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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
MOTION PICTURES.

| Although it has taken several years
! of hard work and ceaseless effort on
THE part of the men who have had
| faith in the ultimate success of mo
ton picture shows the motion pic
ture industry is establishing itself on
a firm financial basis, and now IS, &C
cording to the census bureau, the
fifth largest manufacturing industry
in the United States. From January
to December 81, 1914, $2O,0OO,00O was
spent in the making OF motion pic
ture negatives. 1t is estimated that at
least 1O,O00,00O persons daily go to
photoplay theatres in this country.
Producers of plays at regular
theatres and theatre owners and
managers were loath, at first, to EN-
bark in the moving picture business
but times are changing and among
the most successful picture producers
actors and directors may be seen
those who formerly were connected
with the theatre. They have come to
realize that moving pictures have OPP
ened an entirely different field.
One of the principal reasons for
the success of moving picture dramas
is that it is a cheap form of amuse-
ment which appeals to all classes OF
people. Also the moving picture the
aires give a continuous performance,
afternoon and evening, and persons
who have an hour or two TO spare nat
urally turn TO them.
The standard is constantly being
raised The public is demanding a
better and higher class OF fms, and
the producers are spending more mon
ey and more time / ntheir production.
In raising the standard OF the films the
producers have been Offering attrac
tive salaries and obtaining leading
stars of the stage to appear ia the
principal roles. One of the pioneer
companies is making plans to take ov.
er more than four hundred 81 theatres
in the United States and Europe to
run photoplays, and is engaging mOrs
than % of the leading stars TO ap-
pear in photoplays which are planned
to surpass anything yet attempted,
and to cost from $1,000 to $40 900 for
each film.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
slJllpINc GOOD ROADS.

Ten thousand volunteers turned
out and completed road one hun
bred and fifty miles long from Mem
phis, Tenn, to Paducah, KY, in sim
gle day last month. This" says the
New York Commercial is a reyer-
sion to the old statute labor plan
which has been responsible for bad
roads in past years and was never
more than a maKeshiGt. Road bdlId-
ing is a skilled trade Winch cannot
be learned in day. lhe auIOnO-
bile has proved to be a destroyer Of
old fashioned macad,m roads and the
art OF building them is in state OF
transition. such. work should be
planned by skilled engineers and
done under their direction, COntrac-
tors sometimes skimp the work, but
we will never have good roads until
they are built by experts. Great
progress has been made in recent
years and hundreds of miles OF SPLEEN
did roads are now in service in the
Eastern states. Many methods have
been tested and civil engineers should
be able to select the type best suited
to the traffic and the clamite. Farm,
ers are now the chief purchasers and
users OF automobiles and this has re-
moved the friction that existed
short time ago when agricultural
communities refused to spend money
on good roads for city fellows to
wear out Farmers and farm labor
ers are the best men that can be hir-
ed for road building, but their efforts
should be directed by engineers. In
sections where farmers have been
making and repairing roads for half
a century under the statute labor sys-
TEN there are no real roads and 1t
costs more to haul farm produce ten
miles by wagon than it does to trans
port it a thousand miles by rail. 1t
costs less to ship wheat from Chicago
to the Atlantic seaboard than to haul
It from the farm to the railroad"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
COLLEGE EDUCATION.

There were 2l6,493 students in col
leges, universities, and chronological
schools in 1914, according to the an,
nual repor: OF the Commissioner OF
Education, just issued. This is an
increase of 1892 over 1913. The
bureaus list for 1914 includes SGT
institutions, a decrease OF 30 over
the preceding year. States or mu-
inequalities control SO OF the colleges;
private corporations control Ala Mer
still outnumber women in higher ed
ucation; there were 1898 men in
1914 and 77,120 women, as compared
with 12S,644 men and 1857 women
in 1913. Despite rising standards OF
admission and graduation, college
enrolment has more than tripled
since 1890.
Receipts during the year totaled
$l2O,579,257, of which $1S,422. $50 was
for endowment. BenefactiOns to col
leges and universities totaled $26,670,-
OF, something over $4,000 900 more
than in the year previous. Six in
situations received benefactiOns in
excess of a million dollars apiece, and
45 universities, colleges, and technO-
logical schools reported gifts amount
ing to more than 100000. In the
past seven years the largest increase
in income has come through state and
municipal appropriations, and the
smallest from tuition and other fees.
State and municipal appropriations
grew from $y,649,549 in 1908 to 1923,
in u bjla fn tuititIy
and other educational services in.
creased from $15,390,847 to $22,5Oi,-
,29.
The dominant note of the year in
higher education, according to the
report, was concentration, both in in
ternal organization and in relation to
state authority. The movement in
the direction Of authoritative classi-
fication gained momentum during the
year. chiefly through the activities OF
several voluntary associations The
junior college movement has reached
the point where several states-nota-
bly, Wisconsin, Missouri, Virginia and
Idaho-haye gone on record as def
nitely recognizing junior colleges in
the educational system OF the state.
The Municipal University of Akron,
Ohio, was added to the list Of city
universities, and the new "AssOcia-
tian OF Urban Universities" estab-
lished in the fall of 1914, lends EN-
phasis to this municipal-universlty
development.
Degrees conferred by colleges and
universities included 1888 bacca,au-
reate, 5,24S graduate, and 749 homo
rary. The degree Of doctor of phi
losophy was conferred as the result
OF examination by As institutions on
446 men and 73 women.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
GINIM.


Mr.. and Mrs. Davis the blind mu.
sicians of Oskaloosa, entertained a
large crowd at the Givin hall last
Wednesday night.
The threshing machine has started
out in this neighborhood, but they
find it hard job. The grain is very
wet
The hay harvest is on hand and the
quality is good and lots of it.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Peters went to
Abba last Sunday in their auto.
Lewis Roberts has returned home
from his long visit in Ohio and Mis-.
souri, and he says you got to show
me because / am from Missouri" that
there is any place on earth like Ma
haska county.
Aaron Mitts and family autoed to
Ollie last Sunday to visit relatives.
Mr. Seaman and his son David tour
mail carrier, expect to pay q visit
to Canada in the near future.
Roy Ellis young team got frighten-
ed while haying at Mr.. Bakers, and
ran away and tore up things in gen
eral and Roy is nursing a sore hand.
Emerson and Dorothy Kern have
returned to their home at Waterloo
after spending four weeks at the
home of J. d. Thomas,
Aug. 8. Nivig.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
A PEACE PROPOSITION

Henry Clews of New York, presi-
dent OF the American Peace and Arbi-
tration League, has promulgated the
following tentative plan for settle
ment of the European war:
Germany to sell TO France Alsace-
Lorraine for an equivalent of its real
value and retire from France and Bel
GUM, but to have commercial access
to the Belgian seaport, which would
be declared free port; Germany to
pay over to Belgium the amount &C
CURED from France to restore Bel
GUM; the Colonies to be restored TO
Germany to be England's and Japan's
peace concessions; Austria and Italy
to agree between each other for a
settlement and urged to do so By the
other nations; Constantinople to be
free port to appease Russia, Turkey
TO acquiesce and Austria and Seryia
to agree between themselves 10 settle
their differences; establish a World
Court able to enforce its DEGREES by
an international police force OF the
world-military and naval forces SUI
perior to those Of any single power In
the world. All the above nations 10
pledge themselves for peace TO last
nifty years al least, agreeing as adj
vantages TO be gained thereby TO re-
duce their armies and nayies 10
peace basis, which would admit, dur
ing, that period. OF their Ilquidating
their liabilities Incurred BY the war.
All these nations 70 ohligate thenlr
selyes,to work In unison 70 maintain
peace hpf oE,y amongst iiemse'Yes
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

localities is still pioneering, under as
difficult conditions as have ever eSis-
ted in the United States. One OF the
principal reasons for the failure TO
develop the large areas Of excellent
agricultural land which lie near the
forests is the lack of roads.
The government is trying to meet
this problem in two ways, first by pub
lie improvements being made on the
national forests, and second by the
direct contribution to the counties OF
a share in the forest receipts. Up to
date the Forest Service has has con,
structed on the forests more than
1900 miles of roads, $1,000 miles Of
trails, nearly 600 bridges, and $4,000
miles of telephone lines. Every one
of these improvements benefits set
tiers and ranchers. In addition, there
is appropriated annually for the use
of the counties in which the national
forests lie % per cent of the gross re,
cpipts from timber sales and other
sources, to be used for road and
school purposes. Some of the indiYid-
ual forests are bringing in over $780,
900 a year, and the business of the
entire national forest system is in
creasing so that this direct cOntribu-
ton to community upbuilding is rap.
idly growing. In fact. already a total
of nearly 100000 is obtained from
the forests every year for county
road and school purposes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

My rear axle makes q noise, esPs-
cialIy when turning a corner. ! have
had new housing and gears put in,
also new bowel gear driving pinion.
When ! screw the Pinion as tight as
think il ought to 90 il binds. What is
the nnattsr2
This condition is due to the shifting
Of the large differential gear, so that it
moves away from and toward the
driving pinion. The cause of this is
usually loose truss rod, which per-
mitS the housing halves to separate.
The left half Of the housing should be
removed and the bolts reset and tight
ened, and then the truss rod taken up
as far as possible to form a rigid con-
struction. If you are not familiar with
the work do not attempt it and under
no circumstances should you try to re-
adjust the gears to compensate for the
loose rod.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
HOW TO MAKE IOWA GROW.

Much has been written and spoken
on the above subject but never was
anything uttered that hit the nail
squarer on the head than this item
from the Williamsburg Journal Trib-
une.
Trade is trade the world over, and
the closer to home the trade can be
carried on the less friction there will
be to pay for. No wthe point is right
here: Iowa has been losing in popu.
latiOn during the past few years; yes,
the richest section OF land in all the
world has made a poorer showing"
than has the alkali soaked plains OF
The northwest or the cacti covered
stretches of the southwest.
But all the time Iowa is buying
things, buying them by the million
do lars worthan buying nearly all
of them In outside markets. The
great department stores OF Chicago
and New York are growing fat on the
trade OF Iowa, the very meat served
on the tables Of Iowa homes was first
shipped from Iowa farms to a lot OF
cut throat packers and by them ship
pers 10 the retail dealers in the state
in which II was grown. Take the rail.
lions paid for agricultural implements
How much OF this remains in Iowa?
So. too, with our boots and shoes ;snd
so. too, with the lour that gees into
our bread. The beer and the whiskey
consumed by thirsty Iowans were
grown on Iowa farms. shipped TO Hin
OILS or Wisconsin plants. resh.pped 70
Iowa on mail orders so that the laws
made By fanatics may have something
10 do
iowa hos plenty Of money with
witch 10 nnbaeA On : saaasi tarsfsf;
efa3 the field a ripe for 4 rich bar
Vebf and the Nondef Il AZ the scarcity
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
LID IS ON LAssEN VOLCANO.


The recent volcanic eruption OF
Lassen Peak, California, the most VIC,
lent and destructive of which was the
outburst in May, 1915, are reported by
Geologist j. S. DilIer of the United
States Geological Survey, to have
reached their maximum. The noun
tain, though it will doubtless continue
TO be an active volcanic curiosity, will
not, it is believed, depelope into a
devastating fury, after the manner oil
Vesuvius or some of the Alaskan vol
canoes or other well-known foreign
volcanoes. In other words, old Vul-
can has clapped the lid down on Las,
sen.
For several weeks Mr. Diller has
been studying Lassen Peak on the
ground in cooperation with officials
of the Forest Service and has report
ed to the Director of the Geological
Survey as follows:
The great eruptions of Lassen
Peak of May 20 and May p spent the
energy of the old volcano and put a
lid on il. The effects of the flood on
Hat Creek are being turned to good
account, while many visitors are safe
ly climbin gthe peak. Although 1t Is
possible that Vulcan is simply conserv
ing his forces for a future outbreak,
the general indications are that he is
closing up Lassen Peak branch OF his
laboratory for the season, perhaps
with the intention of giving a small
exhibit next spring when the snow
meltS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
AN EXCITING RUNAWAY
Big Team Hitched To Load of Lum-
Der Dashes Down Street.

A heavy team owned byI NJ Reed
and driven by his son. Nile s. Reed.
ran away from the young man going
north on Market street about five
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon The wag-
on carried a load OF lumber which
crashed into a telephone pole at the
west curb OF the street near the Car
roll h. Sawyer home The wagon
was damaged. the tongne being brok.
en- short off and the harness badly
torn by the struggling horses
Nile made 8 heroic effort 70 control
the horses and pluckily stuck 70 his
post The load was heavy and ne
thought 70 controlsthe team which he
would have done but for the fact that
the tongue OF the wagon dropped.
Noting the fact that the wagon was
about 10 hit the curb. young Reed
tcck the aShfss III aafety fiFrt. aud
jumped jlet IN time 70 avoid being
dasaed into the Telephone post He
l.E.,n God ~ IflIlt ~ atstssfe1t ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

WICKERSHAM-K f. Wicker
sham died at his home on the Carbo-
nado road August 9Th, 1915, at S:45 p.
M, aged 80 years, II months and IL
days. He was born in Indiana, August
9th, 1884. For the past fifteen years
he has suffered with paralysis. He
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Anna Nit
.chell of Lacey, Iowa, and Mrs. Louisa
Holloway of Spiceland, Ind. For sons
Blgar r. and Grin F. OF Oskaloosa,
Lebern S. of Gulkana, Alaska. and
Horace NJ. of Van COuver. Washing
ton. Funeral services will be held from
the Cheesman Funeral home Wednes-
day, Aug. 18th at o'clock p. m. In
terment will be made in the Quaker
cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
THE cHAuTAuoUA SALUTE.

kiioxyille Express: Now that Chau.
tauQIe is approaching. let's take an
awfil oath TO cut out the silly, suLcid.
al. disgusting ..Chautauqua salute"
II anything can be more unsanitary
useless and unnecessary than thous.
and people frantically waving thous
and more or less dirty and germ-laden
nose-rags In the sultry atmosphere OF
gu August afternoon. just tell as what
III ii
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
10 HELP THE SETTLERS.

Millions OF acres OF farm land In
the United States remain undeyelop-
ed because Of lack Of good roads In
opening any new country road build,
ing constitutes a hard problem for
the settlers Al first, while the settler
Is struggling 10 erect his home and
farm buildings and to clear his land,
ne usually cannot afford TO pay high
lanes on Otherwise contribute toward
sse eFpeaxe o. road sssisssiig. The nat-
lonal foFesth comprise The renOteHt
and ienFl eatflad fexiona 81 he cos1n-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

cCONNELLr-Oskalo relatives
were in Centerville on Sunday, attend
ing the funeral OF Glen Mcconnell,
who was killed ip an automobile ac-
cident Thursday night The Center
willie Citizen gives the following par
ticulars Of the tragedy:
Glen Mcconnell, aged 81, popular
and well known CentarVille young
man. lost his life when the auto which
he was driving ran into sand pile
on East State street Thursday night.
The automobile turned complete
somersault, throwing the young man
to the pavement and crushing his
head causing instant death.
Mr.. Mcconnell was returning from
his work at the Raven coal mine,
east of town, when the accident hap.
peued and had on his working clothes.
Eye witnesses of the accident say that
he was driving at a reasonable rate OF
speed when the accident occurred, but
that an automobile which was coming
from the west threw the reflection OF
it's head lights into his face and thus
blinded him Mr.. Mcconnell, thus
blinded by the lights, drove straight
ahead, not knowing of the sand piles
which were iIf the street. The result
was the awful accident AID the death
of Mr. Mcconnell.
He leaves to mourn his death, be-
sides his wife and sen, a mother, Mrs.
Henry Mcconnell of West State St;
a brother, Charlie, who lives on
farm east of this city, and four sis
tiers, Mrs. Jessie Lang, OF Salina,'
Kansas, AMI BERTHE, Lou and Mary,
Iall at home. Mrs. Mcconnell, at the
time Of Glen's death, was visiting
along with her daughter Berthe in
Kansas. .-'.ss... t,.. -.u ..' .l...
1t will be remembered that last
Thanksgiving day Glen's father drop
per dead suddenly out nthe farm,
and now with this added grief, the
family is certainly having their share
of sorrow this year. Two years ago
Glen came very near losing his life
when a traction engine on which he
was working BILE wup and severely in.
jured him. His father at the same
time lost an eye as the result of the
accident.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
Roger sulliyau. whose long

Roger Sullivan, whose long con.
tinued fusd with William Jennings
Bryan is well known in political cir.
Giles, has been in Washington sound.
ing for the sentiment for the selection
Of Chicago as the convention city. He
met with considerable encouragement
end is pretty well convinced that Chi,
cago viii be favored by the Democrat
ic National Committee when it meets
IN December TO make the decision.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
BlRIAS, utaLAS. MARRIAGES

EUGHES-Ann Reese Hughes died
at her home, Gil South First street,
August 9Th, 1915, at $3.50 O'Clock a. m.
aged rs years, IL months and 26 days.
She was born in Pennsylvania, Aug.
18th, 1910, but has lived the past thir-
ty nine years in Iowa. She leaves two
sons, Benjamin L. Hughes of Gulf
Part, Miss, and Franklin J. Hughes
of Oskaloosa, and one daughter, Sad.
ie Hughes of this city. Funeral seTy-
ices held from the residence this af-
ternoon at 2:3O O'Clock p. IN. Inter.
fent in Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

What 10 the approximate saving in
current when using the two headlights
switched on as dinners instead of
switched on full2 .-5
This all depends on the method Of
dimming used. If the lamps are dim;
med by connecting them In series then
the current consumption is cut in half
If the resistance in the wires is neg
lected, and since this is small it may
be. If two bulbs are used In the head
light. large one in focus Cor country
driving and a small one out Of focus
for city driving. the saving may be
much greater, the small bulb. taking
about fourth the current of the large
one.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

The 33ri Iowa infantry will hoid
their Fifteenth annual reunion in Pei
la on September s. 8, and 10. Our
citizens ought TO prepare to give
them a hearty reception" says the
PeIla Booster. The veterans are rap
idly disappearing, and these reunions
will soon be thing OF the past"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
Hoo Cholera in Webster Co.

A severe epidemic of hog cholera
has broken out near Barnum. A
number of losses have already been
reported. One farmer lost 100 hogs
by the disease and another farmer
about as many, There have been
number of smaller losses, also. Ev-
cry effort is being made by farmers
to check the spread of the disease.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
-Sigourney Review: The

-Sigourney Review: The Oska-
loosa Chautauqua Association has
been Obliged to make one change in
program. Hon. Lafayette Young is
the substitute and will tell OF his ex-
perience and observation in Europe
during the past year. The substitute
Is an improvement. If the roads are
passable there will be good attend
ance from this section.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

Nearly every community has it's
tmitator Of Harry Thaw says the
MarshalItown Times Republican. The
way to get rid Of them is to begin at
home. And the Stanford Whites of 10.
cal communities might receive some
community attention to the benefit Of
the communities"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

-Twenty-seven million cigarettes
have Just been sent to China by Nir-
ginia firm Of manufacturers. No won
der Japan had an easy time enforcing
her demands. A people addicted TO
the cigarette habit haven't the nerve
To Fight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

The Ottumwa Courier declares
that a contractor who knows his
business well enough to start a job
AMI keep ii moving rapidly and up to
specifications, generally finds it hard
er to dodge valuable contracts than
to land them
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
Manufacturing plants.

Rumor has 1t that other towns are
flirting with at least two OF oska-
loosa's industrial plants. And anoth-
err manufacturing plant would consid-
er an offer to come to Oskaloosa
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12

Are chain carbon removers az good
as the seraping msthod2
Much has been said against this
method Of removing carbon from the
cylinders. but it has been tried with
very satisfactory results, no harmful
effect on the motor being noticeable.
1t certainly is a quick and effective
method and equal in every way to the
result obtained when the cylinders are
removed and scraped. Many people are
afraid that II they use this method
there is danger of the chain catching
In the valves or that small pieces of
the chain will become broken off and
score the cylinders. Both experience
and careful thought on the subject,
however. will show that there is no
possibility of the chain catching in the
valves Of any poppet valve motor. OF
course 1t would not do to use the chain
in rotary or sleeve valve motor, be-
cause it would get caught between the
edge Of the valve and the edge of the
ports and be ground to pieces, and at
the. same time the valve would be in
jured- Furthermore there is no posi-
bility of small pieces Of chain break
ing off and scoring the cylinders for
the reason that the chain is not brit
tie. 1t will bend before it will break.
Nor is the material hard enough for
the remover to scratch the cylinder as
it IS battered about The chain will
only remove the carbon from the top
OF the piston. the cylinder head and
that part Of the bore that is above the
piston travel. The valve pockets must
be scraped, but as these are easily ac-
cessibe this is not an objection.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-12
rhs sunday school RalIx.

y Mahaska Sunday school rally and
picnic in Oskaloosa Wednesday, Aug.
%, is an absorbing topic OF, discussion
in Sunday school circles. Looks like
the biggest time yet.