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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
EDDYVILLE VICINITY
Revival Meetings Attracting Atten-
tion Of the People.

! Eddyville, Feb. 29.--John Balm who
has been making his home with his
grandfather, j. e. Fleetwood and at
tending school in Eddyville, will
leave the first of the week for Del
plus, Kansas having been called
home by the illness of his father. "a
20 Fred Shaver and wife returneJ
Friday from Mt. Rose, Colorado. Mr.
Shaver surprised his many Eddy
| vile friends by being quitely married
in Colorado on Monday. Mr.. anu
Mrs. Shaver will be welcomed by q
host OF friends who extend cOngratu
lations.
Phillip Hargescheimer left Saturday
night for Roosevelt, Mimi, where he
has taken up a claim.
Mrs. Clyde Foster who has been
visiting relatives in Eddyville left
Monday for Samatia, Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs o. f. Franklin have
returned to their home near Center.
vile after a short visit with friends
in Eddyville.
The mebers of the Phelps EVangel
istic party arrived in Eddyville Sat
urday and the opening and dediCa.
ton of the Tabernacle took place
Sunday morning. The Tabernacle
was fittingly decorated for the Oc-
IcasiOn by w. X. belong. Rev. Phelps
and party were greeted by a large
audience and given q cordial welcome
to our city by the resident pastors of
the different churches. Rev Phelps
responded and introduced the mem.
bers Of his party. In the afternoon
the members of the different Sunday
schools marched to the Tabernacle
carving benTors bearing the words,
Union is Strength" Christ is King y
Miss Grace Seifert and Miss Eppie
Wylie were recent Ottumwa callers.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bescoe moved
Monday from Me'rOse to EddyVil!e.
Mrs. Besco who has been i'll for some
time is slightly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard harold spent Sun
day with relatives in Oskaloosa.
Fred Kelly is visiting friends in
Marshalltown this week.
Henry Schenrang and family who
have been spending the wintet at the
parental Lucas home went to- Mar
shalltown Monday where they will
locate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Brom who have
been living on farm near Eddyville
moved this week to a farm near Mo
ravia.
Mrs. VIM. Watkins spent Monday
in Abba visiting friends.
Howard Life. of Leighton. was the
guest of friends in Eddyville Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Bescoe, of Mel
rose, spent Sunday visiting at the
parental Geo Bescoe home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned From
Pulpit and Sanctuary.

Y. P. c. L. of U. P. church had
another fine meeting Sabbath even
ing. The subject was "Exterminate
the Saloon--Why and How" This was
a fine subject for the young people. A
splendid program was prepared by the
leader, Miss Anna PheniX.
First on the program was, What
the Bible tells us about strong drink
1t brings woe and sorrow. 1t brings
death, moral peryersity, moral blind
ness. 1t brings intellectual iullness
destroys personal reliability and clos
es the door of heaven.
number of questions were given
out on this all important question OF
the day. The questions and those TAX
ing part were as follows:
The Saloons Influence Our Nation
Edith Johnson.
Is Prohibition n SUD ess?-David
Hen.
How Does Your Governor Stand on
the Saloon Question, also our Repre-
sentatives in Congress?-D. J. Stew
art and Herbert Malone.
Prohibition and Prosperity-Walter
Rice.
Rev. Malone gave a most enthusiasts
tic talk on the Fight and Great Vic
tory won by the Governor of Colorado
After listening to all these talks il
was easily understood why state after
state added their names to the dry
list until now there are nineteen OF
them.
We had with us at the meeting. Mrs
Jessie T. Williams, Secretary of the
local w. c. T. U. who gave a brief
talk, telling of the work which has
been done bv this organization. We
were glad to have Mrs. Williams with
Is. We thank her kindly and hope that
she can meet with us again in the
near future
Next SABBATH evening is Mission
Study class. This class is conducted
by Mrs. r. /. Bobeson and Miss Anna
Phenix. The leader will be Henry
Greeye. Let every ember be pres
ent as these studies are both inter
esting and instructive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
AT UNIVERSITY PARK
Live News Items From A Thriving
College Town.

Things in the social line at Univer-
/ sity Park have been unusually quiet
the past week. The school work has
progressed smoothly and uninterrupt-
Itedl yalolg, and made no stops or
breaks. 49,. psHi
huF .E.s}ni
Misses Jennie Overholt and Ruby
Rasmussen were week end guests in
Des Moines with Miss Rasmussen's
brother.
Miss Kelly of Sigourney spent Sun
day at University Park, a guest with
Mrs. Bailey, who has been visiting
her daughter, Miss Irene.
Isaac Bates and daught'r. Miss
Anna, were guests at the Park last
week Mr.. Bates has returned home
but Miss Anna remained and will at
tend the University.
Misses Nellie Wilson and Bernice
Tucker spent Sunday visiting Miss
Lucille Nash at her home in Cedar.
MI anu MIS. DplIeSJ vi DOIIu La
kota, were guests for a few days last
week with their daughters, Miss Flor
ence aid Miss Ruth. Mr. and Mrs.
Spires were enroute to their new
home in Ottumwa.
Mrs. S. e. Armstrong is entertain
ing her daughter, of Polk City, for a
few days.
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Miss Lila Baker was an over Sun
day guest with friends in lndianola.
The special meetings at the c. Fl.
U. will continue during the week
The Rev. Smith will conduct the SER
vices. The meetings have been I'M
usually interesting, and the attend
ance has been most gratifying.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
rHE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

In home trade there is Sigh
abatement of the remarkable actiVlt!
which has been going on for seyera
months, says Henry Clews. West
ern business continues active ant
railroad earnings although somewhat
affected by the congestion of tratht
are making exceedingly satisfactory
reports. Bank clearings also reflect
general activity, the total for the
third week in February showing al
increase of over so per cent com
pared with a year ago and ut egain
being we'll distributed over all sec
lions of the country. Our steel in
dustry is phenomenally active. Prices
continue to soar and manufacturers
and buyers alike appear perpleXed
over an extraordinary situation.
Many plants are sold ahead to the end
of the year at highly profitable prices
and indications point to a continued
pressure of orders. Railroads are IN
position to buy more freely, and
are placing liberal orders for equip
ment of all kinds. In some cases
the delay in traffic has been owing
to inadequate rolling stock, and this
deficiency will soon be rectifed. II
is quite within the range OF probable
ity also that the railroads will put
into effect long contemplated i'm
provements. What with improved
earnings, and a more reasonable at
titude of the public towards our great
transportation companies, the chief
restraint upon railroad development
has been somewhat dissipated, and
the outlook is really better than it
has been for several years. The
chief cloud now overhanging railroad
managers is the labor problem. The
demands of the employees are now be-
ing more or less discussed in the OPP
en-, and there is a fair chance OF a
satisfactory solution being reached
without any such serious conflict as
at one time feared. The labor stu
alton in the coal regions also appears
less threatening, the impression being
that by means of arbitration any dis
astrous breach will be averted..
There is one feature of the stu
alton which is not all that might be
desired, and that is the crop outlook.
Our winter wheat acreage promises
to show a small decrease owing to
contraction in the South. At the
same time a very considerable por.
ton of the winter wheat crop has
been winter killed. According to
the present outlook there is no
chance for another bumper wheat
crop in 1916. 1t is too early, how
ever, for crop prospects to become an
important factor in the business stu
alton"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS
News Picked up from Depot, Siding
and Pound H"use.

In the United States District Court
Julius Mayer handed down an order
authorizing Walther c. Moves, as re-
ceiver of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad Company, to settle
anr compromise all the claims of the
receiver and the railroad company
against the directors for S750,000 paid
by Daniel G. Reid and William II.
Moore. The order is the result of a
petition by Judge Moves, as receiver,
supported by the affidavit of Charles
E. Rushmore. counsel to the receiver.
The chief claims asserted were that
the purchase of the~Frisco system was
a violation of the Sherman act and re-
suited in great loss to the railroad
company and that dividends had been
paid out OF current earnings when the
capital OF the company was impaired
by the sale of the Frisco stock. The
affidavit of Mr.. Rushmore, supporting
Judge Moves petition for leave to set
tie, stated the belief of the receiver
and his counsel that the receiver could
not successfully litigate the claim and
that no liability could be successfully
asserted against either Reid or Moore.
The defenses of Messrs. Reid and
Moore and the other directors have
thus received the sanction of the
court. and they are absolyed from all
liability, 70 either the receiver, the
company, the stockholders, or cred
itore.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
AMONG LOCAL MINES
News From Various Quarters of the
Black Diamond Field.

Safety First" is beginning to show
substantial results in lives saved in
the coal mining industry, according
to q statement made by Secretary
Lane Of the Interior Department today
A report of the casualties in the Goa
mines for the year 1915, made by the
Bureal OF Mines, shows that:
The actual number of men killed
is the lowest in the last sixteen years
The death rate for each 1000 men
employed is the lowest in the last six
teen years.
The number of tons of coal produced
for each miner killed is the largest
in the entire history of coal mining
in the United States.
Statistics gathered by the bureau
show that more than three quarters o!
a million men were employed in coal
mining last year, and that of this
number 1894 we're killed. which is
100 less than in 1914 and 521 less than
ii 1913 The death rate for each 1000
men employed was 295, as against
1922 in the previous year and 3.73 the
year before that. This means that a.
a result of the general safety cam
paign that has been proceeding fol
several years, there was one additional
man saved in every four thousand
employed as compared with the prev
ious year; and three more men saved
in every four thousand employed as
compared with the year 1913. There
were 22S,799 tons of coal produced fol
every life lost as compared with 208,
07S tons in the previous year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
DAT SMUT PREVENTION.

The average annual losses from
smut in oats are greater than those
caused by any other preventable GER
cal disease in the United States
Treating the seed with hot water or
with formaldehyde solution before
sowing is an easy, cheap, and effect
i've. way of preventing this disease
The latter method, which is the one
most available for general use, is
here briefly summarized.
Mix the formalin Ia commercial
preparation which is 81 per cent for
maidehyde by weight with water al
the rate OF pound Ia little less than
pinE) 10 40 gallons of water The
grainiymay be ueither loosely inclosed
In sacks or put loose into tub or
vat with the solution. Agitate the
sacks or stir the loose grain occasion.
ally so that the entire surface of ev,
cry. grain will be thoroughly wet. In.
stead Tof being immersed the seed
oats may be spread on clean floor
or canvas and sprinkled with the so
luton and shoveled over during the
process SO that they will be wet ev-
emily as in the other method. Not
over q gallon OF solution will be
needed for every bushel of dry grain.
After sprinkling. shovel the seed In
TO q pile, cover IL with sacks wet
With the solution. and allow il to
It6nd for al least two hours before
spreading 1t out 70 dry.
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
We MUST HAVE A FAIR
Enthusiastic Meeting Of Committees
So Declare

Enthusiastic Fair solicitation COM
mittees met in Oskaloosa Tuesday
morning and afternoon for a confer
ence held in the directors apartment
of the Oskaloosa National Bank.
Every seat was taken and extra chairs
were provided.
Announcement was made that O.
luncheon would be served at the noon
hour but on account of a change in
management of the hotel where the
entertainment was to have been pro-
vided the meals were taken at tho
local CARES instead.
Returning to the committee apal t.
ments following the midday refresh.
ments the members compared notes
and listed prospects. 81.
Enthusiasm for the project was
boundless and unlimited and in spite
of the handicap of unfavorable wealth.
er and the busy time of the year.
making the business in hand next to
impossible in many quarters, the
workers are confident of successful
outcome.
An additional five Thousand dollars
was pledged in the meeting and the
enthusiasm of the workers was in
evidence In all directions.
Discussion of the idea OF having
the city and the fair association
merge interests in the ownership OF
the property was INDUCED to consid.
cradle extent and the proposition OF
a joint ownership Is not looked upon
with favor at this time. The desir.
ability of fair property and PARK
proposition, separate and distinct, is
however acknowledged.
The best of feeling prevails and
the opinion exists that there is but
single outcome, -Mahaska county
is going to have a fair again.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
Fire Boys Remembered.

Fire Company boys acknowledge re,
ceipt of a handsome mark of apprecia.
tion on the part of Warren Kalbach
for work done by the department at
the fire in his buildings on High ave-
n'ia West. Mr. Kalbach feels that the
boys did a splendid piece of fire fight
ing and saved his property from SER
ious damage. ANY such attentions on
the part of property owners make the
bows feel that the efforts they put
forth and the risks they take are not
ed and appreciated.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

Precautions: The oats may be
seeded as soon as dry enough to run
through the drill. If the seed is
still moist, however, the drill must
be set to sow more to the acre than
!, 1t is dry. The quantity which
should re sown may be determined
by measuring sven bulk before and
after treatment and figuring the pro-
norton of increase After treating
do not expose the seed to freezing
until il is thoroughly dry.
Do not allow the treated seed to
come into contact with old sacks,
bins or machinery in which there
may be smut spores. If such must
he used. scald them or wash them
first with the formaldehyde solution,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
THE BOWLING ALLEYS
Will Soon be Installed In Y. M. C. A
Addition.

The Y. M. C. A. bowling alley floor
is being laid today in preparation for
the installation Of the alleys.
On Friday evening the weekly dor
mitory mems social and supper oc-
ours in the dining and social rooms
of the Association
- -.
The large table in the board of di-
rectors room, has Just been returned
from a local furniture factory, where
some repairs anil adjustments were
made. The table is now in first class
condition.
Life Problems" will be discussed
in a young mans class, organized last
evening in the local Y. M. C. A. for
the study of the present day problems
confronting the young men of the
country. Secretary Kramer states that
these classes are open to all men and
young men who desire to enroll, re
CARELESS of "Y" memberships. The
first meeting of the club last even
ing indicated a most interesting pro
gram.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
THE VALUE OF BIRDS.

One quail will destroy $4,000 bugs
and 5000, 100000 weed seeds annually,
according to Mrs. Margaret NJ. Nice
OF the Massachusetts State University
Cotton growers lost $10O,000,000 a
year because hunters slaughter by the
thousands. the quail. prairie chicken,
meadow larks and other birds which
destroy the boil weevil.
II the destruction of bug eating
birds could be prevented. $1,000, 900, geo
a year would be saved to this country
says Col. G.. o. Shields, president OF
the League of American Sportsmen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
CLUBS AND SOCIETY
Various Happy Occasions Among
Town and Country Folk.

The last klks party of the season
was given last evening, and proved
one of the most successful and de-
lightful. st. Patrick decorations
were used, and military euchre made
the entire evening most interesting.
Fourteen tables took part in the
game, and table number won hon.
ors, at which sat Mrs. John Blakes-
lee, Mrs. Walter McQuistOn, Mrs. Ty-
son, Miss Mary Dobyns, Allen Jones
and Ed Mathews. The committee
for the evening was Mrs. JOSEPH
Stumps, chairman, Mrs. r. L. Black:
ford, Mrs. r. f. Redman, Mrs. c. L.
Farmhouse, Mrs. DIR. c. A. Abbott,
Mrs. ]. E. Whitaker, Mrs. c. V. Hoff-
mann and Mrs. James Atchison. They
served the guests with chicken pat
ties and coffee.
The Polly Ann Merry-G o-Round
was held last evening with Miss Faye
Robinson on Second avenue west. The
Merry-Go- Round is usually held on
the first Friday of each month, but
their Sunday school instructor, Mrs.
Harry S. Howard, leaves this after
noon for a six weeks visit with rela-
tives in California, so they held the
meeting last evening that she might
be with them. There was just a
brief business session, during which
a few matters of importance were
discussed The girls brought their
fancy work, and along with their
stitching they enjoyed Victrola mu.
sic. Mrs. Howard left the meeting
quite early, and the girls parted with
her with many regrets, even for such
a short time. and promised her many
things upon her return. Miss Robin
son served delicious refreshments.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
NIaht plant ] Climber.

LincolntoD, Ga.-Mrs. Reuben Gold.
man has been greatly astonished late.
ly at the strange growth Of stem that
has put out from her night-blooming
cereus. 1t has already climbed up
ward fully ten feet like stalk OF as
paragus. No other plant OF this kind
has done this around Lincolnton. and
i is regarded by the ladies as ., curl.
osity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

a The newspapers of Iowa are all
turning down thousands of dollars
worth of advertising every day which
is offered by outside liquor dealers
Notwithstanding" says the Sigourney
News, there are people who think
that the press has not other ambition
but the financial end of the business.
IL they were so disposed they could
make better money out of liquor al
yertfsing than any other line
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
BOUQUET EoR rHE HERALD

Grinnell Register: Say, you Hoff,
mann boys and Charley Walling OF
the Oskaloosa Herald; you certainly
had q fine edition Saturday. We read
the old Herald from 'kiver to kiver"
and enjoyed every page of it. 1t
was an edition that all of Mahaska
county people should be proud of and
aDDreciate,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
Found Buried Money

Richmond, Ind.-Mrs. Daniel 10y. a
widow in modest circumstances In
Eaton, o., near here, is $1,000 richer
through the curiosity of Mrs. A. L..
Harris, wife of former governor OF
Ohio. Mrs. Harris, neighbor, entered
the 10y cellar to get an article OF
food for Mrs 10y, who Is i'll, Buried
under mass Of rubbish she found
several fruit jars filed with currency
amounting to more than $1,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
-Here Is the way Dol an

Here is the way to approximate
roughly the annual cost of your car as
worked out by the engineering extern
SION department at Ames. Five years
is the average period of usefulness OF
a car. At the end of that time the car
win have cost a sum just about twice
the original price. Double the cost OF
the car, then divide by five and you
win have a close approximation OF
yohr annual automobile expense.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

big Tim" Sullivan of New York
who died mysteriously in 1913, pos
sessedS an extraordinary memory.
The receiver reports his estate Is
worth $1,O01 ,277, all of which was &C
cumnlaed without keeping books,
vouchers or records of any kind. Big
Tim" relied entirely on his memory.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Mccoy, for
mer Oskaloosa people have sold their
Malcom Leader to James |. Dobbyn,
Of Harris, Iowa. The McCoys have
operated the Leader for the past five
years and have made a good success
Of their business. We shall expect to
hear from them in some larger field.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
Finish Should Be Good

II there is any virtue in the Old saw
that IL March comes in like a lion II
will go out like a lamb. the finish
ought to be good See what the wealth.
er man predictsAfor tonight and tomor.
row. 3f.sss1 Ni Atsabe1l
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

IF the republicans cannot decide
upon ane of the candidates now in the
gubernatorial race" says the Perry
Chief, "Rawson seems to be the man
that will be chosen in the convention.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

IF Suffrage is an inherent right
OF man it is equally an inherent right
of woman" says the Council Blutfs
Nonpareil. 1--WE have no more right
to maintain a double standard in the
matter of voting than we have to de-
masld one standard of morals for men
and another for women"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

The Muscatine Journal is conVlnc'
ed that a standing army of less than
100000 men would be inadequate 10
the defense of the pickle factories.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

A gas engine taken into the noun
tains loses about l per cent OF ITS IN
dicated horse power for every l,O0o
feet of elevation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

Sending help and patients to out,
side hospitals in another form OF mail
order business that is not doing U.s.
kalooSa any good.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

The man on the corner says that
Icing before a woman acquires many
Jewels she likes to worry for fear they
may be stolen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

READ-Relatiyes here are in re-
ceipt of kilograms from Marshalltown
telling of the death at the Soldiers
Home at that place Tuesday evening
of Mrs. James p. Read, former resi-.
dent of New Sharon. The husband is
a member of the Home. Deceased is
survived by daughter, Mrs. Dora
Gear of st. Joseph, Missouri, and a
brother. George Grill OF 0skaloosa.
Funeral Friday afternoon at the Sol
diers home where interment will be
made.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

BE sure and pull the right tootn
doctor" Don't worry, I'll get 1t II
/ have to pull out every tooth in your
head"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

Prof, B. B. Boltwood of Yale has set
the duration of radium's activity at
abnut 1850 years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02

BIames Husband for Loss Of Weight.
Trenton. N. J.--Charging that her
husbands crueities caused her to lose
twenty-four pounds In weight. Mrs.
Ethel II. Osborne has sued for divorce.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-02
BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGES

BALLINGER Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Ballinger, 424 i,orth Market
street, a nine pound daughter, on
March LIST, 1916.