. 81, Los An
geles; Cal.
Mrs. Mabel Kenworthy Raymond
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. J. F, Ruby, McCune, Kan.
G.. E. Schafer and wife, Granville, Ills
Miss Eunice Scofeld. 265 Stamford
Ave, Pale Alto, Cal.
Or. Harold o. Scott, LIST Lieut.. Dental
Surgeon, u. S. A., Preside of Mon
terey, Cal. ..~.
Rev. Ralph G. Scott, Pastor Washing
ton st. M. E.. Church, Newburyport
(Bosten), Mass.
Thos. H. Shockley, Fargo, N. d.
Capt. c. p. Searle, Santa Barbara, Cal
Mrs. NJ. E. Shinkle, 521 w. oath Av.
Spokane. Wash.
Vincent G. Shinkle, 521 w. oath Ave.
Spokane, Wash.
Geo. T. SINNERS, Baker City, Ore.
Mrs. Becca Slingbaum, Scots Bluff
Neb.
Miss Carrie Smith, $50 18th St., Oak
land, Cal.
Robt. Somerson, Coal Valley, Ills.
G. N. Spencer, Bryson Apis, Los An,
geles, Cal.
Leo Stalker, Olin, Ia.
James Sterln, Sigourney, la.
Sam Stewart, Omaha, Neb., 119 N
10th st. D..
A. e. Stocker, Nebraska City, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil r. Sway2e, 1885
w. Park Place, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Mr.. Will Thomas, Pomona. Cal.
j. E. Thompson, Coal Valley, Ills.
Mrs. Mary Thornton, 2l40 c ST., San
Diego, Cal.
F. c. Upton, Minot, S. D.
David Upton, Tobias, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Van Sickle, Des
Moines, la
Mrs. H. A. Walton, Waynesburg, Pa.
Eli Warman. Bussey, la.
Edward Weeks and wife, 329 N Wash
ington ST., Ottumwa, la.
w. A. Wentworth, Tama. la.
X. Whitaker, 1851 w. goth St, Los
Angeles, Cal
Clark Williams, Calistoga, Cal.
Miss Lena Wilson, Benton Harbor.
Miss Cora Wilson, Benton Harbor.
Geo. T. Wilson and wife, 1917 Worth
st. E., Des MOines. Ia.
Mrs. J. A. Wright, 62l E. 8th St, Long
Beach, Cal.
Wesley York, Hamilton, la.
Mrs. Wesley York, Hamilton, Ia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
BOOT LEGGERS HELD
Two Arrested at New Sharon Bound
Over to Grand Jury.

c. Smith (colored) and J. H. Dick.
erson, two of the three fellows ar
rested at New Sharon last week for
bootlegging during the fair, .were
bound over to the grand jury Satur.
day when given preliminary hearing
at New Sharon. Their cases will
come up before the grand jury at the
October term of court. The charge
against Jake Dingeman, the third
member of the trio, was changed to
that of intoXication and ne was fined
$40 and costs. The other two fellows
were unable to furnish bond and are
in the county Jail here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
viii Make Fight for Liberty.

Dubuque, Sept. 21.--From Dubuque
there will be argued at the third per.
iod of the supreme court, Nov. 81, four
damage suits and an appeal on a
criminal case, the latter that of Mrs.
Dora BraZzell, now serving a twenty
five year sentence for the murder of
her husband, Charles Brazzell, a
street car man. Attorneys for the
woman base their appeal upon the al.
legation that while the state proved
the motive and the ability on the
part of the defendant, it failed to con
meet her directly with the crime.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
Black Hawk Wants Co, Expert.

Waterloo. Sept. 21.-At a meeting
of the Blackhawk County Crop I'm
provement association the plan was
discussed whereby it might be pos
sible for the county board to make an
Appropriation not to exceed $4,000 an
nually to maintain a farm improve
ment association and county agri'
culturist. The law allows such an ap'
preparation. but the people must vote
upon it, II is proposed to have the
vote recorded at the November cleo.
ton. Four other Iowa counties will
wage a similar campaign.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
Refuses to Sell Plant.

Glidden, Sept. 21.--At meeting OF
the city council it was unanimously
decided not to call an election to au,
thorize the sale of tie municipality
owned electric light and power plant
The present manager, San G. John
ston, made the proposition to buy the
plant and to pay the cost of holding
an election for this purpose, The
building and machinery cost $4,000,
which price Mr.. Johnston offered to
pay. 1t was said that it was paying
the interest on the investment, and
that 1t would be foolish to sell at this
time. ------.-..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
VIII Lose sluht of Eve.

Ottumwa, Sept. 21.--"Red" Melon.
aid while drunk at his home about
noon Sunday, fired charge of buck
shot at Mrs. Sadie Mace, who was in
an adjoining yard and struck the
woman in the neck and the left side
of the face. One shot took effect in
Mrs. MaCe's left eye. and she will
probably lose the sight of the mem
Der She was taken, to a local hos.
pital, where il is thought she will re.
cover Mcdonald was arrested on a
charge of attempt to kill.