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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23

! Lynnville Star: All of the members
Of our school faculty attended the in
Istitute at Newton the last of the past
week. Prof. Holy and wife went on
10 Prairie City and visited their home
folks, and Miss Meyers visited over
Sunday in Oskaloosa.
Eddyville Tribune: Mrs. Will Cor
don, who had been in the Oskaloosa
hospital since having an operation
about three weeks ago, was able to
come home Monday afternoon and Is
getting along nicely. Will went to Os-
kaloosa, Monday morning and accom-
.panied his wife home.
Relatives of the r. o. Grier family
have received Wor1, from Abba, stat
ing that T. o. Grier and the entire
family have been quarantined for
some time with scarlet fever. Daugh-
Ter, Miss Ada Grier and younger son
Thomas are recovering from the i'll
ness, but the older boy, Leslie, is still
in a critical condition. A fine baby
girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Grier
last Friday. Dec. II. 1915. Mother
and daughter are doing nicely.
Some five or six years ago he took
up auctioneering as side issue to
the Smoke House proposition. His
success along this line Is best attested
by the fact that he has been selected
to cry this by far the biggest sale ev.
er made in northern Oklahoma, the
result of which will probly run well
up to the quarter million mark. AS
auctioneer he has had a varied and
somewhat amusing careea He has
been called upon to sell pretty near
everything transferable from a toy
gun or a spawned horse up to some
of the fine Herfords for which Usage
county is noted. For nearly two years
he has been crying land sales made
by the sheriff through the courts and
has acquired a knowledge of land val
ues in all parts of the county which
will be of service to him in the COM
ing sale and probably be the means OF
bringing the sellers several dollars
more money
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23
$4,000 LAND DEAL
Is Noted In Deed Filed For Record
In Oskaloosa Tuesday,

The consideration named in a deed
filed in the Office of the county re.
corder yesterday was $4,000. The
following described land was trans
ferred from R. D. Vought and wife
and John Caudle and wife to E. L.
Ives of this city: The east one.half
of the notheast quarter of section
nine; and the west one-half Of the
northwest quarter of section ten;
and the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section ten, all
in township rs, range IA, and north
of the 5th p. M. The land is locat-
ed in Monroe township and contains
two hundred acres more or less. The
sale price makes an average of 1910
per acre for the above named prop
90, e
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23

: The PUBLIC SALES !


will sell at public auction at their
residence, miles west of Oskaloosa
on Tuesday, Dec. %, at 1920 o'clock
a. m, coming year old horse; two
brown horses coming years old; Il
span gray horses coming 4 years Old
weight 400; bay horse coming
years old, weight 1909; dapple gray
horse coming years old; sorrel
mare coming years old; s head of
cows; coming two-year-old heifers,
black heifer fresh in April; full
blood Short Horn bull 2 years; 5
spring calves; 400 bushels corn, ma
chinery, harness, hay ladder. Free
lunch at noon. Usual terms. J. M.
Covey. auctioneer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23

did such botch eye work as some
optometrists with exorbitant charges.
| fear some morning lonely cadaver
would adorn cedar pole by the
Great White Way,
Sharp advances in prices of high
quality ground lenses make it neces-
sary to announce the cost of such
glasses adjusted by Mayne Arnold
viii be increased so per cent.
Fair Warning.
New price to take effect Jan. 1st.
1916. So far as possible with the
limited supply we were able to Sc.
cure we will adjust the new glasses.
"consummate Synthetic Lenses"
These wonderful lenses are the re.
suit OF years OF research and costly
experiments. With the increase
named and quality mentioned. five
dollars or more will be saved on each
pair of glasses procured from Prof
Arnold. II before Jan, LIST, more vet
The supreme and the useful Christ.
mas gift 10 an elegant pair OF glasses
lifted to the eyes by Mayne Arnod.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23
Baqqed Three Foxes,

Walter Danger, of Eldora, in a re-
cent fox hunt bagged three of "Brier
Renyard's" tribe. The county paid
him bounty of 81 each and a large
number of dealers are willing to pay
him a fancy price for the furs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-23

Oskaloosa is taking care of her
share of the holiday trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Fatal Hum of a Submarine

Tn the December Popular Science Monthly and Worlds Advance, William Dubilier, the American electrical engi- neer who was called to Europe by one of the allied governments to. devise Q system of harbor defense against hos tile submarines. describes the experi- ments which led to the adoption of a remarkable microphone submarine de- tector.
 Although it is impossible to see a deeply submerged submarine, Mir. Du- bilier believed that there was a method of detecting It's exact location in the water. In describing his experiments. he says:
 Suppose that submarine gave forth a sound of some kind, would 1t not be possible to devise some form of ap- paratus by which 1t could be heard? That was the starting idea of the ex- periments that conducted for the al. lied government.
 At once the beating of the propellerc of submarine suggests itself. It is not characteristic enough. Motor boats, steamships and other power driven ves- sells have propelers, and although their period of vibration Is different from that of any other engine driven craft, some other sound must be sought something as distinctive as the call of robin or the neighing of horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
MARKET
 DULL BUT STEADY
Estimate of Cotton Crop by Private Bureau Caused
 Bullish Comment

New Orleans, December 4.-Dullness pre- vailed in the weekend session of the local cotton market today, but the tone was steady and prices remained at a small net rise the session through, standing at the best six points up and closing up.
 Cables were better than due and pri- vate bureau reports on ginning were bull fish. which stimulated moderate buying. Offerings were restricted by the fear of a bullish census bureau report Monday on ginning to the end of November A pri- vate bureau crop estimate of 11,00o, 900 bales, not including linters, caused bullish comment.
 Much of the trading consisted of even ing up transactions and brokers were of the opinion that good part of the offer ings came from longs who did not care to carry their cotton over Sunday and the bureau early Monday morning.
 The interior continued to report a mod- erately good inquiry for spots and small offerings, which gave the market a good undertone, in spite of the small mill talk ings for the week.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Keeping an Eye on Them

From Tit-Bits-,
 The directors of Q bank had engaged the services of a watchman. who came we'll recommended. but did not seem over experienced. The chairman. therefore. sent for him to post him up a bit and began:
 James, this is your first job of this kind. isn't it?''
 "Yes. sir."
 Your duty must be to exercise vigil lance.''
 "Yes. sir"
 ..Be careful how strangers approach you"
 T will. sir"
 "No stranger must be allowed to en- ter the bank at night. under any pretext whatever
 No. sir
 And our manager-he Is good man. honest, reliable and trustworthy, but it will be your duty to keep your eye on him.
 "But 1t will be hard to watch two men and the bank at the same time.'
 Two men-howT'
 Why. sir. 1t was only yesterday that the manager called me in for talk and he said you were one of the best men in London. but 1t would be just as well to keep both eyes on you, and let the directors know # you hung around after hours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
ADVANCE
 OF WHEAT PRICES
Buying on a Huge Scale by Foreign Government Sent
 Prices Upward

Chicago, December 4.-Highest prices yet on the 1915 crop were reached today in the wheat market here as the result of an excited advance. Buying on a huge scale, said to be partly on orders from foreign government, swept prices up ward 6hc above the low point of the day. The close was buoyant at $1.16ss for December and $1.161s for May, 27s@3c to 51sc higher than yesterdays finish. Corn gained 2sc net and oats 54c to ssq1sc. In provisions the outcome varied from 21ac decline to rise of 221sc.
 Closing quotations on wheat, which were virtually the tip top for the session, represented jump of 10c to 1Si4c bushel as compared with a week ago.
 The buying fever at the end of the day formed a notable contrast to the weak ness apparent at the start. Failure of the Liverpool market to reflect yester- days advance in America had tempor- arily discouraging effect, and so did announcement that six eastern railroads had put an embargo on export shipments of -four and that the congestion of freight handling facilities threatened to extend to Galveston. All bearisn influences. how ever, were speedily forgotten when seem- ingly endless orders to purchase came streaming into the pit.
 One of the largest houses in the trade led the buying of wheat. Rumors spread that an unidentified European government was bargaining for large amounts of breadstuffs, and there were also reports that the Canadian authorities would only allow Canadian wheat to go to Great Britain or her allies. Besides, Philadel- phia advices asserted that an immense business with British mills was being done in both flour and wheat, supposed to be destined to a large extent to Italy. Closing of spreads, too, between Winni- peg and Chicago was said to have formed decided element, accelerating the ad- vance of prices here.
 Corn responded to the sertngth of wheat otherwise. though, the tendency was down grade, chiefly on account of fine weather and because of the outlook for larger receipts next week. Oats fol- lowed the action of corn. Some export transactions were noted late in the ses- sion.
 Provisions averaged higher despite a setback in the volume of hogs. The bulge In grain was largely responsible for lift ing the provision market. Commission houses and shorts took all the offerings. influenced somewhat by the fact that shipments for the week were largely in excess of last years total
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
kTREME APATHY N STOCK EXCHANGE
Eature of Exchange Mar ket Was Decline of Ital-
 ian Remittances

lew York, December 4.-A sudden ae- l sion of strength in the final half hour | the marked feature of today's short sion of the stock exchange. Prior to |t period the list showed extreme |thy, dealings in the first hour falling The smallest total of any day for many |sks. The belated inquiry was so gen. l and embraced such variety of high de issues as to suggest something ,e potent than mere short covering. (5ecialties constituted the sole feature l the first hour, some of those issues ording sensational gains, while others 0 reactionary. General Motors made new maximum of 4921s on its advance s21a points, with gains of to almost points in other war and semi-war res-Montana Power, Tobaccos and ondary industrials and equipments. (,pers were point or more above yes- Hay, in anticipation of favorable divi- d action during the coming week. ted tSates Steel was lethargic at the |set, but hardened at the end. Beth. em Steel opened down 10 points but led at 47o, a loss of points. United Hit was weak throughout, declining 61s A. and South Porto Rico Sugar lost 6 |i52.
 Inc bank statement furnished a dis |st surprise, an estimated cash gain Considerable proportions being turned K a contraction falmost $7,000,0 GOO. In eral, however, the statement failed to feet to any degree the changes or It's of currency incidental to the ex- Eition of November.
 |ne feature of the market for foreign |hange was a decline In remittances to \ ne and other Italian points to the low rates ever recorded. Demand fires o quoted at $6.56 which roughly rep kented @ discount of 30 per cent. Marks |e 8 trifle steadfer, but Austrian ex- knge hung at the recent low point. ailroad returns of the day for Oc- i er included the Great Northern line, Lh net increase of s749,o0o. and the \ Eo,' a Canadian Pacific subsidiary, a 1 of $346,000. Several minor southern southwestern lines showed decided
 IS in gross and net.
 Ionds were irregular, with future" |s of small lot of Anglo-F'rench l ss at ST, the lowest open rate for K issue. Total sales, par value, ag- gated $2.62o,0o0.
 United States coupon As advanced 5s cent on call during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
PRICES ADVANCE . ON COTTON MARKET
Weekly Reports and In- crease of Exports Caused
 Small Rise in Prices

New York. December 1.-The cotton ated within a range of 4 or points or between 1266 and 12.7l for March con- tracts. That delivery closed at 12.69c with the general list closing steady at an advance of 3 to points as compared with last nights closing figures.
 The market opened steady at an ad- vance of l to points and active months sold to points net higher during the carly trading on covering for over the weekend and little bull support. This advance carried January contracts up to 1e.43c, while March sold at 12.9lc, and was evidently encouraged by the steadi- ness of Liverpool favorable weekly re- views of the domestic goods trade, a slight increase in the amount of cotton of shipboard and the reiteration of small private ginning figures. These fea- lures, however, failed to materially stim- ulate demand in advance of the govern n-ent reports expected next weeK and trading seemed to be largely in the way of evening up accounts for over the week end. At any rate, slight reactions fol- lowed under realizing with January sell ing off to 12.39c and May to 12.S7c. There was some Wall street buying on a scale down and closing prices showed rallies of 3 or points from the lowest on most of the more active positions.
 Rumors of ginning returns pointed to a crop of only 1l.0o0,Oo0 bales, excluding lirters, probably increased confidence in a small showing by the census report next Wednesday. The amount of cotton On shipboard awaiting clearance at the end of the week was 139, ,752 bales com pared with 126,70S last week and 3Ol ,O04 last year, while increased offerings of commercial bills In the exchange mar ket also tended to color the talk of some improvement in export demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05

Like others in the Leghorn tribe the Single Comb Brown Leghorn is a heavy egg producer and nonsitter. Breeders must depend upon hens of other breeds or use artificial means to hatch and brood tho chicks. Because of the rich red and green-black oolors of the male and the soft brown plumage of the fc- male, this bred Is much admired. It is popular with the fancier as well as with the farmer.
 Several of our popular American breeders owe their quality of heavy egg production to the Brown Leghorn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
CHANGE FEED GRADUALLY
Horrors of Trench Life

By Leslie's French War Correspondent.
 Two o'clock. in the trenches--a cold, stormy a. m. Three of us are sitting in our little hut, 8 six-foot-square hole, dug in the ground. roofed over with trunks of trees and sand bags.
 outside the night Is as cold and black as a pit, with torrents of rain blow ing into it. Only few yards from us, on the other side of a road that separates us from them. the Germans are watching us as we are watching them But not 8 sound, not sign IS there to tell an impossible ana hypo- thetical passer-by that on each side or that narrow road there are hundreds and hundreds of men lying there, Tat on-or rather in--the muddy ground, listening with intense eagerness Tor the slightest noise, trying to detect any faintest sight of light.
 We rather envy the men over Tn that direction. For six months we have been living in this muddy trench, the life or a soldier at the front; the life of wild animal or an outcast dog. Sometimes we sleep in the woods. under bushes, all huddled together to keep warm !; sometimes we are lucky enough to pass a night under the shelter of falling roof, or in the cellar of a ruined house, again our Ded IS or SOllcu strdW oPAoo" on stony ground. or we fall upon an old mattress covered with the blood of the wounded.
 In all these months we have never taken off our clothes to sleep. nor hao any more thought of unfastening our shoes than our cartridge belts. Real war Is not what we read of in books IL IS the informal reality General sherman knew-Hell itself.
 Only a few yards from us lie de- cayed corpses of French and German soldiers. Some have become skeletons and hang in the barbed wires like flies in cobweg.
 The most astonishing part Of 1t IS the facility with which you get accus- toned to it all You really don't mind much. since you yourself may at any moment be blown into atoms-life IS very cheap in the trenches. Perhaps the hardest thing Is the waking up Tn the morning. It takes long time to wake up. your clothes are 70 damp. your limbs are SC stiff and the cold ness of the ground seems to penetrate to the very narrow of your bones. Between sleeping and waking. you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Sugar Market

New York, December 4.--Cotton seed oil was higher on a little western buy ing inspired by the firmness in lard and light offerings generally. Final prices wore to 6 points net higher Market closed firm. Spot, 8.25o bid; December. S.2s@S,S1c; January, S.31 @S.33c; Febru- |ary. S.30@s.40c; March. S.410s.44c; April. s.46S4sc; May, S.52@s.55c; June. S.5s e s.62c; July. S.71@S.75c. Total sales 290O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05

something that by no possible chance can be mistaken for another sound.
 q found what I sought Tn the weird, shrill hum of submarine Others had heard that hum long before began my experiments It was taken for engine vibration. But it is much too high In pitch for that. as I found by actual tests.
 "I soon convinced myself that the fine, shrill. almost singing note that can be heard when the Diesel engines are cut off and the submarine is travel ing under power derived rom ner storage batteries is due entirely to her electric motors. The sound Is unmis- takable. Step into any central station where electric power is generated to light a city and you will hear the hum of a submarine. There Is no difference to the ear. To devise means Of de- tecting this sound at great distances was the object of my experimenting.
 "The microphone at once suggested itself as a suitable instrument, and with its use Q submarine could Dc heard at a distance of 50 miles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05

realize the horror of 1t all. What years back the other life seems!
 But what is that big light flaring up in the sky? The suburbs of Rheims on fire again! Every day the doomed city is shelled. In the trenches, knee deep in the mud. the men watch the con- flagration! What strange looking lot they are. wrapped in big woolen scarfs and coarse furs as they gaze through that chicken fence of wire nettingl The chicken fence Is protecting screen against hand grenades and stones that the opposing army losses to us from time to time. Punches oi newspapers, sent the same way, are more welcome missiles.
 An. there it is, knew we'd get 1t in minute-that well known whizzing sound. ending in an awful crash It tells the sky gazers and the rest or las that dawn is already breaking Bang. bang. bangi The days work has begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNs

which has been used extensively as foundation stock.
 Brown Leghorn eggs are white and larger than those laid by other varieties of Leghorn, and find ready sale In cer- tain markets. The chicks grow rapidly and reach maturity early.
 Full grown Brown LeEhorns are usually larger than any other Leghorny Tho hens weigh from AZ to 51s pounds. while tho males weight as high as 5aa to pounds. They arc active, arc good foragers and thrive on tho open range. They ara also ideal for backyard floclSs and keep tho table well supplied with eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Hubbard Bros. E Co.

sSs msssss.iNss ssss Ns~ 'cosgon sss1e Es X
 hEe, New Orleans Cotton Exchange. \ York Produce Exchange. Associate sof Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for Ire delivery. Special attention and |tnl terins Eiven for consignments o3 cotton for delivery. Correspond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
In Both
From Tit-BitS.

From Tit-Blts.
 The subject under discussion was lucky signs. omens, and the like. 'T must con fess to being a firm believer in the mum. her r." remarked 0 successful trades. man. For instance, there are just seven letters in the word success
 ''Yes, and in failure too." growled the inevitable pessimist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans December 4.-Spot cotton quiet, unchanged. Sales on the spot, 525; to arrive 45o. Good ordinary. 9.9Sc; strict good ordinary. 10.55c; low middling, 11.1So; |; strict low middling, 11.63c middling, 12c: strict middling, 12.25c; strict good mid ding, 12.94c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
Mercantile Paper

|Aw York, December 4.-Mercantile Ter, 2% @S per cent; sterling 6o-day Es. 466; demand, 4.70.S5; cables, 41l; |ncs, demand. 5S5; cables, 5S4;
 Nks, demand, 7s%: cables, 1878
 EIders, demand, 41X: cables. 42; fires
 Hand, 654; cables, 653; rubles, de-
 Id, 3lT; cables. 12; bar silver, 55
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. December 4--Trading was confined to clean Japan rice today, the market being quiet. with unchanged quotations. Receipts: Bought, 366S: mil- lers. 2764; clean. 3577. Sales. 778 pockets clean Japan at 2@3Kc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis. December 4.-Wheat No. 2 red, SIPS; No. ? hard nominal; Decem- Der. $1.11A; May, $1.14. Corn No. 2, 66hc; No. white. 66h @67c; Decem- Der. 651sc; May. 6SBc. Oats No. ?. AK @42c; No. white, nominal; Decem- Der. 40% G May, 42Akc.a N ...-fa .l-ar,l1.