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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
July cratic IN IOWA
Came Within One of Breaking Two
Weather Bureau Records.

According to the official report of
the Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau,
just issued, the conditions that pre-
vailed in the state during July, were
by comparison nearly the very Oppo-
site in the extreme of those for July
1914. July, 1914, was, with one ex-
Ception, the warmest July of record;
while the month now under discus
sion was, with one exception, the
coolest July of record. July, 1914,
was a very drouthy month, while this
year the month was, with one excep-
ton the wettest July during the eli
matological history of the state.
The mean temperature for the state
was 695 degrees, or 4.6 degrees be-
low the normal, and only 10 degree
higher than the mean for July, 1891,
which is the lowest of record for the
month in question. The highest
monthly mean was 1870 degrees, at
Mt. Pleasant, and the lowest was
66.5 degrees, at Postville The high
est temperature reported was 80 de-
grees, at nine stations, on the 18th
or 18th. This is seven degrees low
er than the absolute maximum for
the month in 1891 and 1902, which
were the lowest ever before recorded.
The lowest temperature reported was
40 degrees at Washta, on the 5th.
The warmest days were the 18th to
the 18th, inclusive, and the coolest
were from the Sd to the 5th, inclus-
i've. The range for the state was So
degrees.
The average relative humidity for
the state at a. m. was sos per cent,
and at p. m. it was 676 per cent.
The mean for the month was I'll
per cent, or about 95 per cent more
than the normal. The highest month
ly mean was 81 per cent at Charles
City, and the least was 75.1 per cent
at Omaha, Neb.
The average precipitation for the
state was S.32 inches, or 4.36 inches
more than the normal. The great
est amount, 1888 inches occurred at
Corning, and the least, 1856 inches,
at Spencer. The greatest amount in
any "a consecutive hours, 416 inches,
occurred at Clarinda on the 18th.
Measurable precipitation occurred on
an average of II days.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was from the northwest. The
highest velocity was at the rate of
Al miles an hour from the west, at
Sioux City on the 29th.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
TO LEAVE OSKALOOSA
The Boyd Cloak and Suit Store Is
Being Closed.

The Boyd Cloak and Suit House, do
ing a good business at No. 209 South
Market street has quit the trade. The
Boyds will seek a location somewhere
IN the southwest not yet determined.
in order to provide a warmer and
more even climate for their daughter
Miss Evalyn who is suffering with tu.
berculosis.
Clarence T. Lee, formerly manager
of the Frankei Store, brother of Mrs
Boyd is here today assisting in clos
ing out the store.
Oskaloosa friends deeply regret the
departure of these most excellent peo-
pie who have been associated here
in a business way several years, and
hope is expressed that fortune favors
them in the new home, wherever it
may be and that the daughter may
have immediate and permanent i'm.
provement. .... .s... ~
Mr.. Boyd has been in the southwest
a couple of weeks. Mrs. Boyd will fol-
low to the new home about October
first. ,-........ .--
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
TIE Flight ON BOOZE.

Over each gateway of the Illinois
Steel Company's plant can be found
giittering electric sign reading as
follows to the vast numbers of en-
ployes on the night shift:
Did booze ever do you any
good?
~ a. Did booze ever get you a bet
ter job?
= Did booze ever contribute any
thing to the happiness of your
family?"
The company has also sent milk
vendors through the plant as first
aid to thirsty men in the effort to
take John Barleycorn off the payroll
and thus promote the efficiency of
the workers and minimize accidents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
DEFECTIVE MARKETING.

= We are told that there is an i'm
mense crop of apples in sight. We
presume this includes the Duchess,
our earliest cooking apple and right
now the specimens of this variety or.
sale in some of the stores were
shipped in from some other state.
The same is true of potatoes, cabbage,
onions, lettuce, tomatoes and the lie.
1t does not make much difference
how abundant such things are, COM
mission men persist in shipping in
the stuff in here and local dealers find
it convenient to give them an order
for what they need. There are men
here buying up apples, potatoes and
the Ike and shipping them to other
markets. A year or so ago 1t was
discovered that a car load of hogs
purchased from a farmer in easern
Illinois was shipped to a dealer in
indianapolis, Indiana, and he in turn
sent the animals to big packing
house in New York. A few months
later the hams and bacon from that
car load of hogs, raised by an Tllt-
nois farmer, shipped eastward a
thousand miles. turned up in whole
sale grocery establishment in Los
Angeles three or four thousand
miles to the west At least two
thousand miles of the going and COM
ing of that farmers product repre-
scented a duplication of freight rates
that would have been avoided If the
farmers hogs had been shipped
in the beginning. All
such performances indicate that We
are sorely in need of a reform in
marketing. w. Jarnagin, in the
Iowa Farmer
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Farm Work is Progressing Nicely
In Mahaska County.

Francis F. Everett, government
crop statician, states that the condi-
ton of the corn crop is not altogeth-
err satisfactory. Weather has been
against development and frost is
more than likely to catch the grain
before it is ready. The past week
has been cold and very unfavorable
for development
Farm work is progressing rapidly
and threshing reports of about the
same tenor as those of last week con-
tinue to arrive, loss of ten per cent
and over on oats.
Frost damage in Mahaska county
Monday morning was negligible. The
effects of a slight freeze may be no
ticed in low places but only on tender
vegetation, cucumber, squash and
pumpkin vines No actual damage
to growing corn is reported from any
part of the county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
WHAT Mr.. DOWNS SAID
Extract From Speech Made Some
Fifteen Years Ago.

Interest in the possibility OF IAN
international court" is growing. AL.
most daily one sees some mention of
the idea in the press dispatches.
What was it Mr.. Downs said about
the international court in his address
fifteen years ago?" The question
has been asked a number of times
and by some of those who were pres
ent at the banquet table and heard
the complete address at the time.
Concerning the establishment of an
international court, Mr. Downs said:
The, twentieth century lawyer will
have grasped and solved the great
problem of International Law and
Jurisprudence, and there will no
doubt be international legal affilia-
ton and international courts embody-
ing all civilized bodies polite where
differences between nations of the
world will receive final review and
adjudication.
"ArbitratiOns preCede actions in
courts and nations of the world are
arbitTating disputes and grievances.
And the lawyers of the century will
formulate international courts and
judiCiaries by virtue of which and to
which the nation must, perfOrCe, APP
peal as fundamental law for the final
settlement of international Ques-
tions. 1t is the tendency of the times
and the broadening spirit of modern
civilization. To the lawyer is the
task and for him it is destiny. Get
from under the driveling sentiment
of self into the broad sunlight of
Gods ediCt, mans universal brother
hood to man, and the way is open
and paths straight for the Inaugural
ton and maintenance of the higher
and final triumph of universal law
and enforced obedience thereto.
When the guns of one nation will not
be turned against another, but the de.
cree of the international court will be
enforced by the united batteries of
the world.
who of us so old that for him,
discipline would hold no virtue? Who
so wise that another hath not solved
some problem, to which hitherto the
mind has been blank, for the better
ment of mankind? What people or.
what nation has grown so old or SO
filed with wisdom or so magnani-
would not be betterment over a re.
sort to arms? Would it not be bet
terment to call worlds council for
the purpose of formulating an inter.
national code, inaugurating an inter
national judiciary and promulgating
rules governing the same, providing
for the judges and the ratio of repre-
sentation and the adoption of funda-
mental international cOdified law?
so, gentlemen of the, law and
members of this bar, when you lift
aloft the cup to drink this toast, let it
be drunk in the hope that the twenti-
eth century lawyer will have promul.
gated the international court where
the troubles of the nations will be
settled by the ability of lawyers in
a court of international jurisdiction !
rather than settled in the roar and |
devastation of the modern thirteen
inch gum"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
AN INTERNATIONAL COURT.

Numerous press dispatches have
appeared during the month concern
ing the establishment of a supreme
tribunal of the world to which differ
ences between nations shall be ap'
pealed, evidence heard, cases tried
argued and adiudicated, the judg
ment of which shall be final.
Courts of a land of the United
States, Germany, England, France,
Italy, Russia. Japan. China. etc, ter.
inmate jurisdiction with the confines
of that particular land. Differences
existing therein are taken up, con
tentiOns are balanced and findings Of
the supreme tribunal are final.
Differences between countries re-
sort to the court of arms. Argu-
ments are not upon the foundation
of facts, but in force and bloodshed.
Now comes about the appointment
of a commission looking toward the
establishment of a world tribunal, or
court, in which the nation plaintiffs
and defendants shall have the same
relations as parties to an action in
district, state and national tribunals
in the United States or other govern
ing powers.
These lines of advanced thought
have been given impetus by the great
world war that now staggers civiliza-
ton. A useless ard destructive con-
test of might in which rights of in
dividuals and governments are set at
naught. In the effort to establish
void wide peace that shall be per
manent, minds have hit upon the
plan of the organization of an inter
national court composed of all of the
recognized established governments
of the world.
Back in 1900, in the week between
Downs, an attorney of the Mahaska
County bar, advocated this same
principle in an idealistic address,
The Twentieth Century Lawyer"
Mr.. Downs at that time forecasted
the coming of the world tribunal.
His argument was cast upon a high
plane of thought and even at that
date was unanswerable. Every
hearer acknowledged the wisdom and
the possibility of the plan advocated,
but said it was visionary The self
same steps then outlined and speci-
fed by the Oskaloosa attorney are to-
day being followed in the movement
for the world tribunal that is almost
certain TO be the outcome of the cur
rent conflict OF nations.
Prior to this date, the address of
Mr.. Downs, Irving c. Johnson, an
alumnus of Penn college, class OF
1892, delivered an Grafton on the oc.
casion of Alumni Day, upon the
World State" in which he outlined
the coming of just such a tribunal Of
law as is now being
sought. He told of conditions max
ing such court desirable and held
TO the belief that its establishment
was not far distant The address
was remarkable in the advanced po-
sitions taken and ably defended, but
while Mr.. Johnson was complimented
upon the excellence of his address at
the time, the application of its pre-
cepts were not patent In the light Of
those days. World conditions today
are such as to bring about the very
thing foreseen by these Oskaloosa
people SO many years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
4ss ME- 81 Rosr ROADS.

-Four hundred and sixty-five miles
Of experimental post roads of differ
eht types. benehting % different
counties. are now under construction
In IL states, which are cooperating
with the federal government. These
roads which are being built under
the supervision Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture, are au-
thofized BY the Act Of Congress OF
August "A, 1919. which appropriated
for the Post 0filce Department $780,
oa0 10 be expended IN an experiment
% test out the yalue Of improved ri.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Alaska produced gold in 1914

Alaska produced gold in 1914 to
the value of $15,764,259, an increase
of about $4,000 over that of the
previous year. Last year also 81
450.62S pounds of copper were pro-
duced in Alaska, compared with 81
659,958 pounds in 1913. The value
of Alaska's total mineral production
for 1914 is $19,11S,868; that of 1913
was $1S,576,356. This decrease was
due to the low price OF copper in
1913. 1t is estimated that up to the
close of 1914 Alaska has produced
minerals to a total value of s26S,150,-
000 .... ...-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

all alike, one on the neck, another in
his belt and one in his boot; the Aus.
TRAN has a gunmetal badge, locket
shape, with Identification on a tiny
parchment leaf within. The Turk is
the only soldier who is so lightly val.
ued that he carries no badge, identi-
fication EVIDENTLY being regarded as
nan1loac
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Uncle Sam bas racar,l,

Uncle Sam has recently made
available for homestead entry what
is ofncially known as the Fourth
Unit OF the Belle Fourche irrigation
project IN South Dakota. From time
70 time Tor the past seevral years
small areas have been opened to the
public in this section and already
there Is formed splendid agricul,
tnral eommaRity rs a nucleus for the
Development NQf the entire project
which win reQhlre several months 70
complete.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
lpENrlEYlNo THE peAp.

Each of the armies in the great war
has regular system which enables
It to identity the dead The Russian
soldier wears numbered badge, the
French soldier has an Identification
card stitched into his tunie. the Ger
man soldier a little metal disc bear
ing his number, this British soldier
has an aluminium disc. with tdentif-
Gallon marks ana church alillialion,
the Japanese soldier has three discs,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Nearly 1000 women are said to
have enrolled as policewomen in It.
ally. They have undergone a special
examination and wear uniforms.
This police force will look after wo-
men in particular, recent events of
the war showing how necessary this
is in a country filed with soldiers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Cash Quotations,

Chicago, Sept. 1.-Wheat- No. 2
red, 1O5@l.O7; No. 3 red, 97kc@
S1O3; No. red, 93@99c; No. 2 hard,
$1O4@1.O71a; No hard, $1,000
I.O3&; No. 4 hard, 93c@$1.OO; No. 2
mixed, red, $1.07
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 7S@79c; No. 4
yellow, 7Sc; No. white, 75@75hc;
No 2 mixed, 75c.
Oats-l,o. white, 33% @34c; No
4 white, 32A @33c; standard, 4Oc; S.
G., 30c.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

VANNESSe-The following .resolu-
tons of respect were adopted by Lo-
cal No. 1884, Carpenters and Joiners
of Americas:
God in His Advise Providence has
again seen fit to enter our ranks and
remove from our midst our beloved
te.low workman, Brother VIM. Van.
ness, who departed this life Aug. IA,
1915, and
Whereas, We feel that our loss is
his eternal gain, we bow in humble
submission to Him Who has the pow
er to give life and take 1t again, and
therefore be 1t
Resolved That we as members of
Local No 1884, Carpenters and Join
ers of America, hereby extend our
sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the
bereayed family and friends in their
hour OF sorrow and commend them
to Him Who holds the destinies of
mankind in the hollow of His hand
and is able to console where the,
words of man are vain. And be 1t
further
Resolved, That copy OF these res
olutions be sent to the family and 70
the public press and spread on the
minutes of the meeting.
NJ. L. Vittum.
j. 3. Fansher.
w. l.. Gabel,
Committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
pormItory Contract Let.

The contract for the woman's dorm.
ltory to be erected on the campus at
Iowa State College, Ames, was let re-
Gently at meeting of the finance
committee OF the state board of edu-
cation to the J. B. Evans Construction
Company. The price named is APP
$4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Larae ar nocket.

Judge II e. Fry of Boone, will find
643 cases on the district court docket
when he convenes court at Fort Dodge
Sept s. This Is one OF the largest NUM-
Der OF cases nc not the largest ever con
fronting judge jury and attorneys 81
= district court session.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

q The San Diego exposition has en-
joyed another profitable month for
attendance. During July the expo
sition was visited by 300,980 persons.
This is by far the biggest monthly at
tendance since the exposition was OPP
ened January /. The exposition at
the end OF July had a balance on the
profit side of the ledger Including
July 1,264,561 people have visited the
exposition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

w. H. Room, of Locust Grove
township, Jefferson county, tells the
Batavia News that the receipts from
his chicken farm have amounted to
more than $500 so far in 1915. He
has gathered 10000 eggs since the
first of January.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
The Wymore Revival.

The special revival services closed
at Wymore last Sunday evening. A
hne congregation being present. The
general results OF the meeting have
been to have the work greatly revived
and put in shape for the new year!fThe
Sunday school meets each Sunday at
z 100 p m. You are invited to ioin
the number.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

1T. H., Mcdonald, State Highway
Engineer Of Iowa, has been selected
by the program committee for the
preparation of a paper on Engineer
ing Supervision for Highway Work"
70 be presented at the Pan Ameri-
can road congress at Oakland, Cali,
foFnia, September 10 to II.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

1t has also been noticed that
some people can be very much asham-
ed of liking corned beef and cabbage
without being at all ashamed of not
paying the butchers bill for porter
house steak
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

-Fraterralism has done much to
lessen the effects OF death. In less
than fifty years two billion, six hun
dred million dollars have been receiv-
ed by those who needed it most
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Prohibition seems to be winning
in Russia. The savings banks of
the empire show an increase of $780,
100000 in deposits for the time the
prohibitory law has been in effect
compared with a like time with the
sale of vodka.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

The railroads claim they lose
money on their dining car service.
Maybe this is true, but we have yet
to discover a single patron who will
vouch for the statement
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Seeing through the telephone is
the latest invention promised. But
We presume the girls in the exchange
are just as beautiful as their voices.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Whenever a foreign born citizen
simply can't stand the United States
there's Haiti. Perhaps he'd be hap
pier there" suggests the Marshall
town Times epublican
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

The average number of tele-
phone calls daily in the city of Chi
cago Is about 100000. During the
recent street car strike the number
was increased to nearly 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

The man en- the corner says that
lot of people who are old enough
to know better are trying to get into
Heaven on half fare.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned From
Pulpit and Sanctuary.

Rev. Lurana NJ. Terrell preached
at Pentecostal Mission on Sunday.
Chas. Anderson conducted the song
service. Miss Martha Isler sang a
special solo which was pleasing to
the audience. Miss Terrell brought
the message from Thes. Alb, and
1t was delivered with unusual JUNCTION
and power Five seekers at the al
tar for salvation and sanctification
and many others were deeply con-
victed and hearts were touched.
There seemed to be a revival spirit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

"a Justice Hughes has ten Ii. DIS
attached to his name; and notwith-
standing all that, he says he does not
want to be president.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

"A Michigan man last week swal-
lowed his watch key. Naturally it
wound up his affairs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Cash Grain Market.

Chicago, Sept L--Excellent de-
mand for cash oats on, domestic and
export account continued yesterday,
sales being 100000 bu., about half
of which were to the seaboard, pre-
sumably to fiji old export sales. Chi
cago handlers also sold $4,000 bu.
wheat to go to the .seaboard. Latter
reported $4,000 blu. wheat sold for
export, in addition to which there
was great deal of exchanging of
Gulf for spring wheat contracts.
Sales of oats the last two days 2.000..
900 bu. for export.
Premiums on cash wheat al chica-
go broke 213c yesterday and low
grades closed heavy. No. 2 red sold
at SGpi0c oyer, No : red at S17c
over September. AT Minneapolis
premiums were unchanged with blue.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Alex. Miller has noticed that
some men are never too busy toI
stand and talk, and talk, and talk!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

"A boys idea of a molly-coddle is
a boy who will take bar of soap to
the swimming hole.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

The man on the corner says that
being a good loser isn't much of a
help toward supporting the family
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

ALL the average fan expects of a
player is perfect fielding and home
run every time he goes to bat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

To Alex. Miller it seems a pity
that an unusually good musician is
usually not good for anything else.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

The Waterloo man who made a
bank out of his heating stove GER
tainly had money to burn.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

He who hesitates, may be dane
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Cheer up! Things might bt
worse.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

CHORD.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Chord, No. 113 North A street,
Monday, August 80, 1915, an S12.
pound son. Mother and babe doing
nicely and father happy accordingly. ,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02

Is. Alley Pavement Repalrs.
Repairs are being marie TO the alley
pavement north OF the Oskaloosa Ma
tional Bank
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
WEDNESDAY MARKET
QUOTATIONS ON STOCK, GRAIN
AND. PROVISIONS, CLEANED BY
WIRE FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, Sept. I.
Open. High. Low. Close,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-02
Receipts at Western Markets.

Receipts at six western markets
yesterday with comparative totals: