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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02
NO LoNeER AM EXCUSE.

"Newspapering is a business. saws
the Marshalltown Times Republican.
AT one time II was an excuse. When
man failed at everything else he
started a newspaper and hung on
He traded advertising for a pair of
pants, sought due bills, established
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

The total cost of the minor items
Of equipment needed on a farm is
much greater than the average person
is wont to think. 1t has been found by
inventories taken on a number OF
farms that the tools and implements
actually needed on the average farm.
from a wheelbarrow down to a husk,
ing peg, cost nearly 5000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

Prohibition does not always pro.
hibft. Just as It was figuring on shut
ting down, owning to the new Iowa
law effective January 1st, an order
for photographic cabinets in the
amount Of one million dollars was Sc
cured by the Brunswick. Bake billiard
and bar fixture plant at Dubuque.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02
War Trader Gets Eour Mon.ha.

London. Nov, 30.-victor Sly. who
has beer on trial in the Bow street 20,
lice court on the charge OF having dealt
in war materials without license. was
sentenced to four months in prison.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

EVERY minute that passes, some
worker in this country is injured. ET-
cry l6 minutes some workman d.35.
Thirty per cent of these injuries can
be prevented.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02
Musr DRAW SHARE LIhE.

The Des Moines Register has start.
ed on q crusade against the prosecu-
ton OF Dies Moines druggists for sell
Ing a beverage which contains a small
percentage OF alcohol said TO be In
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

Italy has this year produced the
largest crop of Cereals-wheat, barley,
rice and rye-ever known there. The
wheat crop ran up to SS,740,00O bush.
ella
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02
eettlna Ready tor pauInn

Iowa Falls Is now busy with her
paving program for 1916, She expects
TO pave sixty blocks of streets and
number OF alleys, next season. That
quite a respectable undertaking.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

Landlord Hauser of the Downing
hotel is serving his guests with grape
rruit from his own orchard II Florida.
Wonder how many Iowa hotels are
able to do this?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

The man on the corner says if
Santa Claus wants to tickle Oskaloosa
good and strong let him put few new
street cars in her Christmas stocking.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

The total of all clay products
marketed in the United States during
1914 was $164,9S6,9S3
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

An exchange says they need a
real and not an ideal government in
Mexico. Either would be a novelty to
the natives,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

If the $500 automobile is coming,
as alleged, the pedestrian would bet.
ter take to the woods.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-02

Say, honest, what do you suppose
A kid can buy for just a dime?
NAL Rose, 0skaloosa, la.
The Lamar register., 1915-10-20
School Children"

Since Volney Hoggatt, brother-in-
law Of the Denver Post, was let out
as register of the state lang board,
John f. Vivian, who took the place
has stopped the sale of number of
rich oil and coal tracts which Hog
gait was practically giving to the own
ers of the Post The latter is now
bowling its head off because it can
no longer fatten at the expense of
the school fund and is accusing Vivian
of robbing the school children" of
the state. School childrenl" Whadda-
you know about that. We have heard
the Denver Post called most every
thing from rotten hold up" to "the
paper with a heart that's sold," but
this is the first time it was ever call
ed School children" With two more
years of Hoggatt the Post would
just about own the state, and it is no
wonder they are sore.
The Lamar register., 1915-10-20
YAMBAS MEET
heers and Sends Delegate to Ma
tional Convention

The largest meeting Of the 4anabas
Largely Attended Meeting Elects Of
yet held gathered at the club rooms
.ast Thursday evening showing that
this live organization Is growing al
he time and It's members are al IL
terested IN its work a number Of
enthusiastic speeches were made b.
Charley Wooden, A l. Beayers-and
ne believe some one else.
The first business was the election
Of officers for the ensuing year and
resulted as follows: President, p L
CAristy; yice-presidentg l. Merrill
Markham; secretary, Grover l. Car
lIco; treasurer, L. A LUndgreni d.
rectors, K. l. Christy, l. 81. Marx
nam, Chas. D. Wooden, DR.. c. /.
hnuckey, ". Corson- a vote Of
thanks WAS rendered 70 President
Wooden for his services as head Of
the organization the past year. Also
70 the Commercial club for use Of the
club rooms.
The president then read an invita-
ton from the Cleveland I. II. d. A
70 send a delegate 70 the National
Convention Of \. u. d. As, Lamar
having the only organization west Of
the Missouri river. The convention
viii meet tine Is-sl week in October.
After some discussion 1t was unani-
mously voted TO send q delegate and
pay his expenses. When the question
Of selecting the delegate came before
the meeting only one name was pre-
scented and By a rising vote Charles d
Wooden was selected for that honor.
The only discussion on the subject at
all was relative 70 the club paying
transportation on his live stock, but II
was decided that as the animal was a
necessary part of his equipment it
would have TO go along. He is now
gathering data relative 10 the Hell
yetia factory and alfalfa hay 10 be
used in his speech introducing Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt to the delegates as
one OF the speakers on the program
Tor the big banquet.
A cordial invitation was extended
on the part Of the club TO the State
Dairymen's Convention and the mem
bers Of the Denver Chamber OF Com
merce TO visit Lamar, and the presi-
dent authorized TO appoint committees
TO act with other bodies in receiving
these guests II the invitation is &C
eepted.
The Lamar register., 1915-10-20
Wonder If?

President Wilson had TO go over to
New York to buy his engagement ring
because Mrs. Gait, the future first
lady Of the land, owned all the jewelry
stores in Washington City. Now will
ne prosecute her for maintaining a
combination in restraint of trade OF
merely expose her to "pitiless pub
Lefty"
The Lamar register., 1915-10-20
Bring the School Children

Have their eyes tested and proper
glasses fitted by DR.. K. c. Sapero, eye,
ear, nose and throat specialist of
Denver, who will be at the Ben Mar
hotel in Lamar on Wednesday, Ccto-
Der 9th, for one day only. Call early.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
Cost of Invasion.

From the New York Post.
The French government has voted $50
100000 as a preliminary installment FOR
reparation for the parts OF Paris ravaged
by the German invader. More appropria-
lions will follow, and the French market
always allows for the indemnity which the
invading power will eventually AVE to
pay. Meantime, the Credit Fancier thus
estimates the damage:
The area actually invaded and occu-
pied by the enemy cover between 2,OO0, 900
and 100000 hectares dhe whole Of the
Ardennes. 20 per cent of the Nord, IS per
cent OF the Aisne, 30 per cent of the
Mouse, 70 per cent of the Pas de Calais
and the MISUNDERSTANDING. 16 per cent
OF the Somme. IL per cent of the Marine.
ana 10 per cent of the Disc departments)
At one stage the position was far more
serious; but even in the 2,000,O 900 odd hec-
taTes actually occupied the selling value
q the ~non-built-on land may be put at
4,VgO, 0o.0W francs; that of buildings at
some 1900 00, goo francs.
This area some 81 per cent Of French
territory, contains IL per cent Of its
wealth The intrinsic value would be
some 1850, 900 1900 higher. on it a Whole
system of loan and mortgage operations
nave been carried out: the Credit Fancter
alone Is creditor for some 500, 100000 francs
by way. of interest. The risk OF war was
naturally covered; but on the basis Of 1870.
when conditions were totally different,
Inen the townships remained more or
less unaffected; the population was not
competed to Tee en- masse."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
Millionaire Anitators.

In many respects the world is now at
lhe END of an era. Convincing evidence
comes constantly to hand. Men entertain
peliefs today in he most commonplace
meant m~artyrdom.
Daniel Guggenheirn, head of the So
called smelter trust, would certainly not
be called a radical or an agitator. Yet
many poor men and women, more Jealous
than tactful, have been imprisoned in
sundry cities for uttering platitudes no
more dynamic than those puryeyed by MI.
Guggenheim to the United States COM
mission on industrial relations at the New
York hearing.
Industrial unrest is increasing. and it is
going to continue increasing. said Mr..
Guggenheim, until remedial measures are
taken. The trouble Is we haven't enough
leg1slation,' he continued. I'VE are away
behind Europe. We need more business
legislation"
state relief rather than private philan-
thropy. Its, a job for the state, not for
private benefaction,'' he urged, 'Many
people don't want charity. The want
work. The state should find it for them.
me state should tax great fortunes when
to take care of the people until they can
get along"
Mr.. Guggenheim does not believe that
men In the smelling works should be
permitted to work more than eight hours
a day, He holds that the increased cost
of living is the prime cause of social
unrest. He thinks that ~wage-earners have
as much RICH to organize as have capt.
talsts. He is not even afraid of having
these doctrines labeled Socialist or with
any other tag which critics may find
amusing.s Charles p. Neill, former labor
commissions and now adviser to the Gug-
genheims. must nave been exceedingly
persuasive with his chief.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
orisin of the "sawdust Trail"
From the Yaaua.

Many people hav speculated on the ORR
gin OF the phrase, Hit the sawdust trafl,r
frequently used with reference to the con-
versions at Billy Sundays revival. B.. q.
Ackley, Bnly's private secretary, tells
the story.
1t was first used when Sunday and his
party were conducting a campaign among
lumbermen on Puget Sound. The tab
ernacle was at Bellingham. Wash, and
the floor OF the big shed was covered with
sawdust and shavings. The lumbermen,
when any of their number went to the
front to shake hands with Mr.. Sunday,
called 1t hitting the TRAIL
In the lumber camps of the mountains
there is a trail that leads through the
hills. It is covered with chips. which
makes it conspicuous by night as well as
by day. The woodsmen sometimes wan
der far away from camp and are lost in
the forest. In their wanderings If they
can 'hit the trail'' they are saved. as it
leads to the camp.
So said Mr.. Ackley, at is the path
way of life. II you can hit tho traiP OF
Gods mercy through the Lord Jesus
Christ you are led to safety. Those lun-
berjacks called giving themselves to God
hitting the trail and the phrase has
stuck wherever Mr.. Sunday has gone"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
Poor Craftsmanship.
From the Omaha Bee.


Did you ever hear such a remark as
1hls: i've gone into that store for the
last time. w been there two or three
times and each time I go in with NV
mind made UP as to what 1 want and coma
want?' ~
The answer is that some clerk more
jealous to make a sale than to please. has
messed things up very badly for his es-
adjustment by inducing or p~ersuaaing
this patron to buy an article which he did
not want. Most amy skillful clerk is eio-
qu,ent enough to do such a thing If he sets
his head to it: But the clerk who appre-
c1ates the Indispensable value to his store
or a. satisfied customer will hesitate to
use his powers in that way. while it is
strictly the business of the clerk to make
the best possible immediate sale. it is a
mold trade, and that is not done by cum
n1ngly forcing a patron to choose between
two articles the very one he especially OBJ
Jects to, even though the margin Of profit
De wider than on the other.
craftsmanship Is something of an inex-
act science, as successful merchants and
statesmen, of course, realize, and the mora
Of the sound theories that get into prac-
tice over the counter the better for both
the man behind the counter and the one
behind him. No store can have a more
valuable asset than a satisfied customer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
Don't Be a Knocker.

From the Kansas City Star.
"Knocker' is one OF the most vivid.
luminous words IN the American Ian
guage.
It Is not In the dictionaries yet, but it
viii be, because there is no other word
that has such a comprehensive meaning.
rknocker." She hasn't a good word to
say for anybody around her. She is the
woman who hides behind her curtain and
peeps out as Mrs. Sc and So goes past
wearing her new nat. and she afterward
describes 1t as a fright" She magnifies
the little faults OF the neighbors: gives
wings TO gossip; makes venomous filings at
the character o. the young women Of the
neighborhood, and wonders why she is not
block. sne
In every office. store or shop there is a
"kTocker. You can always find him
among the ones who have not succeeded.
the ones vet at the foo; of the ladder. for
one of the surest things in the world is
that a "knockc-t never climbs very high
He sees men with less ability and less
experience thar himself jumped over his
head to places OF trust and profit. and he
knocks" all I harder at that eening
injustice.
In the eyes OF the chronic .knocker, the
owner of the business is a '.fourfushef,,
who owes his success solely to luck.
Luck is a word tina explains many
things to the "knocker.' 1t explains to
him why the 2 ! younger. less able, less
experienced thar he was. advanced be-
yond him.
Remember this. young man just starting
out in life. a "knocke1" never reached a
high place in any busiress or profession.
II you have a disposition to think and
to sa.. unpleasant thin gs about your em-
2loyer and yot associates. dfvest your
self of that fault To-Day.
Tear 1t out OF your character and throw
1T from you forever. AS long as you hold
to that habit osthought 1t will be a drag
to you, holding you back and down.
HAGNn ma pttar ga W YyraQn fhfnUo n 6n,tf nm
other without tie otEer hearine at least
some OF them. .Knocks'' travel ON the
wind like thfstiedown.
Resolve to quit knocking this year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
RECALLING SOME BY-GoNEs.
Such as Ancient Soapmakinq, Attic
Bedrooms and Creased Boots.
from the washington Post.


Suet and soapmaking! Also ash hop
pers! Alas and alack, that venerable
institution is no more. The modern
prospectus for rural habitations and ac-
cessories provides no place in the land
scape for that once indispensable ad-
Junct to farm life and it's blessedness.
Dye mind the ash hopper in the back
OF the house, just around the paling
fence? An inverted pyramid it was,
into which debris from the great fire
pace was poured, with buckets of
water thrown on the latter or else left
the I've caught in the old iron kettle
with the piece broken out of one side
1t was once used for making apple but
ter. After that. the soar boiling
then the soap. Fin stuff, that soap
took the dirt out, all right, and removed
the hide, too if you weren't careful.
But the ash hopper has gone. along
with the roller towel, the mackerel
Kat, hog jowls, red apples and winter
turnlps. The open fireplace, too, has
passed, before which you need to fry
on one side, while icicles formed on the
other: Nor is there any attic room I'M
der the shingles where the bows silent.
with pap's old cavalry saddle in one
corner, n a sickly geranium roosting
Precaflously on the window sill. Nor
40 We see the old time boots, slicked
up with a mixture of mutton tallow and
peeswax, which, however, didn't pre-
vent a need for the services of four
pIacksmlths n a plumber to get ,em
o1I nights when the bootjack failed.
Arc the bootjack itself-say. when YOU
49, ~ ehlnk or 1t, a department bull
.es.Iii! mas got more real sentiment and
,lnsldes" between it's covers than can
pc round in KfBling's "Soldiers Three"
oi IMAM ttossetti ever dreamed of in his
VISIONS or BLESSED Damozels'' and that
sorl OF thlng Oh you modern house
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11

any horns left" he said, and then he
spled Billy Pig standing at the ton of
the mn looking Mt him.
Billy Pig had been SO surprised when
he saw Silly Goat back out of the
hogshead he had not recovered when
Billy Goat saw him and was silI
mean" 0"N
Hello, Billy Pig!" called Billy Goat.
Come down and get a drink of nice,
cool water. Sorry there isn't another
hosshead for you to come down in: it
Is great fun rolling down hill in one,
What l cannot understand is why
You made such n noise" said Silly
Pig 1T sounded almost as though you
We're frightened. n once 1 thought l
heard you call Help! Helpn"
oh. no. l was not frightened said
Billy Goat. IF l made a noise it Was
because it vas such fun; you know
we always make a noise of some kind
when we are sliding down hill fast
Silly Goat trotted off over the field
thinking he was lucky not to have
been killed. and wondering if Billy Pig
had any suspicion of what he had
really intended to do in the first place.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
Wouldn't II Be Consistent

Why not petition congress, at the, same
ame, 10 prohibit the work on European
because IT tends 70 proIong the war?
The work OF the Red Cross results In
saving the lives of Thousands of wounded
short period. to their places In the fight
ing line.
Seventeen more motor arnhulances,
pougrt with money contributed by Yale
and Harvard students. are to be SHIPPED
abroad for He'd Cross purposes. They Will
save many, many lives and keep up the
lgnting strength Of tile combatants. thus
fo.ofixing the war.
Why hpt prohibit this activity?
What Is fhe difference between saving
the lives Of these men for battle purposes
ard rhuskefsz
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
HE City Is Mans.
From the Philadelphia LEDGER.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The city is mans ana Gods is the coun-
try. From its aspnait TO its domes each
metropolis is material evidence of the in
genuity and vigor of humanity. This
wonder and that wonder, all are asso-
ciated intimately with great personalities
and all alike arc tributes to the plendor
and glory of man. The city is his work,
his own creation, his masterpiece of eff
tort and all who live in it, consciously or
nnconsciously have their visions warped
ana their standards OF measurement lin
lteo by the horizon of stones and marble
which surrounds them.
But the country is Gods. There are
the illimitable spaces, the magnificent
splendor, the reach of heaven, the birth
and death Of day. the miracles of creation,
more important than the theater, n the
ram pours IN rich volume as the gift of
providence. All things unite to concen-
trate attention on the mightiness of ma
lure the marvellous arithmetic of Prov
oence, the eternal harmonies. 1t is the
sou!-iand, where the human mine gets in
TO closer touch with the inhnities, and
every day has its ancient MIRACLES.
so. the man in the country has the
religion and the man in the city
needs It more. The one is spiritually in
nuenced, the other finds materialism
avn him like a lcoestone all the time.
Inc one takes his vision from books. the
other from the skies. The city man needs
more help in overcoming handtcaps. That
Is what the approaching great revival
movement is intended to give him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
BILLY GOAT FRlGHTEMs BILLY PIG AGAIN.
1914. by the Mcclure
paper Syndicate.)

Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate)
One morning Billy Goat was
crossing the field when he suddenly
thought he had not seen Billy Pig in
three days.
Billy Goa ooSed in the direction OF
Billy Pigs house and caught sight of
something red coming down the road.
There he Is" said Billy Goat, II
would know his red coat a mile away,
He Is all right. I'll hide and jump out
when he gets along here"
He turned to look for n good place
to hide and saw an old hogshead with
one N gone lying ut one side OF the
road.
Billy Goat went into the h~ogshead
head first. He did not stop to think he
could not turn arouud after he was in
there, and he was still laughing when
Billy Pig came near TO his hiding place.
Billy waited until Billy Pig was
close behind the h~ogshead, and then he
began TO make n growing noise. He
could see Billy Pig through "A hole in
the hogshead.
"G-r-r-r-! G-r-r-r!" went Billy
GoGh Billy Pig stopped still n lis
tened.
"G-r-r,r! G-r-r-r!" came again from
the h~ogshead.
Billy Pig looked at it and took a
step nearer. when n fiercer growl came
from the hogshead, and Billy Pig turn
ed II ran.
Billy Goat thought it was time he
showed himself, and he tried TO get out
Of his hiding place.
He tried to turn, and when he did the
hogshead began to move. He made an
other attempt, and this time the hogs
head began to roll over slowly. and
IT went a little faster. and Billy
Goat was first on his back n then on
his feet until he was going so fast he
lid not know his feet from his back,
all the time he was calling for
help as loudly as he could.
Billy Pig ran a short distance, and
not hearing anyone behind him, he
and looked back just in time
o see he hogshead rolling down the
ill.
Knowing that whatever was in there
'ould not hurt him, he ran back and
it roll.
He heard Billy Goats cries for help.
'ut he did not recognize his voice and
lie did not know what the noise was,
.nyway. !
The hogshead rolled on and on and !
lnally landed beside a clump OF bushes =,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-11
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"
Children love this fruit laxative"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours. then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, fegerish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a t~easpoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all
The constipatod waste, o u bile and
u~ndigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have n well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly
%har.nless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.