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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

you ara black in the face about pat
ronizing home industries, but folks
will go away to say that you mer'
chants are not alone in this. There
are two newspaper plants In this
town. Now, a newspaper plant is,
strictly speaking, manufacturing es-
Enlistment II Is so classed by the
state and nation when they gather
manufacturing statistics, We pre-
sumo a fellow could get a bonus from
the town If he came here with a small
factory in which he agreed to furnish
employment for half dozen men dur
ing the entire year. That ought to
mean half dozen families. Now the
point we want TO make Is this: More
than onahalf the work done in
printing plant for this community is
done outside Of this town. Taat
means that if it were possible to get
this work done at home the newspap-
er forces could be doubled, which
would mean work for some six or
eight more people"
Any class of printing can be done
in Oskaloosa and done as we'll and
cheaply as elsewhere. The firms that
do not believe this should quit kick
ing on the mail order business.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.

1t is learned from the oman;
| World-Herald that at a secret meet
| ing in Council Bluffs last week tht
democratic editors of Iowa agreed Il
support only Seth Thomas, democrat
! for supreme Judge. This amazing
action is in violation OF the spirit, i
not the letter OF the law for a non
partisan judiciary.
BY their action, contends the De!
Moines Register and Leader, the dem
ocratic editors and leaders have nOr
done Mr. Thomas a service in thus
making him the candidate OF ont
party and Withdrawing from partici
patton in while taking advantage O
| the nonpartisan election provided BY
| the new law. There was such q gen
eral asquiescance in the theory tina
party lines should not be drawn il
selecting men for the bench tina
when the plan, faulty as it was, t
bring about a nonpartisan judiciary
in Iowa was proposed to the last re
publican legislature no opposition
was offered. 1t was assumed thai
men fit TO be judges, and theil
| friends, would endeavor, in goot
faith, to conform TO the provisions Of
the law. During the primary cam
paign there were indications that tbs
spirit of the new statute might be
| violated, but not until the astonish
ing performance at Council Bluffs
was 1t believed that an organized eff
fort would be made to use a nonparti
san plan involving the judiciary fol-
strictly partisan purposes.
There has been a disposition in
the state TO treat Mr.. Thomas gener
ously. Criticism has not been widely
voiced, although allusion has been
made to ais years and preparation for
the high judicial Office he seeks. His
record in this respect, as disclosed
by the files at the state house, fol
lows:
"Onehalf time for 40 weeks spent
in study in office of Robert Healy
beginning Oct. /, 1906, and ending
June /, 1909.
Eight weeks in summer law course
at University of Michigan in 1908, TAX,
ing first year subjects.
Eight weeks in summer law school
in University of Michigan In 1909,
taking second year subjects.
"One year at State University of
Iowa, graduating June, 1910.
Admitted to the bar June Is, 1910.
Nevertheless, there has been a
kindly feeling toward the young and
ambitious seeker for supreme Judi.
cial honors and II is unfortunate that
his friends force consolidation of his
case by repudiating the law by which
he hopes to attain that high place. A
partisan attack on the integrity of
the very law which makes his candi-
dacy possible Is an unfortunate be-
ginning for man who seeks to sit
In judgment on the rights OF other
men under the law"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

bonded debt The national debt, less
cash in the treasury available for the
payment of debt, amounted to only
81 OPS, ,O55, or a per capita debt OF
$1O.59.
The net debt of the national govern
ment represents three times the tota
net debt Of the state governments. OF
the total per capita debt Of $14.1J
Irrational and state), the debt of the
national government is $l0.59 or rs
per cent, while the debt of the state
governments amounts to 3.57, or q
per cent of the total.
The debt of the national govern
ment was higher in 1870 than at any
time since that date; the per capita
debt that year being $60.46. This
amount, though large, was a material
decrease over the debt as it stood
August 81, 1865. On that date the
Indebtedness of the national govern
ment Qess funds available for the
payment of debit amounted to $780,.
431, ST., an average of $7944 for every
inhabitant of the country. The rate
of decrease between 1866 and 1870
was continued until in 1880 the in
debtedness of the national governed
had decreased so that, together with
the rapid icrease in the population,
the per capita debt had been reduced
to only $3S27. Ten years later, 1890,
it had been reduced to $3.50, at
which point it remained with only
comparatively slight fluctuations, in
creasing somewhat during the Span
ishAmerican war and decreasing
somewhat since that date, until, at
the latest date reported Q913), the
Indebtedness of the national govern
ment amounts to only $1059 per cap
ita, an amount slightly higher than
in 1907, when the per capita indebted
ness was $1,000, the lowest recorded.
The figures in the report show that
Arizona and Massachusetts are the
only states where the state debt, less
sinking fund assets, amounts to more
per capita than $19.59, the per capita
debt for the United States The debt
of the national government, therefore,
is a greater financial weight upon the
people of every state in the Union
(excepting these two) than is the debt
of the state in which they live. In
only very small number of states
does the per capita state debt amount
to onehalf the per capita debt of the
national government. New York, for
example, has a per capita state debt
of 1906 due largely to the cost of
the Erie canal; while other states
show a very low per capita debt, for
Oregon it being only 1904; for Kansas
s0,14; for Iowa, $0.16; for New Jer-
sey, 1924; while for Pennsylvania it |
Is nothing, since in that state the sink
Ing fund assets exceed the total debt. |
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

treaty signed in London, in 1899
The part now seized by Germany is
the section that was assigned to HOl-
and has a population of over 100000,
or about one tenth of Iowa. 1t has
a nominal political relation with Hol-
land in the person of the sovereign,
but has a constitution and administra.
ton of its own. In 1866 it's neutrality
was guaranteed by the Great Powers,
but tie present emperor of Germany
has had covetOus eyes upon it, and
Holland, too, ever since he assembled
the throne, His desire has been
thwarted by the international compact
for peace, and especially by the stead
fast opposition Of Great Britain as to
Holland
Dutch Luxembourg is bounded on the
east by Prussia, from whiCh it Is
separated by the rivers Moselle, Sauer
and Our; on the south by the pro
vince of Lorraine, which Prussia
wrested from France in the last war,
and on the west by Belgium. In the
southwest it corners on France. 1t
has strategic importance for Germany
in military operations against Belgium
which of itself is explanatory of the
haste of Germany to seize it. If Ger
many IS successful in this war, it is
more than likely that the duchy OF
Luxembourg will be incorporated in the
German empire. If unsuccessful-but
that is another story for another time
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
PROTECT THE NEGRO.

One of the resolutions adopted at
the republican state convention to
which the Grinnell Herald gives hear.
ty assent is the one demanding that
In any state where laws are enacted
to prevent negros from voting, the
representation in congress be reduc.
ed in an equal ratio. In other words,
if the ratio of representation in Iowa
be one congressman for each $4,000
votes, the ratio in Mississippi be one
congressman for each $4,000 votes.
BY means of a grandfather" clause
and various other methods. practical
ly all the negroes in the South are
denied the right of suffrage. While
il requires fifteen or twenty thousand
votes in Illinois to elect a congress.
man, but four or five thousand votes
are needed in Georgia.
The southern states are by legisla.
ton rendered imperative the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to
the constitution. The north has per-
mitted this condition to exist for
years with out protest. 1t is time to
wake up. Before the war it was COM
mon in the South to call the north.
erners dough-faces. Why? Because
we permitted the South, without eff.
fectiye protest, to have its own way
in all matters regarding negro sla Z,
cry. The war changed all that and the
northern dough-face became a mill,
tary conQueror But after fifty years
of weak effort to protect the colored
man in his constitutional rights we
have signally failed. Do we not still
have many of the traits Of the ante
bellum dough-faCe?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
LuxEMBuRo.

The Grand Duehy of Luxembourg
which was the fist territory seized by
Germany in the present war, and be.
fore the latter had proclaimed hos
tilities, mas long been the football OF
the greater powers. 1t was an old
German county, afterwards a duchy,
which came into the possession of the
Counts of Limburg about the twelfth
century. They assumed the title OF
Counts OF Luxembourg. AT different
times 1t has been under the jurisdic-
ton OF Austria, the German confeder-
alton, France, and at last was given
to Holland in compensation for Mas.
sau (now Wiesbaden) absorbed by
Prussia.
In 1880, when Belgium, OF the Meth
erlands, formed itself into an indie
pendent kingdom, Luxembourg was d.
yided between II and Holland. Later,
the boundaries were readjusted by q
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

fire escapes. A pushcart wends its
way silently through this city of the
dreadful night-silently that the sleep
ers may not be disturbed, but with
an eye for business. For it seems
one will spend a few pennies for
queer foreign sausage, or for sticky
fruits, or defy germs in a sweetish,
sickly-looking lemonade. A few of
the men will sit on the Curbstone
near the corner family saloon and
quaff huge goblets of beer. All is
very quiet, considering that there are
hundreds on the streets. In the shad
ow of a stoOp mere girl and a boy
will be wOoing, in full sight of all
ineighbors. They marry young on the
east side There is scant chance for
quiet tete-a-tetes.
1T is midnight, but the groups on
the streets are unchanged. An ocCa-
sional wagon rattles along, the driver
cautiously vending his way. The tir
ed women grouped over their babies,
muttering terms of endearment in
babel of foreign tongues, no not look
up The little grocery store closes
up-that is its lights go out, but the
proprietor, his breast barred lies in
the doorway seeking sleep.
Some wakefu children roll a milk
can along the street It's changing
echoes rouse a hundred sleepers and
there is a momentarv outburst of for
- oaths and a whimpering of the
children over their punishment. Then
IN -, 70
sinking breath of the steamy streets,
Uttered with paper and rubbish of
every description.
The night goes YEARLY on. The
Slaepers occasionally awaken, talk
YEARLY, stretch their cramped limbs,
and seek repose again. In one door
way five children lay all but naked.
and Curled together in mass of legs
and arms-the street lamp shedding
radiance into their eyes. But they
sleep just the same. The saloons
close. Nearly all lights are out-not
only because lamps and gas are hot,
money.
"A sightseeing automobile rounds
the corner, the gears grinding; men
and women OF another world, chatter
and point out the 'sights'-the defect
ed women, twisted in attitudes of ex-
haustion, and the babies and the Stat.
ternly men. For the most part they
laugh and joke about the babies
nakedness and the women complain
about the smells. The east side toll,
crates them. There is no place else
to go but the streets and 'rubberneck'
wagons are part of the night. They
return the curious stares with curious
ones, If they are awake. If not, they
sleep on.
"One o'clock comes-two o'clock,
and on. Then dawn penetrates the
dingy streets, shed gastly light over
the drawn faces of the sleepers. They
awaken. Another day has come. And
another night will come later"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
FOR COUNTY SHERIFF.

John II. Shoemake was born in Os-
kaloosa, and his life has been spent
here. His father, NJ l.. ShOemake,
came to Oskaloosa in 1855 and en-
gagged in general store business, and
is now almost the only living pioneer
business man. John H, was educated
in the city schools and OskaloOsa col
lege. After his education was COM
pleted he accepted a position with the
Call & Bristow Book Co, now the
Christian Publishing Co., st. Louis;
was also engaged with the Herald I'M
der A. w. Swain. He was one of the
first city carriers after that system
was established in Oskaloosa, and
packed" the mail-sack thirteen years.
Was on the road as salesman for the
Funk Bros. Mfg. Co, of Chicago. In
1909 he established the business at
1872 First avenue West, wall paper,
paints, varnishes and decorators sup
plies, doing extensive contract work
along that line and employing many
men skilled in that class of work
President of Oskaloosa Independent
School District for two years and re-
elected second time as director. Di-
rected the construction of two new
school buildings, established new sani-
tary conditions in the old ones, and
has advanced the schools in educa-
tional efficiency. He is now a candl-
date for the Office of sheriff and asks
the support of all the voters who de
sire to have our criminal laws prop.
erly executed and this office admins
tered with both economy and dispatch
wedsat fri-sat d.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
". l.. Smith, Plaintiff,
Anna Smith Defendant


Anna Smith, Defendant
In the District Court of the State OF
Iowa, in and for Mahaska County, DC.
tober Term, 1914.
To Anna Smith Defendant.
You are hereby notified, that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Mahas-
ka County, Iowa, petition of w. l..
Smith. claiming Of you a divorce, on
the grounds of adultery, and habitual
drunkenness.
For further particulars see petition
on file.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
OF the October term, A. D. 1914, Of
said Court which will commence on
the 9Th day of October 1914, default
Will be entered against you and mdg.
ment and decree rendered thereon as
prayed for in plaintiffs petition.
Edward A. Schmidt,
3-"4. Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Poor Kirkpatrick" muses. the
Grinnell Register: There were plen.
ty OF reasons why he should not have
been sent back to congress but there
is something of the pathetic in it al
ter all. He carried the district for the
Democrats when 1t was considered
an impossible feat, When the tide
turned his party turned its back up
on him and looked around for a
younger man. Well, Republics always
have been ungrateful"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
NATIONAL AND STATE DEBTS.

Report on national and state indebt-
edness and funds and ivestments from
1880 to 1913 has just been issued by
Director William J. Harris, of the
Bureau OF the Census, department OF
commerce. The bulletin gives infor-
nation for the United States as a
whole and for each state separately,
and it is now ready for distribution.
According to this bulletin, the total
debt of the 4S state governments on
Juns 80, 1918, amounted to $422,796,'
525 OF this total, $403,966,569 rep
resented funded debt, and $19,429,9 56
represented floating debt. OF the
funded debt, $364,836,427 are repre-
scented in bonds and $38,530,142 are
special debt obligations to public
trust funds. ..a
AS an offsetting item against this
total debt, the As states reported $76,.
9S0,571 in sinking fund assets, leaving
their debt Cess sinking fund assets),
$345,942,305. The per capita debt for
the '48 states amounted to 1857 on
June 80, 1913. aA1 4
In contrast with the debt of the AZ
state governments, the national gov
GTUmeuL udu "a IOtdi uCDI Ou JulC oVJ
1913, of $2,916,204,91 OF this total,
the funded debt amounted to $2,540,-
523,329 while the floating debt
amounted to $375,6S1 ,585. OF the
funded debt, the bonded indebtedness
amounted to $685., 366,160, while the
special debt obligations amounted to
81 ,573, 1919. The sinking fund as
sets, or cash in the United States
treasury available for the payment of
debt, consisting OF accumulated trust
funds, gold and silver and general
treasury cash, not only were sufficient
to eliminate entirely the special debt
obligations, but also TO reduce the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
ENOUGH FOR NE.
Ito my friend. Will Beckman)

ITO my friend, Will Beckman)
Oh, would ] were a farmer,
And with the farmers stand
Upon a fertile section
OF rolling prairie land.
/ love the cows and chickens
That gambol DER the lea.
But just one morn
or blowing corn
Would be enough for me.
Oh, would were a farmer
To sit among the trees,
To play my battered fiddle,
And sniff the cooling breeze.
love the robin red.breast,
And love the chickadee,
But just one row
OF spuds to hoe,
Would be enough for me.
Oh, would / were a farmer,
And in my auto ride,
Ger verdent hill and valley,
And winning country side.
/ love the fields of clover,
And every flower and tree.
But just one day
or pitching hay
Would be enough for me.
Oh, would / were farmer,
And with the farmers eat
Fresh scrambled eggs for breakfast,
And country cured meat.
love the corn and Eaters"
And every bean and pea,
But just one fly
In the apple pie
Would be enough for me.
:.
On, would / were a farmer,
And hear some duffer say,
Three hundred bones per acre,
| offer You today"
Oh, would | weep at parting?
Not so. for Holy Gee!
The golden kale
From such a sale,
Would be enough for me.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
IIIIIIIIIIIEIIIIIIIIIIII llllllllllllIIIlIIIIIIII
The Public Sales
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Newt Moore

will sell at public sale at ais place
in Rose Hill, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug.
Is, at l o'clock p. M. three draft
stations, PerpleXe, Medine and John
Addison; one good spring horse colt;
two COWS giving milk; l COW to be
fresh about sale date; 2 twoyear.Old
heifers; 3 yearling heifers; l spring
heller calf. All are extra good Jer.
seys; IL nogs, all good spring shOats.
Easy terms. Covey & Hutch. auction.
GERS; John Busby, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

The Eddyyille Tribune says, This
community was again called out Sun
day afternoon to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Smith, Would sound like
people at Eddyville die oftener than
ona time
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
Retlres After SERVING Al Years.

After fortyone years of continuous
service in the ministry, Rev. Thos
Fleming, Of Marshalltown, will retire
late. in September to become a de
partment manager of the new Ameri
can Mortgage and Securities com.
pany of Manchester. la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
ZINC quantity Of coke made b

The quantity OF coke made In
New Mexico in 1913 was 7.s45 short
tons. valued at s1,54S.536. the maxi
mum record both In quantity. and val
ne. Compared with 1912, the output
in 1918 showed an increase OF 54,039
tons. or 10 per cent In quantity and
Of $ls1,690, or 14.4 per cent In value
!. All the coke made In New Mexico
Is from coal mined from the Ration
field In COlfax County.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Japan is to participate in the
San Francisco exposition mainly be.
cause il is good business 10 do so.
Japan has a lot OF stuff for sale that
exposition visitors are crazy about
buying. An exposition without plenty
OF Japanese knicknacks would be a
failure from any standpoint--most OF
all from that Of the dealer In knick.
nacks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Why does a boy leave school
without completing his high school
education? This is the question
which Professor Robert E. Rienow, OF
the University of Iowa, will attempt
to solve this summer in an exhaust
i've investigation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
AN attempt is to made 10 secur

An attempt is to made to secure
a concrete paving over the sand on
the river to river road at Moscow. II
viii require a half mile of concrete.
If the River to River boosters would
visit Eddyville and see a similar
stretch that has been doing business
for two years they would be more
enthusiastic than ever.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06
WHY NOT BUY AT HoMEY

EDITOR Etter. OF the Sigourney Re
view, taus talks heart to heart like
TO the business men OF Sigourney,
and bis remarks are equally apple
able 10 the situation In Oskaloosa:
You know that you may talk tin
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Profit is the difference between
gross cost and net sales-all other
IDEAS or pront are hqtItious, vain,
false. mendacious, romantic, counter
felt, spurious.-The American Print.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

If new drivers could get away
from the habit of looking around to
see If everybody is noticing them,
they would be able TO handle their
cars better.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

-Eddyville must come back and
secure a waterworks system. She is
too good town TO stand still or go
backwards
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

One serious objection to the
short ballot is that there would be
less money in 1t for the printer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

May be some OF the commissions
or experts at Ames could tell US why
more men do not go TO church.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Lent would cease to be a hard.
ship If 1t moved along into this time
Of the year. II is too hot to eat or to
be wicked
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-08-06

Under the head of News of the
County," the Oskaloosa Times runs
correspondence from Polk County
and Lockman. Mahaska is surely
growing.