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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21


The Bulgarians have been repulsed
along the whole line. The Serbians
are now considered secure and the
allies are advancing against the Bull
garians. The allied troops are being
rushed to the front hastily"
London, Oct. 1s.-The Bulgarians
have been repulsed along their whole
line, the Serbians are now considered
secure and the allies are advancing
against King Ferdinand's forces, &C,
cording to a late dispatch from Ath.
ems. More allied troops are being
rushed to the front with all possible
speed.
This news, following confirmation
of the capture OF the Bulgarian
stronghold of Strumnitza, thirty miles
north of Saloniki, has relieved the
tension here concerning the Balkan
situation, which had grown more Sc
rious with the news that Roumania
had refused passage through her ter
Tiiory for Russian troops sent to the
aid Of the hard-pressed Serbians.
Allies Seize Railroad.
Prominent among the days deveL
opments vas the announcement that
the entente allies have effected a
landing at Enos on the aegean sea in
European Turkey, close to the Bull
gaTian border, and have seized the
railroad at that point. This railroad
would be needed for operation in Tur-
key or Bulgaria, and its capture is
considered OF great Importance. II is
considered likely that a heavy allied
drive into Bulgaria from this point
will be made.
The Bulgarians are attacking the
positions at Detsiani, Cleden3ts, Their
nembio, Gleva' and Covatz, all be-
tween Prot and Negotin. The attacks
in several places have been repulsed
and in other places the Bulgarians
have entered Serbia.
The main objective of the Austro
German drive is Kragujevatz, where
the army headquarters, munitIon
plants and arsenal are situated. This
natural stronghold is now heavily de-
Tended by four lines Of Notifications.
At this point the Serbians are at least
capable of ferocious resistance,
Aim at Railroad.
The objective OF the Bulgars is the
railroad connecting Saloniki, Uskub
and Nish, and the Serbians are con-
centrating every available man to aid
in the defense Of this road. The en-
tente troops here are being rushed
forward for the same purpose. The
Serbs have abandoned Dorian and the
Germans have occupied Zeienik.
1t is reported that Russian, British
and French warships have shelled
Yarna and Dedeagatch. The entire
Bulgarian coast fronting on both the
Black sea and the Aegean is block
AIDED. ..t. -F. -s.
Says Serbs Are In Retreat.
The German official report says:
In the Macva district the enemy is
beginning TO retreat. We are ad.
yaneing on the plateau south Of Bel
grade, against Cyetkograb and the
village Of Vrein.
Southeast Of Passarowitz we cap
tured Mialjenovac and Bozevac.
Bulgarian troops have occupied
the heights Of Muslinpercin and Ba-
binzub and are pushing forward via
Egri Palanka."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
Rich Peat Beds Near Moscow.

A century's supply Of peat near Mos
COW has been acquired by Russian
company. which Will erect plant
and convert it into electricity and
heat the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
! At Abba Next wsek.

Albia's Home Coming week and fall
festival comes next week. Are you go
ing over?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
Cash Grain Market.

Chicago. Oct 2O.-Export sales of
cash grain at the seaboard Tuesday
were 100000 blu. wheat, mainly Mani.
TOBIAS; 100000 blu. oats and 10000 bu.
rye. Chicago handlers sold 10000
Blu, wheat, 10000 blu. corn and 400,-
600 Blu. oats, the latter including $780,
600 blu. to seaboard.
Hard winter wheat at Chicago was
weak Tuesday, No 3 selling at &c
under TO 1sc over December. No.
3 red sold at 7dSc over December,
being in demand from mills. No. 1
northern SQ4c over and No. l velvet
chaff 2@3c over December.
Demand for cash corn was rather
slow, and sample prices here un.
changed to lie lower. st. Louis un.
changed to lie higher, Kansas City
and Milwaukee unchanged, Omaha lc
higher, Peoria hGhc lower.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
To.daY's Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Oct.
2O.-The hog market was all shot
to pieces" today. Fresh arrivals
were bulletined at $1,000 and hold
overs from yesterday at 5000, max
ing one of the largest supplies here
for a single day for weeks, and
large proportion were of the grassy
sort. The big packers were extreme,
ly bearish and it was late in the day
before any trading was done. A few
of the earlier sales were only about
! 20 cents below yesterday but it was
not long till the market settled down
to a big 80 to 40 cents lower, and at
this decline it was hard work for
sellers to move the offerings. 1t
was a slow and dull market all day,
the closing session being the weak
est time and around 10000 hogs 60
ing over. With an estimate of 25,-
900 for tomorrow the prospects for
betterment are very poor.
The bulk today sold at $785@8.25,
against $81O@8.65 yesterday; $3.50
8.75 last Wednesday; $6.80@7.S0 four
wro'rI ago; $C.95@74O corresponding
Wednesday in 1914; $769@7.95 in
1913; $8.35086O in 1912; $6.1O06.3J
in i9,1; and $S.OO@8.65 in 1910.
The .o2 paid today was $Sy45; yes
tcrduy $3.50; last Wednesday $3.50;
four weeks ago 1926; one year ago
$7.ty; two Years ago 1925; three
years ago $50; four years ago $640;
and five years ago $9.0J.
The cattle trade opened from
steady to 10 cents lower than yester.
day. There was fairly good demand
for native offerings and the choicer
| of these changed hands freely at yes
terday's quotations. There was
really no very choice lots offered, the
receipts being mostly confined to
rangers. The late market improved
somewhat and most of the early de-
cline was regained. There was fair
demand for she stock and calf mar
ket had a steady tone.
Sheep and lamb demand was fairly
good. EARLY trading was on
steady basis and later steady to 10
cents lower than yesterday. Pack.
ers were the big purchasers.
The estimated receipts for tomor.
row are $4,000 hogs, 5000 cattle and
10000 sheep.
Receipts today were 10000 cattle,
$1,000 hogs and 5000 sheep, against
1S,491 cattle, 3O,254 hogs and 1856
sheep corresponding Wednesday a
year ago.
Average price OF hogs at Chicago
Tuesday was 1886, against 1856 on
Monday, 1886 a week ago, 1928
year ago, $3.50 two years ago and
$3.50 three years ago.
Yesterdays, average price of hogs
dropped zoe, being practically the
first decline this month,
Fancy 1,400qb. Montana grassers
yesterday reached SO and best. corn
fed natives offered made $40.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
Good pay FOR Work.

With a few moro days like yester-
day, progress on the paving work
might be noted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
ALLIES CAPTURE
/ BULGARIAN CITY.
Strumnitza Taken by Forces Aid.
/ ing Serbia.
TROOPS LANDED At ENoS
Berlin Announces That Serbians Are
In Retreat at Several Places
British Warships Blockade
Bulgarian Ports.

London, Oct. ia late edition OF
the Evening News publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Athens:
The Bulgarians have been repulsed
along the whole line. The Serbians
are now considered secure and the
allies are advancing against the Bull
garians. The allied troops are being
rushed to the front hastily"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
italian Squadron Sails.

Paris, Oct. 20.-An Italian squadron
is enroute for the near East under
sealed orders, according to Brindisi
dispatch received here. 1t is supposed
this squadron is to participate in the
blockade OF the Bulgarian coast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

prepared by tie United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The more alfalfa fields there are. the
greater will be the plague of grasshop-
pers unless measures are adopted to
control the pest. The grasshopper, of
course, was known in America long
before alfalfa, but as the country be-
comes more settled and the waste
lands and ulcultivated fields in which
the insect breeds grow fewer, the pest
crowds in greater and greater num-
bers into the places that are left it.
Since an alfalfa field affords almost
ideal conditions for breeding, to plant
alfalfa is to invite all the grasshoppers
in the vicinity to come and be merry
at your expense.
In order to breed freely, grasshop-
pers require two conditions; first, az
undisturbed soil to hatch their eggs,
and second, a food supply for their
young. The margins of roads and
fences, ditch banks, In fact any waste
land, will do to hatch the eggs, but
with alfalfa or grain at hand for the
eating, the young will not stay long in
their birthplace. Grasshoppers, it is
true, have many natural enemies which
their prey and thus ultimately afford
the farmer some relief. BY that time,
however, the alfalfa crop is likely to
have suffered irreparable damage.
Perhaps the simplest way of fighting
the pest, when this is practical, is to
destroy the eggs. These are deposited
in masses in the late summer and fall,
inclosed In kidney-shaped pods, In soil
which the grasshopper prefers mod
erately compact and rather damp, but
not actually wet. The young hatch in
spring, reach maturity in the summer
and die when they in their turn have
deposited their eggs. There is only
one generation each year. Throughout
the late fall and winter, therefore, the
farmer has an opportunity to rid him.
self of the pest by destroying the
eggs. Flowing, narrowing, disking or
cultivating to a depth of two inches
will do this.
Where the nature of the ground or
other circumstances make this i'm
practicable, specialists in the depart
ment of agriculture recommend the
use of poison bait. Resort must be
had to the bait early, however, and all
waste and uncultivated land gone
over thoroughly before the young in
sects have developed sufficiently to
move about freely and feast on the
growing crops. For, as has already
been said, though the grasshoppers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

may breed in places where they can do
no harm, they will not spend their
lives there.
A cheap and effective bait is made
by mixing % pounds Of wheat bran,
one pound of paris green, two quarts
of cheap molasses or strip, and three
oranges or lemons. The bran and
paris green are first mixed together in
an ordinary washtub or any other con-
venient receptacle. The molasses or
strip Is placed in a separate vessel
and the juice of the fruit squeezed into
1t, then the skin and pulp are chopped
up finely and added 70 the molasses
mixture, which is further diluted by
the addition of two gallons of water
This is then mixed with the bran and
paris green and enough water added
to make the whole stiff dough. This
amount of poison is sufficient to treat
from five to ten acres. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that the fruit is
the most important ingredient
In applying the poison 1t should be
sown broadcast in strips one rod apart
before sunrise In the morning. Broad
casting does away with the risk Of poi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
THOUSANDS WILL
CULTIVATE BEET
SUGAR MEN SEE GREAT ACTIVITY
IN THE COMING
SEASON.
PRICES RAISED BY THE WAR
Agents of Companies Are Now Getting
Contracts From Owners of Land
Who Will Devote 1t to
Beet Raising.

Madison.-Six thousand Wisconsin
farmers will plant sugar beets this
season as result of the increase in
the price of sugar brought about by
the war. Officials interested in the
Menomonee Falls. Chippewa Falls and
Madison sugar plants have announced
that these factories will ruiz. Whether
the factory at GAINESVILLE, the fourth
Wisconsin plant, will be started, has
not been announced.
The planting of sugar beets begins
about May /. Agents of the COM
panies are now getting contracts from
the owners of land who will devote it
to beet raising. The average Wiscon-
sin farmer plants about three acres of
beets, and each factory can handle the
crop from about 5000 acres. That
means that 1000 farmers must be
signed in territory tributary to each
factory. The average yield is eleven
tons per acre and the average price is
$3.50 ton, delivered at the shipping
point.
The sugar factories will open about
Oct. l and will remain In operation
for ninety days Each Wisconsin plant
represents in outlay about $4,000
for building and equipment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
FARMERS INCREASE IN STATE
Settled in North in Last
Five Years.

Madison. Statistics show that the
immigration of farmers in Wisconsin
is increasing enormously, while emf
grafton is decreasing proportionately.
This is particularly true of the upper
part of the state.
The principal reason assigned for
this, by agricultural experts. Is Wis
consin's superiority over ether farm
states II the average production of
crops to the acre. 1t is estimated that
1000 farmers from other states have
settled in northern Wisconsin in the
last five years. The reason is seen In
the governments figures covering the
common crops of corn, oats, wheat,
rye. barley, potatoes and hay. Hay is
expressed in hundredweight instead of
tons to equaliZe values in comparison
with the other products, which are CIV
en- in bushels. The average production
per acre of the crop is shown as fol-
lows:
Upper Wisconsin, 1868 bushels;
Minnesota, 1872; Iowa, 24S.2; Ohio,
2472; North Dakota, 241.S; Nebraska,
22S.4; South Dakota, 2266; Indiana,
220.2; Kansas. 2O92; Illinois, 1898;
Texas, 1898; Oklahoma, 1926; Mis-
souri,, 1875.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
Wartime Wireless.

In the early days Of the war mer-
chant vessels of the belligerent nations
had to cork up their wireless lat least
for sending word as to their wherea-
abouts) for fear the enemy's war yes
sells would pick up the messages. Al
though this danger is now very largely
obviated, the following plan, suggested
by British writer, for rendering these
whereabouts" messages safe 70 send
even in an enemy's sea, is perhaps
worth recording. The signaled lati-
tudes and longitudes are to be falsified
on each day according to prearranged
plan. For example. on February 16
the captain of the vessel, after making
his observations, consults his code Of
falsifications. He finds that on this
date he is to add IA degrees to the
latitude and subtract 81 degrees from
the longitude. When these figures are
received at the home office, they are
corrected by means of the same code
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

about two inches high. 1t Is filed with
water covered with kerosene and
drawn over the field on runners that
can be made of old wagon tires. The
grasshoppers disturbed by its approach
will either jump directly into the kero-
sene and water or against the back
of the hopperdozer, which throws them
into the poisonous mixture.
Where the conditions are such that
the fields can he quickly inundated
and the water promptly run off-as is
frequently done In rice fields-it is
possible to drc wn all the young grass
hoppers II tho right moment is select
ed. AS soon as the young begin to run
about flooding does but little good. as
they easily climb to the upper part of
vegetation beyond the reach of the
water. On the whole. the use Of some
such poisoned bait as that already de-
scribed, will probably be found the
most satisfactory way to control the
pest. Fuller information In regard to
the matter Is contained in the recent
publication of the United States de-
partment of agriculture's farmers
bulletin No. 637. 1.-THE Grasshopper
Problem and Alfalfa Culture"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
ARE MEN PAST FORTY wooERs7

Flame at the core of the world.
And flame Is the fire Of the ancient
spheres
The other is June's to be;
And, OH there's flame that is both
their flames
1t has often been said that If man
does not marry in his early twenties
he is not apt TO wed until late in life,
II he does at all There's more than a
grain of truth in such prophecy. 1t
is very unusual for family to urge
a petted son to wed early, no matter
how sweet the girls are with whom he
is thrown in contact. 'You win have
plenty of time, later on, to choose" is
the parental advice.
If he declares he is already in love,
his diplomatic father sends him on
business trip which most any of the
clerks in his employ could have at
tended to better than he. BY adro1t
ruses, the young man is kept out OF
harms way until the fervor of his
passion has wanad In seeing newer
and prettier faces he forgets the girl
he left behind him. II his heart is OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
AWARDED $4,000 DAMAGES
7 Year Old Minnie Extra Wins Against
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
Company.

Kenosha.-The biggest verdict in
a personal injury suit ever filed in
Kenosha county, was returned in the
suit of Minnie Extra VS.. the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric railway COM
pany. The child is Z years of age
and lost a foot as a result of being
run down by car on the lines of the
defendant company.
The jury valued her foot at $14,-
900 and the verdict declared that the
cause of her injury had been negli-
gence on the part of the motorman
in charge of the car. The guardian
of the child in his suit had asked for
$4,000.
The verdict was compromise. At
torneys for the company moved to
have the verdict set aside as excess
sive and declared their intention to
take an appeal to the Supreme court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

One hour with thee! when sun Is set,
Oh, what can teach me to forget
The thankless labors of the day:
The hopes, the wishes-fiung away.
There are some girls whom it Is
difficult to bring to a realization of
the fact that 1t is best for man to
make the first move on loves checker
board. Modest maidens have been,
and always will be, timid, clinging to
that old-fashioned, but always sweetly
romantic belief, that the right heart
mate is sure to single them out soon
or late from the rest of tbs world of
women, and straightwey begin seige'
upon their heart
This girlish day dream is valuable
armor for unawakened hearts, keep
ing them innocent and pure.
There is another class of young
women who rebel against the old the
cries and defy custom by refusing to
await mans leisure in beginning the
love quest, and lose no opportunities
in casting about for a suitable mate
Ii new acquaintance drops a chance
word that she has a manageable sim
gle brother, the love chaser does not
stand upon ceremony in her endeavor
to make bosom friend of the sister
without delay. If someone casually
mentions that this doctor or that law
yer is heart whole and fancy free, she
adroidtly inveigles her equity old ia
Their to change his doctor for at least
one or two trials.
The unsuspecting head of the house
never imagines for a moment that
there is motive back when his daugh-
ter insists that he must settle some
trifing matter by consulting the
aforementioned young lawyer to con-
firm or dispute the Judgment of the
parental opinion. Fathers suspicion
is not aroused even when his pretty
daughter insists on accompanying him,
donning her Sunday-go-to-meetin
clothes for the visit.
The love chaser inveigles all her
acquaintance into introducing her to g.
nice beau, makes the life of the men
folks of her family miserable by eager
ly cycling the good-looking men whom
they salute in passing, and nagging for
an introduction.
Such girls rarely make good. Men
do not like to behold the evidence of
admiration in a girls gaze the first
time they meet her. They do not rel
ish being pressed for promise to call
soon upon her in the first sentence or
so that falls from her lips after they
have been introduced. Every man
knows full well when he is being
angled for, and with the perverseness
of mankind, will evade the baited trap
at any cost. He concludes. seeing her
SO anxious to make an impression on
him, that she is unable to awaken any
other mans heart whom she may have
met.
1t brings warm glow to the heart
of even the most worldly of men to be
able to bring blush of sweet girlish
confusion because of his presence to
the face of sweet, bashful maiden.
A man does not want woman to
teach him loves subtle art; he feels
confident that he knows quite as much
about the game as she does, probably
much more, in fact.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
DIES OF BULLET WOUNDS
Marion Veterinarian Held Following
His Alleged Shooting of Un-
welcome Visitor.

Wausau.-Gustave Ki4aiel, 4S, Mar
ion, died at st. Mary's hospital here
as the result of wound from bullet
which penetrated his groin. Dr. G. W.
Krubsack, veterinarian CT Marion, who
is under arrest, is alleged to have fired
twice at Kinkel as the latter was leav-
ing the back door of the Krubsack
home. Kinkel had been warned by
Krubsack to keep away from his home,
according to Krubsack. On returning
home from call the veterinarian
found the man leaving the back door
of the Krubsack home, and he is al
legged to have fired two shots from a
revolver. After being brought 10 the
Wausau hospital, Kinkel is said to
have admitted that he was to blame
Kinkel was born in Germany, lived at
Marion for several years, and leaves
wife and three children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

truer mettle, and he writes to his sister
that he cannot forget the maiden of
his dreams, unless the attachment is
greatly to be desired, if he must wed
young, the sisters take pains to intro
duce the girl to other young men quite
as eligible, in the hope that she may
take a fancy to one of them and be
safely welded re her brother returns.
No thought OF cruel injustice in this
matter enters their minds. But, all the
same, her brothers love dream is shat
tered. He thinks all women untrue be
cause of the faithlessness of one. He
takes grim pleasure in attracting
women, fattering them, and riding
away. In the strength and vigor of his
manhood. women are susceptible to his
fascination and are not averse to being
wooed by him.
When a man has reached forty years
of age, he has his ideals. Unless a
woman is able to touch the tiny silver
cord to which his heart responds. as
if by magic. he fingers by her side
but short time; laughs with her and
turns away. He is no longer on q, love
quest. He simply wants to be amused
by fair women to pass the time away.
He thinks he Is proof against
Cupid's arrows There he makes a
grave mistake. At forty, a mans hea IT
is equally as susceptible as it was at
twenty. He is simply waiting for the
right woman to appear. He will WOO
her with an ardor which surprises
even himself
He realizes the time that he lost in
single blessedness he can never re-
gain. He is not willing to wait a
twelve-month, but presses his suit
with eagerness and haste He realizes,
though host Of relatives say him
nay that he needs his own home and
a wife in it now, If ever Even the
opinion of his closest friend will have
no power to turn him from his pur-
pos. He is aware that the most pre-
cious possession that comes to a man
in this world is a woman's heart. The
man who has steered clear of mar
riagable women all of his life is very
prone to engage in the love game and
to make better and more considerate
husband at forty than at twenty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
BE REGULAR WITH INCUBATOR
Machine Can Be Made to Pay by Care
full Attention to Lamp, Airing and
Turning Eggs.

There must be method and regu.
larity in running an incubator. II you
insist upon regularity in the time of
filing the lamp, airing and turning the
eggs, and insist upon your mind tell
ing you Just when the right time ar.
rives for looking after these small de-
tails, there is not the least bit OF
doubt but that you will succeed In
making that incubator pay you for the
time spent with II.