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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
ONE osKALoosA BOY

Among those who have gone out
from OskalOosa in years past and have
built up a name for themselves in the
industrial world is Frank NJ. Davis
who, as far back as 1892 was the
foreman for Warren c. Johnson in
Novelty Iron Works then located or
South Third street. Shortly after.
ward he left here and for a time was
connected with the E. P AIlis En-
CINE Works of Milwaukee, Wiscon,
sin, and after being here for several
years, he started a machine shop for
himself and has prOspered SO much
that he has been practically driven
out of the former shop and is now
erecting Of structural steel a large
and modern engine works in an en-
tirely new location, where he has
plenty of room to expand.
After all of these years he is now
the Presiden and General Manager
of the Davis Manufacturing Co., OF
Milwaukee, and owned half interest
in the enterprise and the indications
are that in time he will practically
own the whole thing. He has now in
his shops over 800 employees and
while considerable of his work is the
making Of automobile engines and
traction engines for farm use, he
has large machine business OF the
made to order" class
Mr.. Davis Is an expert mechanical
engineer and designs and makes con.
siderable machinery Tor special pur
poses. At present his shops are run
ming % hours out OF the "a each day
in order TO keep up with the orders
received. He has an office force OF
eight or ten clerks and stenographers
to handle the business .eatures and a
full corps Of mechanical craftsmen
who get out original tracings and blue
prints for the making of patterns and
special needed parts for machine
work.
His work is not confined to the
United States, but ships goods as far
as India and is now making a large
special engine for the use of the
Allies in Europe.
Oskaloosa is further recognized by
the fact that George a. Greasby, Jos
eph Risney and Irving w. Davis, his
brother are among his employees and
all bear the stamp of prosperity. AS
the years have past, and with all OF
his good luck. Frank has never for
gotten Oskaloosa and he and his good
wife who was an Oskaloosa girl, look
back with qualification to the years
of preparation that were spent here
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
MANIFOLD GAME LAWS.

More than 240 new game laws were
enacted during 191o-a larger num-
Der than in any previous year except
1911, aCmOrding to Farmers Bulle-
tin 692, Game Laws for 1915" For
ty-three states held regular legisIat
i've sessions, and in all of these
states except Arizona, Georgia and
Nebraska some changes were made
in the statutes protecting game. The
largest number of new game laws
passed in any one state was 81, in
North Carolina; but in California,
Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Or
egOn, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
the number reached 10 or more.
Several measures were vetoed, in
Guiding a general game bill in Ida
no, the first bill appropriating the
hunting license fund in Pennsylvania,
bill protecting bears in California,
and three sections of the game bill in
Washington. A number of bills
were introduced for the purpose of
harmOnizing the state laws on mi
gratOry birds with the Federal regu--
latiOns. In at least nine states
changes were made which brought
the seasons into substantial agree
ment, viz, California, Connecticut,
Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire,
Tennessee and West Virginia. In
Illinois the seasons for all migratory
birds except coot and waterfowl, and
in Washington for the smaller shore
birds, were made to conform with
the regulations under the Federal
law. Uniformity was also secured
by provisions in the laws OF Con-
necticut, Maine, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Washington, and Wiscon-
sin, prohibiting hunting between sun
set and sunrise. On the other hand
Delaware adopted a resolution OPP
posing the migratory-bird law, anu
Ohio and Rhode Island, which had
harmonized their seasons in 1914.
changed the seasons on waterfowl
this year.
Notwithstanding the agitation in
favor OF protecting quail for several
years in some sections, no bills OF
this kind were passed this year, and
80 states still provide quail shooting
The seasons were shortened six
weeks in Oklahoma and two weeks
in Nevada. Limits were established
for the first time in Arkansas and
New Hampshire( reduced in Iowa
from Is to Is per day, in Oklahoma
from 20 to 10, in Minnesota from Is
to 10, and increased in Nevada from
Is to 20. All but II of the states
which permit quail hunting now have
limit of 20 birds or less per day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

rate Of the discount to the English
equivalent. If the credit that is now
being negotiated fulfiHs It's mission
the discount will disappear and the in
pntiye to sell will be COTrespOndngly
-urtailed. Meanwhile money at home
not being required in anything like
its normal volume for home require
ments is naturally accumulatng in
the banks and a period Of continued
ease is definitely in sight despite the
large credit to which reference al
ready has been made
With a war which already has been
in progress more than a year, costing
Great Britain on an average OF ST.,
10000 a day and the other warning
countries prCportiOnate amounts, it is
obvious that capital is being wasted
at a rate that even after he war has
ended will require many years to
gradually res,ORa. The credits already
voted for war purposes by the British
House of Commons amount for in.
stance to the almost incOmpreh4nsible
sum OF $4,000 OO,000 and the end Of
the war unfortunately is still appar-
entity well into the future These fig.
ureS contain the Gear lesson that for
years to come there necessarily must
be scarcity of capital for thu former
European creditor nations to invest in
the development of the resources of
weaker countries such for instance
as the South American republics and
even the broad areas OF China and
Russia and Africa. America will be
called upon to assume the task for
which our wealth and energy and
genius peculiarly fit u.s. No other
source is available Having reached
maturity in our own financial stature,
we must at once undertake our obi.
cations to weaker nations. In this
respect banking and manufacturing
and transportation go hand in hand
Where our bankers supply the funds
for building railroads our locomotive
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

tie horses and, prehistoric types Of
conyeyanC2s are kept for the occasion
al trader, the occasional letter and the
rare visitor. The villages are small
and poor and fOrgetful Of the modern
world and all that it contains. Be
tween them are leagues of solitude.
The northern Dvna and the Pc
chOra are the two great rivers of the
country, and before the railroad pene
trated to Archangel, they formed the
commercial outlet of the land to the
Arctic Sea The famous and fabul.
Ously wealthy monastery of SOlOvet.
ski annually attracts $1,000 pilgrims
into the far north, to the wooded is
land fourteen hours sailing from Ar
changed in the Gulf of Omega on which
it is situated This monastery was
founded in 1929 1t was bombarded
by the English fleet during the Grim
can war. and the marks of hostile
shells are still proudly shown.
The northern peasants are very
Independent, quite the most independ-
ent of all the Russians. They have
the selfreliance and self-respenCt of
true pioneers, and, as free hunters in
the forests and prOspectOrs of the
tundra, they share many of the char
acteristiCs of the free, careless people
Of our own early west and OF the pres
ent Canadian Northwest. Lacking
even in the rudiments of education,
picturesque in their costumes, prim-
tive in their customs they are a
simple, straightforward, stalwart and
hospitable peoule.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE

A popular" vote has just been tax
en- in SOulh Carolina on a subject OF
large local interest, which is said to
have induced AN exciting campaign
Yet only about $4,000 votes were cast
though South Carolina has a pOpula
ton Of a million and half and 1856,
900 men Of voting age. Even eliminat
ing the cOloT4d votes, as South CadO
lima does in defiance Of The Federal
Constitution, there are more than l65,
600 white voters in the state. Yet less
than one-third of the electorate de.
cide5 questions for South Carolina,
Ultimately this little oligarChy might
decide questions for the Nation, be,
cause the small group who vote in
South Carolina might send two sena,
tors to Washington who would hold
the deciding votes on question OF
great Importance The two Senators
from South Carolina are chairmen OF
the important committees on naval at.
fairs and on immigration-so it is ev,
ident how far the minority vote OF
South Carolina new eXefts an intiu-
ence on national problems.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

from Ottumwa and Oskaloosa come
down this way just to witness the
claims of the oiled road enthusiasts.
and they are not disappointed, The
road is an ideal one. 1t is better than
pavement because it is smoother and
from the further fact that it is dust
less. No pavement ever made remain
ed free from dust for any great length
of time. And the oiled road has the
advantage of never being dusty. Furth
er that this the oiled road only costs
one half of the interest a year on paw
ed roads. In the Road Maker OF Sep
TENDER a picture is shown OF mile OF
conc etc road between Mason City
and Clear Lake-the first mile of such
road ever built in Iowa in the country
and the cost of the same was $40,
I646.72. The width of the road is not
stated, but We presume it to be at
least eighteen feet, yet we would
guess it at sixteen. The interest on
SIC, 646.72 at per cent would be
S523.33 a year. Less than half the in
'terest on a mile of paved road would
oil a mile of Iowa roads and make a
better road for all uprposes. The far
mers of Iowa are not ready yet to pay
$4,000 a mile for a road when one
made for $3.50 a mile will do as well.
Ask the farmers along the Cedar FIRE.
mont road
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
TAG PUBLIC SALE

you fellows who think II ioesn'l
pay TO advertise public sales ask New
Taylor says the Saturday Globe. ''Hs
had the biggest crowd that has been
at public sale In ears and his re
ceipts were much larger than he had
expected. He advertised 1t in the news
papers literally and paid for the adj
yertising many times over. Newt
made the usual provision for lunch
for sales of that size but he had Ia
rush an auto to Oskaloosa In hot
haste and practically duplicate the
order 10 feed the big and hungry
crowd II you don't happen 10 see
Newt. ask Ike Reed as he was the
auctloneer Don't lose money by keep
ing your public sale advertisement out
of the newspapsrs 4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
NORTHERN RUSSIA.

Unlike the other belligerents, yul
nerable in every part, Russia has IN
limited reaches of territory where nc
wounds of war could be inflicted
Where, If they came, their coming
would be to no purpose, as it could
work no damage. Such a security from
the Perils OF war is enjoyed by the
north of Russia, by the wild, thinly
peopIed governments of Archangel
and Olonets, which are described as
follows in the latest bulletin of the
National Geographic Society.
"Archangle is the only city in this
region whose name is known in the
outside world and the only place that
has been able to achieve an individual
distinction in the midst OF the vast.
ness, the desolation and the CONCEAL
ing. winters of Russia's north There
is much economic value in the north,
the forests are filled with valuable
fur.bearing animals, the lower forests
are rich in noble trees, the higher for.
ests ia pitch and tar, the tundras in
reindeer herds. and great sturgeon
are caught through the Ice Of the
rivers, which produce large quantities
of this delicate fish meat and cayier.
THE English established trading
factory near present Archangel, dur
ing the reign OF Ivan the Terrible and
since their coming the region has been
exploited by pioneers, by adventurous
traders, trappers, huntsmen and fish.
ermen, but the country has never
passed the pioneer stage. The roads.
for the most part, are barely marked
trails, narrow, unleyeled ribbons
through vast forests. indifferentIy.
orluroyed canseways through swamp
and march lapls, and uncertain tracks
through tlie northern tundra. Post
stations are SCATTERED oyer the gov
eFnnsenss, fAr apart where hardy HI
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
THAT 5ATTLE-scARRED
ROADSTER

How dear to my heart
Are the scenes I'm reviewing,
THE scenes and events of the summer
now past.
The trips have taken, ...
The things I've been doing
No wonder its joy was too perfect &c
last.
A roadster l bought .''-
AS the one means of curing.
The longing for speed which so tor
tured my soul;
But now tbs a wreck
From my demon Chaufeuring.
And rests in the shed where l once
kept my coal
It's motor is burned
And its pistons are leaky,
Its hood is all shattered and battered
and bent.
Its chassis is twisted,
Its springs are all sQueaky,
What's left of it's tires wouldn't sell
for a cent.
Now dark are the headlights
That once cleaned so fearless,
It's crank shaft is sprung 'and its
spark plugs are dead;
Its clutch will not clutch
And its gear-shift is gearless-
That hattle-scarred roadster that rests
in the shed.
How oft have l seized it
With gloves that were gTimey,
Kicked open the Cutout and threw in
the high.
When some foolish chap
Would attempt to go by me
| never would stop till the juice tank
was dry.
I've raced DER the mountain
The hill and the valley
Through highway and byway and
boulevard fine,
But now in the cOalshed-
Garage by the alley,
Reposes in silence that roadster of
mine.
With much apprehension
I'm dreading the winter,
I'm quite unprepared for its frigid re
turn.
or kindling l haven't
So much as a splinter
My coal-bins are empty and ashes
won't burn.
While Cob-webs and dust
Fill the barrels and boxes
Which once bulged with tubers and
JonOthans red.
Yet all ! can show
For a year of hard knocks is
That battle-scarred roadster that rests
in the she'd
That much battered roadster,
That rag tatttered roadster,
That mud-spattered roadster that
rests in the shed.
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
ZINC aroidance of tynhold inl

The avoidance of typhoid infec
ton rests primarily upon community
action. The proper protection of water
supplies, the eradication of filth and
all It's accomplishments, the attain
msnt OF q decent standard in the dis
posal OF excrementitious material, tho
regulation Of diaries and the safe
guarding OF milk are all problems
which only communities as a whole
can settle. Nevertheless, this does
not absoiYe the individual citizen
from responsibility. and he can dc
much for his own protection.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
DOES KINDNESS PRoLoNe WAR?

OOES FhSGSNS WAN
Miss Constance Drexel, a member
of the wealthy Philadelphia family OF
that name, is home from Europe
where she served as a Red Cross
nurse. Miss Drexel is of the decided
Iopinion that Red Cross nurses and
humane treatment of the wounded
have been a means of proionging the
war. She states that the quickest way
to end war is to increase the horrors
of war
Her views on the subject may be
summarized as follows:
War brides, about whom so much
has been written, are somewhat of a
fiction" she said. Few girls were
forced to unwelcome marriages. Mar
riagesa that had been contemplated
were merely rushed. The woman ma
ture wanted little touch of affection
before the sweetheart died on the
battlefield, that was all. That woman
will cease to hear children as a means
of hating war is equally fiction.
Miss Pankhurst was undoubtedly
right when she said polygamy will be
practiced after the war.
But polygamy of war brides, are
not the real tragedy. The tragedy is
in robbing the homes of husbands
fathers and sweethearts.
Il came back to America hoping to
aid in peace work, only to find that
this country has been seized with a
militaristic spirit, too. 1t was terrible
discouraging. Women here have much
work to do along peace lines and
should better organize to do it.
Il found in New York that many a
newspaper and magazine was advo
eating increased armament The Unit
ed States doesn't realize just how
Europe longs for peace. True, it does
not look like it on the surface, but
down in their hearts they long fol
any intimatiOn OF peace.
"Womens vote is going to mean a
great deal toward enlarging the peace
movement in this country. Men may
talk Of peace, but women will preach
It and demand H."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
WARD SCHOOL GAMES
Football Schedule Has Been Ar
ranged by Secretary Deiterich.

Secretary Dieterich of the Y. NJ. c.
A. has arranged a schedule for the
ward school football games which
will be played this fall, beginning on
October /. The game sare to be
participated in by only ward school
students and will be played on the
dtferent warn grounds under the aus
pices and management of the Y. NJ.
Z. A. Considerable rivalry exists in
the wards. The students of the diff.
ferent schools enter into the games
with the enthusiasm equal to high
school or college fans. Some fine
games are played among the schools,
and for the size and age, remarkable
knowledge and playing ability of the
game are displayed. Following is
the schedules:
Oct. First VS.. Second. on Third
ward grounds. Fourth VS., Fifth on
First ward grounds.
Oct S-First VS.. Fifth ON First
ward grounds. Second VS.. Fourth on
Third ward grounds.
Oct. 15-Second vs.. Fifth on Third
ward grounds. First VS.. Fourth on
First ward grounds.
Oct. 22-Fourth VS.. Fifth on Third
ward grounds First VS.. Second on
First ward grounds.
Oct 29-Second vs.Fourth OF Third
ward grounds. First VS. Fifth on the
Yearly Meeting House grounds.
Nov. 5--First VS.. Fourth on Third
ward grounds Second VS.. Fifth on
First yard grounds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
HOME COMING,

want TO go back to the old state,
To celebrate, to celebrate.
I want to 90 back to the old town
To see the folks and walk way down
The High, old Highland out to col
lege
Where we used to think so much OF
knowledge.
/ want to go back to the old state,
To celebrate, to celebrate;
/ want to go back to old Iowa,
Away from there-we die away;
We know wen go back someday in g
box
Where they'll keep up forever without
d.. pad-locKs.
/ want to go back to the old state,
To celebrate, to celebrate;
want to look up AMI down the street
Just q glimpse the square will be a
q treat
To us whose houses and lots are east
In newer lands, that fade so fast.
I want to go back to the old state,
To celebrate, to celebrate;
| want to 60 back where the old
friends are,
And forget all about newspaper war
In the land where they're putting old
things from sight.
In such hurry, hurree, hurrah, good
night.
] want to go back to the old state,
To celebrate, to celebrate;
I want tn see who remembers me
Or knows where ! stay in the land of
81 the free,
With my heart still beating, with
f, Home,
While back to dear Iowa-wishing to
come.
n.. ELLA Evans Brown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
FOOT IS TAKEN OFF
William Newberger Submits To
Operation To Prolong His Life.

William Newberger, who has been
under treatment for gangrene of the
feet and diabetes, submitted to an
operation at Mercy hospital Tuesday
and is doing as we'll today as the
nature of the case admits.
The left foot was taken off, the am.
putation being made a little below
the knee. Mr.. Newberger rallied
nicely from the operation and is
cheerful today. r. a' -..
On account of the complications of
the case the condition of the patient
is of doubtful character and the out
come is by no means certain. The
right foot which was also involved,
has responded to treatment and no
amputation will be necessary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

One of the most urgent needs in
Iowa today is q statewide system OF
roads" declares the Waterloo Courier
Upon this question all public-spiritei
citizens are agreed. II we are to sue
coed in attaining this end, II we are
going TO keep pace with our sister
states nthe work of road building, il
Will be necessary for us to keep the
road question out of politics in Iowa.
and work together towards the desir
ed goaI1
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
CLUBS And SOCIETY
Various Happy Occasions Among
Town and Country Folk.

Oskaloosa Eagles opened the social
season at their hall Tuesday evening
with delightful party assembly par.
ticipated In by a good sized company
Clopghs orchestra furnished music
for the occasion and II was as much
OF an enjoyable concert as it was
perfect time for the dancers Eight
pieces in all. with extra men, Nah.
Ion Williams, Howard Hopes and
Pete. Bowen, all specialists. This
party was the first OF series to be
offered for the entertainment OF the
members and friends during the fall
and winter Aeason. a1 ifRl
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
ThAT oILEp ROAD.

THE past few Sundays there has
been an extraordinarily large number
OF cars pass through Fremont" says
the Gazette. 1T is not uncommon 10
count 500 cars passing through here
on an ordinary Sunday. but since the
road has been oiled between here and
Cedar there seems 10 be q greater
nuEnber 81 cars than ever People
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

Iowa shares in the rejoicing over
the message from Stefanson, explor
ins the arctic regions under the aus
pices of the Canadian government.
Stefanson was a resident of this state
for some time and was once connect
ed with the state university. His
death in the frozen regions had been
feared s.. H..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30
Samuel AlshuIer of Chicago

Samuel Alshuler of Chicago, who
has been names as U. S. Circuit Judge
for Illinois. Wisconsin and Indiana. in
an interview with a correspondent OF
the Washington Post, says that in
a straight race between Republican:
and Democrats, Iowa is Republican
but II there are three tickets it will
30 democratic" Query: Is party
progressive which perpetuates the
domination Of the emocracy?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

If the question is not too peril
nent, we would Ike to know how the
Keokuk County News likes its narrow
columns. especially when it desires to
use regulation electrotypes?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

That Iowa institution which
boasts of owning $4,000 acres of land
in the city in which it is located, with
more than thirty buildings and a
plant worth $4,000 900 ought to be
able to pay the Iowa newspapers for
the publicity 1t expects from them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

Under present conditions deer
hunting is permitted in SO States, in
about one-third of which the hunter is
limited TO one deer a season and in
most Of the others to two.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-30

The man on the corner says some
people are proud OF good health. while
others feel distinguished because they
have undergone operations and are
frhil