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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
BUSINESS EFFIcIENcY.

In talk delivered to business men
in Muscatine by DR.. Norris A. Bris-
co, author of Economics of Efficien.
cy,' some good points on system
were brought out. DR.. Brisco in part
said:
ITO work Systematically lis to work
successfully The unmethodical and
unsystematic methods of conducting
business have had their day; but for
tunately they have not in all acses
ceased to exist. A glance into many
business enterprises shows that sys-
TEN is practically unknown. One
wonders how such enterprises can
continue in business. The greatest
want in many of our stores is sys-
TEN, the application OF q few simple
rules, and due respect for the old,
time-honored principle that order is
the first law of the universe.
The system which is effective in
one business may cause friction in
another, and be complete failure in
a third. No system fits all cases.
Many failures have come from trying
OF force a cut and dried system on a
business enterprise. A system Is
evolved from within the business, and
not introduced from the outside.
Each business has it's own features
which should determine the system
" hich is TO be introduced.
System is a good servant, but a
bad master, and should be used only
is a tool in the hands Of business
man. Every progressive business is
continually growing, and so may out
grow its system. A good system
should be flexible, and subject to
change TO meet conditions. A sys-
tem should grow with the business
and be made suitable for the new
conditions introduced through deyel-
opment and improvement.
The elimination of wastes of
ime. energy and materials, it mat
ters not hiw slight, results in increas-
ing efficiency. Efficiency is of the
same interest to the retailer, as it is
to the million dollar corporation. 1t
is giving business a critical aspect,
making a study of how things should
be done and how they are done. 1t
would astonish the average business
man if he were aware of the profits
he is losing annually through ignor'
ance of how work is performed and
how it should be done. Every saw
ing of waste is a step toward greater
efficiency, and one increasing profits.
Efficiency has assumed such import
ance that today it is considered one
of the fundamentals of our industrial
system"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14

the consequent saving to consumers
from the reduction forced upon the
refiners of imported sugar would af-
ford ample reason for the retention OF
tariff duty on foreign sugar
sufficient to Offset the higher wages
and higher cost of production in the
United States, and to enable the do
nestle industry TO expand the point
whore the competition of sugar grown
in the United States would extend
throughout the year.
The total annual sugar Consump
ton in the United States is nearly
1, 600. 900 tons. of which domestic sug'
ar supplies over 100000 tons, or not
quite one fourth. Eighteen years ago
the beet sugar production was only
$4,000 tons, which shows how it has
deN eloped under a Republican tarih,
that protected it.
Now this industry is to be wiped
out next May by free sugar, Robert
Oxnard. vice president Of the Amerl.
can Beet Sugar Company, one OF our
largest domestic sugar manufacturers
SAYS the beet sugar producers cannot
possibly continue unless President
Wilson recedes from his free sugar
policy. This will mean the closing OF
SO sugar factories valued at $4,000,
OGO. the loss of millions of dollars in
government revenue, ruin to thous'
ands of sugar beet growers who are
now prosperous and the continued ex'
ploitation of the consumers of the
country by the seaboard refiners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
JERRY SIMPSON OUTCOME.

What strange fads are practiced,
and what unusual hobbies are ridden
in the interests of health. Cord
plunges, bare heads, long walks, an
apple a day, raw vegetable diets, lin
en- underwear, electric pads and a
thousand and one other things have
their converts. And it is well, as CIV
cry effort to enjoy health and pro
long life is commendable. But here
is the latest one served up hOt,-Or
possibly a little cool at this season of
the year. 1t comes from the west, by
way OF the MonteZuZma Republican,
and runs:
e. H. Haigler, manager of Mon,
tezuma Lumber Co, yards at this
place has an uncle residing at Carl
ton, Oklahoma, who believes in the
simple life He has gone without
shoes for thirty-five years, not be-
cause he is unable to buy them, for
he IS a man of sound business judg
mert, say his home papers. He thinks
it conducive to good health and says
at the age of 70, weighing 325
pounds he has no aches or pains and
has never been i'll. He has five
sons, all hale and hearty, but the
news item sent out from Carlton
doesn't say whether they help the
leather trust or not.
Mr.. Haigler, two years ago, was
chairman of the democratic county
committee and at one meeting when
he thermometer was much below
freezing called the body together
and presided in his bare feet while
others shivered to think of being un,
shOd.
Il. II. Haigler showed us a photo
of his uncle and he is the picture of
health. We have been trying to per
suade f. H. to start the practice here
and see if recruits can be secured,
but he SAYS he is fat enough"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
LIE AUTOMOBILE MONEY.

Enormous sums are paid into the
state treasury year after year by the
auto owners. Now ard then some
one familiar with the record, sits
down and figures up how many mil
lions Iowa has collected in this
manner. And what could have been
done with that money.
And then" adds the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, Everybody looks wise
and mods and says, Yes, that is true.
And then we continue in the same old
way. The auto money, or most of it,
is paid back to the different counties,
and If the boards of supervisors had
it, they might be able TO do osme-
thing with it that would appear worth
while, but according to the law, the
money must again be divided and dis
tributed to the different townships.
After d big sum has been divided by
1900 or more, there is little coming to
any one township, and there is not a
township in the state that has any.
thing to show for its money. That
usually goes into the temporary i'm.
provements, which do not improve,
and which have to be done over ev.
cry year. The kind Of improvements
that Burlington made during a half
century or thereabout, until she dis
covered that the temporary improve
ment was a reckless waste of good
money.
There is much talk of bond issues
for the purpose of building perma-
nent roads. II the auto tax were de.
voted to the building of real roads.
Iowa could in a very few years, grid.
iron the state with first-class roads.
and there would be no interest 10 pay
and no bonds to redeem. II we con-
tinue as we have been doing. we shall
simply be frittering away the means
Gherewith Iowa could soon be lifted
out OF the mud II seems strange
that after the fact has been pointed
out SO many times, the lawmakers
should not nave taken the bull by the
horns and put a stop 10 the wasting
of the millions that could be turned
TO real use"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14

toes and tapioca pudding. We keep
on hand pepper, salt, sugar, Hour,
flavoring, etc.
Mrs. Hartsuck, OF New Sharon,
loaned me three-burner gasoline
stove Mrs Pothoven donated an
oven and some one else gave us a
table. While my girls were sewing
my boys made a cupboard out of a
box. Different ones brought pans, skill
lets, tea towels and various cooking
utensils, | furnish the gasoline and
attend to the stove.
Each day | let two girls prepare
dinner at first recess. / let one pass
the lunch pals, another the dishes we
need Each person sits in his own
seat. We take about 80 minutes.
! find there is a Two fold mission in
this. First, ! believe more evil comes
from those long moons in the country
than any other place. This takes their
mind off of other things and leaves
Just enough time for a little play
Second, it gives a warm dinner which
most children need after an early
breakfast and long walk to school.
At the end of a week or some speci'
fed time | hand out one of these
samples, given me by the companies
as an award for their interest and
promptness in bringing what | ask
for. This is an incentive for good
work
Sincerely,
Helen A. Jordan.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
CLUB TREAT
Members Hear Miss Lucine Finch
in Wonderful NANNY Stories"

Members of the Country Club and
their guests were given rare treat
last evening when Miss Lucine Finch
in her wonderful Nanny
Stories" and unpublished songs Of the
Old South. Miss Finch stated that
her old nanny" who died in New
Orleans few years ago, was really
an African princess. That she had
been sold into slavery and that on &C
count of her nobility in her native
country she brought high price.
That she had happy charm of i'm
agery and imagination which enabled
her to tell to these children the won
derful stories of her own conception
She possessed a marvellous gift for
narration, a sense of humor and a
poetic. instinct in which the grotesque
the weird, the horrible and the com
monplace were strangely mingled.
Miss Finch in her charming man
ner gave to her audience stories OF
the wonderful south land, and told in
the native dialect in manner which
it would be impossible to describe
but which must be heard to be appre
ciated. She gave a story of the fate
of the biblical character, Simon Pc
ter Beloved of the Lord. Fishing On
Sunday" A song, Little David,
Play On Your Harp" Noah in the
Ark" and the wonderfully weird story
of the Creation of Man, and Incident
ally the Creation of Woman" The
religious stories were the best anC
the strangest In them was a frame
work of the Old Testament narrative
weirdly twisted and turned to hole
the fearful imagery of all who heard
them. 1t was an evening of rare
pleasure, for seldom is one privileged
to hear so charming a reader and i'm
porsOnator as Miss Finch, who charm
ed her audience from the very begin
ming until the very last when she
presented a picture of Nanny"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
THE MILLS Of JUSTICE
Troubles of People S1fted Through
Court Hoppers.

Complaint having made to Mayor
Harold of the operation of game"
in a room in the business part OF
town, police officers made an investi-
CATION and found a quartette of in.
mates but no game in progress and
no evidence of anything out of the
way. The parties were cited to appear
before the mayor however. No charges
were preferred as there was nothing
upon which a case might be based
and the erst while defendants were
told to go, to sin no more and to avoid
even appearances of sin. Otherwise
trouble will be encountered
- - -
All parties taken in the Rose POr'
terrified disorderly house raid, Mrs.
Porterfield and daughter, H. Van Vark
John Evans and George Welso, plead
ed not guilty on arraignment and were
given hearing before Mayor Harold.
Found guilty as charged, the court
passed a fine of 500 and costs and
sent the bunch to the county Jail for
thirty days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
SQUARE WITH NEleHeoas.

The Oskaloosa Times calls atten.
ton to an exceptional thing that has
been done by o. p. Hedge, residing
on the Glendale road.
Posted on a telephone pole in front
OF Mr.. Hedges driveway is the warn
ing Hog Cholera Here" The farmer
who goes to visit Mr.. Hedge knows
just what he is getting into. There
is no danger of his carrying infection
to his own hog lot without knowing
that he has been exposed to it
Such warnings posted generally
over the county where there is hog
cholera would do a. great deal toward
wiping out the spread of the disease.
A government investigation made
last year showed that out of 219l
cases of cholera in states, 645 were
caused BY visiting the premises of
other farmers who had hog cholera.
This was about % per cent Of all
cases and was the largest SINCE
cause for the disease. PidgeOnS car
ried 1927 per cent, the next largest
item. and over II per cent of the
cases we're due to the farmers fail
ure to clean up his place after intec-
ton
Mr.. Hedges warning is a'step in
the right direction Veterinarians
predict much cholera in Mahaska
county later in the fall and no pre-
tentative measure should be over
looked. For the good of their friends
and neighbors other farmers could
we'll afford to follow Nil Hedges eX-
a.Uu1l
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
20 PRoLoMe LIE.

The United States Public Health
Service and the various health agen
cies of this country are working to
prolong the average duration OF life
In this they are obeyiug the desire fol
existence which is the strongest IN
stirct of mankind Only a small pro
portion of the human race rounds ou'
its tour of duty on this earth. Some
people are born with good bodies
which they treat well Barring acct
dents they live a long time. Some
people are born with poor bodies
which they treat we'll Barring accl
dents they can live to a ripe cd age
Some people are born with good bod
les which they treat badly. They don't
last long.
1t is recorded that in Yorkshire
in 1901, Henry Jenkins was born. He
died in 1870, cut off at the age of 1863
He remembered well The battle Of
Flodden Field. This occurred in 1913
when he was 10 years of age. The
Register of ChanceTy and Other
oaths to him 140 years prior to his
death. He gave deposition as witness
when he's was 157. In his young man
hood, when he was a little over 100
he was a remarkable swimmer.
The term "old age" too frequently
is another name for the falling due o.
the debts of youth. Over-eating, over
drinking, overplaying, over working
these are drafts on the bank of nature
which sooner or later must be met
Sometimes the day of reckoning car
be put off a little bit, but Dame Nat
ure will not be whepdled out Of hel
claim.
The remarkable thing about Henry
Jenkins is the fact that he has left be
hind him no rules of living which
would enable one to duplicate his feat
In this he showed great self-repre3
sion. A a matter of fact there is NJ
royal road to old age and it is not t.
be attained by particular dietary OF
regimen of life. Perhaps the best rult
may be expressed in one word, Mod
Grafton" Moderation in food, modera
ton in drink, moderation in the joys
and worries of life, moderation IL
work, moderation in recreation, equa
nimity of the mind, the soul and thu
body. These make for long tenure o
life.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
"SOON BE TIME

Summer days have come an gone,
Autumn harvest time is on;
Heaps O. fruit an things to can,
Pun kins big as half man,
Jelly, jam, an pickles, too,
'Nuff to last the whole year through
Apples. yellow, red, an green,
Soon be time for Halloween.
Apple cider is in town,
Sweet an cool, an rich an brown;
Hot mince pie for breakfast soon,
Good at night, an good at noon.
Never were such fields O corn
Since our grand dads dads were born;
Stalks are full an high as trees, =
Soon be time for Huskin' Bees.
Veals are CROWN plump an round,
Pigs so fat, they touch the ground;
Coin to have some winter meat,
Juicy steaks, an spare-ribs sweet.
Tenderloins an'-Gracious Sakes!
Sausage balls an buckwheat cakes.
Hear that gobbler goblin? Say
Soon will be Thanksgivin' Day.
Heatin' stove feels warm an good;
Keeps us hustlin' coal an wood.
Women-folks O. evenin's sit.
Round the fire, an knit an knit.
Big moon shinin, cold an bright,
Jack Frost, lurkin' round by night,
Hear the whistlin' O. that breeze?
Soon be time for Christmas trees!
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
new COURSE POPULAR
Miss Jordan Writes of Experience
With Domestic Science Studies

Miss Helen Jordan finds a two-fold
mission in the new domestic science
study which is now being taught in
the rural schools. Miss Jordan teach
es the Norwegian school in Union
township, and the pupils of the school
have entered into the subject with
enthusiasm and are more than willing
to do their part. The warm lunch at
noon is of special benefit to those
who have to walk quite a distance TO
the school and is highly appreciated
by each one of the pupils. Following
is a letter which Miss jordan sends
to thu county superintendent,
Dear Miss DlIboc: Since you ask.
ed for my domestic plans. will send
them. First, | wrote probably 400
letters to companies all over the u.
S. tell them I'm a teacher and wish
samples to use in domestic science.
Most all responded. For instance, we
received DIR. Prices camilla, Crescent
mapleene. various kinds of breakfast
foods. minute tapioca, gelatine King.
ford's corn starch and syrup, cocoa,
etc.
Then tell each child to bring their
own plate, cup and saucer, knife, fork
and spoon, which we keep In the cup
board. Then one day ] inquire VINO
con bring cabbage: somebody yolun
teers. Others volunteer 10 bring
butter, milk, etc.
One day we have Tomatoes ana
corn starch pudding; another, pota-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
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PENN COLLEGE
! III |

Arrangements have been made tC
have the college museum, which is 10
acted in the City Library building
open twice a week The hours will
be on Monday from 1870 to $3.50, and
o'clock. Mr.. Raymond Renaud. a
student in Penn college, will be in
charge.
Rev. c. d. Loehr gave the second OF
a series of talks, which he intends to
give in chapel Tuesday morning He
spoke on the subject, The Carpenter
of Nazareth" These talks have
proven very interesting.
Last week the Y. M. c. A. launched
its financial campaign by raisine
funds for the years work. Professor
Case had charge of the meeting.
Monday of this week was pledge
day for the two societies, Argonaut
and Euphemian Both societies are
rejoicing in the addition Of much new
material. Monday evening picnics
were held by both societies as wei
come to new members. A good
healthy, wholesome spirit is in exist
ence among the societies this year
Booklets have been printed con
tanning the entire pageant as it viii
be given on Friday afternoon. OPP
portunity will be given Tor any one
desiring one of these booklets to Sc
cure the same on or before Friday.
One item that is liable to be over
looked in the arrangements for Penn
Day" is the fact that dinners are to be
held on the college campus by the
different classes and the faculty. II
would be exceedingly agreeable Ito the
management of Penn Day" if mem
bers of the Alumni Association, OF
other people, would form parties and
hold dinners on the campus.
- - -.
The college community is rejoicing
over the victory of last Friday al
Pella. We are looking forward to q
repetition of the victory on next Fri
day afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
FORTUNES IN WAR LOANS.

1t is currently believed that the pro-
posed Issue OF $50O,000,000 bonds as
commercial credit for the allies is
the largest transaction of the kind ev.
er handled in America, but such is
not the case, says the Des Moines
Register.
=. Cook sod an even $1,000000,-
100000 of United States bonds at the
time Of the civil war, and it was uphill
work from start to finish, for the ma
tiOnal wealth was only minor frac-
ton then of what ii is today, and
secession had cut off a great section
Of the wealthy purchasing public.
Northern patriotism helped dispose
Of the bonds, but even with that asset
1t was necessary to employ solicitors
and make a personal canvass in every
loyal section of the union.
Cooks work was of the very high.
est importance, and he received for
it only one tenth of 1 per cent, or 81,
!00O, 900, according to estimates made
in later years, although there were
contemporary rnmors that he was be.
coming immensely wealthy.
~ p. Morgan's remuneration for
the alliel loan will also be small, in
comparison with the regular fees he
is said 10 receive as financial agent
for the British government. "A frac
ton OF 1 per cent is the statement
made concerning the probable cost OF
underwriting or syndicating the bond
issue, and OF this. Mr. Morgan
can count on the lions share He is
stated 10 receive 2 ppr cent on ordi-
nary munitions contracts. and there
have been estimates that he would
coin $500. 100000 out OF the war. but
this may be pxsggeration OF type
similar 10 that which was current In
the civil war concerning Cooks fees.
But Morgan never would handle a
half billion credit for the sum that
jay Cooke received for twice as large
a deal. inyoIsing probably twenty
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
WHEN THE SALT WON'T SHAKE

I'm a perfect gem of patience
When there's anything goes wrong
And when other folks get angry
] can smile the whole day long.
But there's one thing stirs my temper
Till there's something sure tc
break,
And that's when I'm eating dinner
And the salt won't shake!
J am patient in the morning
When alarm clocks start to ring;
] am patient while I'm dressing,
And | even try to sing.
| am patient while | labor,
l am patient while at play
And I'm patient with the weather
When it drizZles night and day.
I am patient at the table,
Tho the Fates at times conspire;
am patient with the noodles
Which are hotter than the fire.
l am patient with the pepper
When / use 1t by mistake,
But I'm apt to speak profanely
When the salt won't shake!
| am patient with the butcher
When the roast is off the horn;
I am patient with the waitress
When she kicks my sorest corn;
i am patient with the salad,
Tho the dressings somewhat thin
And I'm patient with the gravy
Which inVades my chin.
| am patient with the milk man
When the cream looks thin and
blue;
/ am patient when the house-ay
Goes in swimming in it, too.
And I'm patient when my neighbor
Eats my pie by some mistake;
But I'm darned if can stand it
When the salt won't shakei
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
The standing and total enrolment
of the different schools follows: ="

SlLy VI oShOOAS
o. P. Flower. this morning received
communication from the company
stating that the badges and the but
tons for the children who have work
permits will arrive Immediately. This
branch of the work is receiving its
due share of discussion, and interest
is being aroused in number of places
over the new permits. Showing that
the subject is widely, discussed: Mr.
Flower has received program of the
Fourth Annual Convention of the City
Superintendent Club which will
meet in Des Moines, Dec. Bird, 1915
the day before the State Teachers
Convention and the first subject or
the program for discussion is "The
New York Permit Law"
The meeting will be held at the Hal
of the Des Moines Chamber of Com
merce, on the fifth floor of the Shot,
Building, 9Th and Walnut street.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-14
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Fine Record Made In oskaloosa Dur.
ing First Months Work.

Oskaloosa schools have made a. fine
showing for the first month of school
in the good reports which they have
turned in for the absentees. and the
tardies. Lincoln school ranks first
in punctuality, not one tardy being
reported for the first month of school
with a total enrolment of 259. Grant
school ranks first in the matter Of
regular attendance in a total enroll
ment of 307.
More boys than girls are being en-
rolled in the schools this year which
is a very unusual occurrence. The
number of girls is as a usual thing
much larger than thenumbeT of boys.
1927 boys ahve been enrolled and
ga girls making a total Of 2,001, and
out of this total 1853 boys and 727
girls, making a total Of 1,490 pupils
who have neither been absent nor
tardy. during the first month OF
school. '.,s l.'..
The standing and total enrolment