davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.

OF the 204 cities of over 10000 pop
,ulatiOn in the United States, 1873 have
municipally owned water supply syS
TENS. the total estimate value of which
is SLOT 100000. Municipal ownership
in this field has been in force in Phil
adelphia. which built it's plant in 1901
and has operated it continuously
since that time. for a longer period
than in any other city,
The bulk of the water supply for
most cities comes. OF course. from lax.
es and streams. but there are 1884
wells in operation in AZ cities OF
these, 1867 are in New York City
alone
Five processes of publication are
employed. namely, SedimPntation, CO
agulation, slow sand liberation. me
chanical liberation. and chemical
sterilization. In the 1j5 cities of over
10000 which have municipal owner
ship of water supply systems, there
are in operation 81 scdin entation res
ervoirs. in which are treated 958,600.-
i0GO gallons a day: 81 coagulation
plants. handling 492.100.00O gallons
daily: 527 sand filters. which treat
/ 9S, 100000 gallons a day: and 427 me
chanical filters with an output Of 46S..
100000 gallons daily. The amount of
wator chemically sterilized averages
] .972. 100000 gallons daily. A part OF
this water Is also treated by other
processes
The cost of treatment per 1000 900
gallons covers wide range. from 4
cents in Chicago to Stag in Colum.
bus. Ohio In the former city the chem.
zeal sterilization process is used ex-
clusivelv. while in the latter both me
chanical alteration and chemical ster.
ilization are employed In Is cities the
cost OF treatment is less than 81 per
100000 gallons and in is IL is more
than IS.
In these 155 cities with municipally
owned water systems there are 1896
miles of water mains. 330.593 fire by,
drants, and 1887, 44S meters During
the year a total of 1926, CPS, 900, 900
gallons of water-enough to cover the
state OF Connecticut TO a depth OF
nearly is inches--was supplied to a
total population of 26.200.000. the ay'
eragp daily per capita consumption
being 139 ballons The greatest daily
consumption of water per inhabitant,
430 gallons, is reported for Tacoma,
Wash. and the smallest, "a gallons.
for Woonsocket, r.. ]. In the former
city per cent OF thu water Is metered
and in the latter. 9Ssper cent. The ten
6ency OF meters to curtail greatly the
use OF water. IL strikingly shown by a
comparison Yof the figures, for the. ~
ffefA., s.,yafrt ~ afSss
Is mRteTed with those forskbe j26rities
IN which not more than ~ eer eepttis
meterAd IN the former group the ayn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
County Affairs.

The financial report of Mahaska
county for 1915. as complied and pub
lisheds under the supervision of auditor
Roy e. Rowland, is work of art and
a regular encyclopedia OF local infor.
nation. incidentally also 1t shows that
the public affairs OF the county we're
well managed during the year and the
showing made by the various officers
are sources of congratulation to the
tax payere as we'll as to the public
servants. An especially fine record
has been made by the County Farm un
der the capable management Of Stew.
ard w. H. Broerman. The stock and
personal property on the place in.
voices over $4,000. The home was
never IN better hands.
v la addition tosttife figures prepared
by the several ponnty ofHcerxsp9lh Mr.
Row1apdx has sBnlndeds 10 his report q
handy list OF national, state county
and township officers, and other In
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
BAck 10 lie FARM ANSWERS.

The government asked about 45.b ,
crop correspondents some time ago to
find out the history of the city folks"
who went. back to the farm. Here are
the main classes s~.
4. Small tradesmen who give up a
hopeless struggle in an overdone re.
tail business and seek in the country
q small farm where the cost, pf diving
Is cheaper and where more indie.
pendent existence can be maintained.
2. Merchants who failed in business
and who seek the farm to escape the
fnischances Of employment.
3. Merchants, school teachers. tail
ors. clerks and saw mill men who
seek agriculture as preferable to un.
certain business and employment.
II is frequent for a city-born man to
become farmer Usually the men
who give up city occupations to return
to the farm lived on in boyhood.
A large part of those who return
arr farmers sons who have been
lured from the farm by the false prom
ise OF high wages but who Subse-
sequently learn that the cost Of liy.
ing ~ the city Isl HIGH and that the
money rate on wages "a, the city Isl.
deceptive These YOUNG men often
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
WILL. SPEAK At LACEY
Rev. Mary SHEETS viii be at The
Il Consolidated, Auditorium.

Lacey, Iowa, March %. (by Coast
'erD--Mr. b. A. huffman OF Monroe
township arrived here last Thursday
with a car of cattle Mr.. Huffman was
in wreck near Albert Lea but he
only had one calf killed and COW
with a broken leg.
Miss Emma Swanson spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Hazel Berner
at the laters home south of Oskaloosa'
Miss Mary Carriker of New Sharon
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
the Ed Troy home.
Raymond McCombs is entertaining
the measles.
Mrs. Walter Bryan of Moulton, Iowa
arrived her last Friday morning to see
her mother, Mrs. s. l.. Parkhurst, who
is seriously i'll. She also brought with
her large angelfood, cake which l
had the pleasure of sampling.
Miss Marvel Moffett of New Sharon
spent Saturday visiting with home
folks. 49, . -. .-.
A, nurse from Ottumwa came to
Lacey Monday afternoon to. care for
the little con Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Phillips. ...... ,'.......-
/ The ladies of the w. c. r. u. held
their monthly meeting on Thursday,
March 23rd at the home Of Mrs. John
lKaldenburg. The next meeting will be
held with Miss Eta Hart on April
twentieth. 49,. r. p
| Mrs. Abbott and daughter. Mildred,
and Miss Bernice Wierman of Eldora.
Iowa, spent several days. last week
with their sister, Mrs. A.. M. Mcintyre.
At the Auditorium room in the Con
solidated school building next Friday
evening. March 81, Rev. Mary Sibetts'
tho National Suffraget lecturer will
speak No charges at the door. and ey.
cry BODY is invited. Don't fail to hear
this talented speaker. ...,~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
BELL COWS ON A HIKE
A New Pasture vii, be Org anized
=. = in Ottumwa.

. Saturday, April LIST, Pasture No. 1
of the bell Cows will go to Ottumwa
to organize Pasture Mo- in that city.
In the last year or two the fame of
the local organization has spread
throughout the state and they have
been requested by number OF cities
to organize pastures. Ottumw has
been granted the, first branch organ
ization and about twenty Amembers Of
the local Pasture will go down Satur.
da yand perfect the organization of
that Pasture.
This meeting will be one of the
largest and best Bell Cow meetings
ever held. Invitations have been
extended to Burlington, Fairfield and
Centerville and there will be several
good speakers present.
The Bell Cows was organized about
fourteen years ago in this city by
several old members of the National
Guard for the purpose of lettering
the conditions in the National Guard
as much as it was in their power to
do so ard also as an incentive for the
re-enlistment of the better members
of the Guard To become a member
of the Bell Cows one must have had
at least three years service and re
enlisted in the Guard. served a full
enlistment in the Army. Navy, or Ma
rine Corps of the United States, or
have seen active service.
The local Pasture has expanded I'M
til it now has over one hundred mem
bers scattered all over the country
CenterVille. Grinnell and Iowa City
have all asked for a branch Pasture,
and while Ottumwa is the first branch
to be organized, there are several
others who will be organized very
soon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
coon ROADS SPECIAL
Government and State Ofic ;als
Given Close Attention.

The Good Roads Special arrived
in Oskaloosa over the Rock Island
railway ABOUT 1870 o'clock a. M, and
the party of state end government
specialists we're brought to the Orieu.
theatre where the films illustrating
road grading and building and the
Steropticon slides were shown and
lectures given By the men in charge.
The Orient theatre was well filed
by citizens and farmers of the com
mupity and close attention paid to
the, lessons offered =. 4. &. ... A..
A half hour. was given for the i'm
spection of the exhibits in the car on
track at the Rock Island station and
all who we're privileged to visit the
cars feel amply repaid. ">. - 80. :
! Iowa Brigade Band was brought
out lfor; the occasion to furnish pub
licity for the good roads meeting and
gave a half hours concert in the
park, before the. meeting at the ORR.
emit :, 't
The train is being run by the
Greater pess Moines. committee, and
the Greater. Iowa association over
the principal railroads of the state.
The. equipment is furnished by the
railroads free of charge because of
their interest In perfecting the roads
leading to;the shipping stations. AT
present the courtesy is being extend
ed by the Rock Island. The train
has toured the Northwestern lines
and Will be run over the. Burlington
and the Milwaukee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
THE RousTAeouT's
History Of Mahaska County
CHAPTER XIX.
.-ya rs - -


Some funny things have happened
in Oskaloosa when one takes an i'm
partial and unbiased review of the
past For instance. the first church
ever erected in town was
turned into broom factory and ev-'
cry vestage of its early mission was
swept away Then the original
Quaker church, built by people who
are constitutionally opposed to war,
was turned into an armory for Com
papy r. Miles Prime was once a
chef on Mississippi steamboat, and
Frank Christie. with a pate that
would qualify in any front row. de-
lights To stand behind his BARRIERS
chair and tell his customer how much
benefit may be derived from certain
brand OF hair restorative - B. Dell
tells OF sfirfgy man he used TO
know back In Rushyfl'e. Indlanas who
ira~f rss town lapa hoe,sht q rssc's'n's
worth ofsappless and then whistied all
the wavn home tosi keep from eatiaE
any OF, them. But that has nothing
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
THE MALARIA PROBLEM,

Four per cent of the inhabitants Of
certain sections of the South have ma
laria. This estimate, based on the re
porting of 204,SSl cases during 1914
has let the United States Public
Health Service to give increased al
tention to the malaria problem, &C
cording to the annual report OF the
Surgeon General or 1926 blood spec
linens examined by Government oifi
GERS during the year, 1877 showed ma
Iarial infection. The infection rate
among white persons was above eight
per cent, and among colored persons
twenty per cent. In two"counties in
the Yazoo Valley, 40 out of every LOT
Inhabitants presented eyfdefce of the
disease.
Striking as the above figures are
they are no more remarkable thar
those relating to the reduction in the
incidence of the disease following
surveys of the Public Health Service
at 81 places in nearly every state oil
the South. In some instances from
an incidence of fifteen pc rsent, in
'I914. a reduction has been accom-
plished to less than, four. or five pei
cent. in 1915. a.. ~ ...st
One of the most important scienti
fic discoveries made during the veal
was in regard to the continuance OF
the decrease from season to season
over 1000 Anopheline mosquitoes IN
malarious districts were diSsected
during the. early spring months, with
out finding single infected insect
and not until May 10, was the first
parasite in the body of mosquito
discovered. The Public Health Ser
vice, therefore. concludes that mos
uuitoes in the latitude of the South
ern states ordinarily do not carry the
infection through the winter. This
discovery indicates that protection
from malaria may be secured by
treating human carriers with quinine
previous to the middle of May, thus
preventing any infection from chron
lie sufferers reaching mosquitoes and
being transmitted by them to Other
persons.
Although quinine remains the best
means of treating malaria and is also
of marked benefit in preventing in
lection, the eradication of the disease
as a whole rests upon the destruction
of TIN breeding places of An incline
mosquitoes. The Public Health Ser
vice, therefore, is urging a definite
campaign of draining standing water
the filling of low places, and the re
grading and training of streams
where malarisl mosquitoes breed
The oiling of breeding places, and thu
stocking of streams with top feeding
minnows. are further recommended
J The service also gives advice regard
g. ing screening. and other preventive
measures as a part of the education
al camDaigus conducted in section:
of infected territory.
This study is typical of the scien
tific investigations which are beint
carried out bv the Public Health Ser
vice. all of which have a direct bear
ing on eradicating the disease. Tit
malaria work now includes the col
lection of morBidity data. malarii
surveys. demonstration work, scienti
fic field and laboratory studies. educa
I tiOnal campaigns, and special studic'
of imDounded water and drainage
projects.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

return when they find they have made
no Roadway in the city Retired farm
ers. also, who moved to town with the
expectation of spending the rest of
their lives there have in many cases
found town life short of their expect
ations and have returned to farms.
Lastly, there are the agricultural
colonies made up to large extent of
foreigners who had formerly been
farmers I'M their native country and
who welcome opportunity TO colon.
iZe on farms.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Tile Riverside Leader claims that
q man made a kick because a business
deal in which; be. was concerned was
not mentioned in the paper. while one
in which his competitor was concern
ed was given publicity, The Leader
editor explained it by saying that the
other fellow took enough interest to
tell him about it. There are a great
many people who take it for granted
that a newspaper man knows intGi.
lively all that is going on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

erage daily consumption per inhabi-
tant ranges from AZ gallons in Brock
ton, Mass, to l79 gallons in Columbia,
S. c., and in only cities does it ex-
coed 100 gallons In the latter group
Ir varies from As gallons in Savannah,
Ca, to 43O gallons in Tocoma, Wash,
and in only cities does 1t fall below
90 gallons
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Advocates of free trade are appar-
emily unable to understand that a
protective tariff establishes the only
real and permanent competition-com,
petition not. with foreign producers,
but competition among the producers
OF our own country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

THE farm buildings of Iowa are
worth more than the farm buildings of
New Hampshire Vermont, Rhode Is
land. Delaware. Florida, Louisiana,
Montana. idaho Wyoming, Arkansas,
New Mexico. Utah. Nevada, Washing
ton. Oregon and West Virginia com
hInedl ...5 ....t.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

r-"Consoiidated schools will be the
solution of the problem of making a
liberal education available to boys and
girls of the country insists the Iowa
City Press. And they are entitled tc
It., Just as much as the town boys and
girls are" adds the Press.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
DO you KNOW 1HAr

There is no Federal institution in
the continental United States for the
reception and care of leperS?
Plague is disease OF rodents?
Malaria is spread by a special mo
squito?
r sa., -. =. -
House screening is good disease
preventative?
.. -
Fingers, flies and, food spread ty,
phoid fever?
=. -. -
Pellagra may be prevented or cured
by proper diet?
The United States Public Health
Service believes that the common
towel spreads trachoma, a disease of
the eyes 49, ~ u -
'..s - -.
Children from sanitory hoI es ad.
vance more rapidly in school than
those from dirty premises? ,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

The largest single customer in the
Bible trade In America are the G'"
cons. These are now buying, so tae
trade reports. $4,000 Bibles a year
Since they began buying six years
ago ,one New York firm has sold to
them 100000 Bibles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

eep your eye on Frank p.
Woods advises. the Carroll Herald,
-and in making out the slate for the
next SENSATIONAL contest place his
name beside that of Ben Adams.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Engineer H. M. Howard OF Potta'
wattamie. has estimated that his coun
ty win need to build six linear miles
of cuiverts with waterways of less
than four feet square during the 1916
season arl.. -.,rr
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Iowa City Is credited with 81 man.
ufacturing plants by the Federal cen
sus. Sl,576.000 capital is employed, and
/ wnrk furnished $50 wage earners,
Who are paid $2l2,000 per. year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

more cemetery, T.. NJ. Cheesman hay.
ing charge of the funeral. 1t was one
of the largest attended funerals that
has been in Rose Hill and great
number of relatives and friends mourn
our brothers death.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Special Services.

Special private service was conduct.
Ell To-Day, Wednesday afternoon. at
oto'elooks by the bishopsa the home
-pf Benjamin BinpA Second avenue ,
east foT the ecop1rmat ion aof. Mr., Binps
VINO mas been quite Ill and unable to
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Wisdom. is the principal thing

-.a'Wisdom Is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom; and with all
thy getting, get understanding" That
is. one of the Proverbs of Solomon,
the wfsest of all men. II he we're liv-
ing In one Of the country districts in
the United States today. and wanted
to take his family to some marlet or
other town, be would doubtless ex-
hort the people tu build good roads.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

The man on the corner says that
about the worst insult to the equine
tribe that he can imagine is to stable
q horse in a garage.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

. HURT Announcements received
in the city yesterday tell of the birth
of son, Haworth William, to. Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. Hurt. The son was
born in the hospital at Galesburg, ILL.,,
March %, 1916.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

The farm without gasoline en-
CINE on it will soon be back number,
says the Brighton Enterprise.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

WHITE Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde White, 110S G ayt'lue east,
MARCH, %, 1916, as6A pound son,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

. Guy G. Gardner, Monmouth, ILL.,. q
1928 and
Grace A. Scott, Monmouth, Ill. 2;
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Alex Miller says lot of preachers
initiate Billy Sunday, but do not get
NV -.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

McCUTCHEN-- Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex. MoCutchen, 400 Sixth ave-
nue. east March %, 1915, d IN pound
daughter. @~a a..".e,.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

CASFORD-Thomas Jennings Cas-.
ford was born Nav II: 1870. in Bureau
County, Illinois. moved with his par
ents to Johnson County, Nebraska,
1876 and from there to Keota. Keokuk.
County. Iowa. 1877 and from these
came to Rose Hill in 1895 where he re
sided ever since.
He be"aria member of the Mason
re odse. Nav 2Sfh. 1896. also joined
the odd Fellow lodge March 7th, 1912.
He held hiss MEMBERSHIPS in both OF
these lodges in Rose Hill In the win.
tor of 1913 he united with the Christ
ian Church during a revival held by
Evangelist w. J. Lockhart.
He was marriedEto Miss Laura wy
more. Sept. 18th. 1909, There we're no
children born to this union. ..s
He parsed awav at the Methodist
Hospital in Dies. Moines where he had
gone for treatment Sunday morning,
March 18th! He leaves a wife, a. mo.
ther. Mrs. F1izabeth CasforTi. two bro.
Tiers. Charles. of Rose Hill and George
of Tecumsera Nebraska Z, and sister,
Mrs. Ethel Romine of Keota, Iowa.
and a large circle of neighbors and
friends to mourn his departure. III
The funeral services we're held at
thu Christian church on "Wednesday.
March 18TH under the direction of
the local lodge of the Masons, escort.
ed by the Old Fellows. Rev A. T..
link delivered athe funeral sermon.
the text being: Seek, Him that turn
eth the shadow of death into morn
ing" Amos $751; The sermon was fun
OF comfort and hope aud couched in
beautiful language that smoothed
away the dark clouds of grief
The floral offerings were most elab!
crate and beautiful FROM the relatives,
friends and lodges. The pail hearers
were G, b. ,Rollinf Earl Augustine. G..
L. Wyman. Harley Currier, w. G.
Limit and Harry Stecy.
The music war furnished nv quar-.
tette from Oskaloosa consisting of
Frederick Knight Isosan. who snres'ded
At the niaro, anil Royra Eissphie i Ted
Briggs ~ Eying Loiapd, and .HaEter
Hun, singers .,,,. ). ~,
Z The body was inferred In the wy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

COLEMAN.-MabIe Coleman died at
the home OF her parents. $40 B avenue
west this morning, March goth, 1916,
at 1850 O'Clock, aged II years AMI rs
days. She was born in OskalOosa on
March 4th, and has lived all her life
in ahis city. She leaves her father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Winson c.. Cole
man, one sister and one brother. Fun:
eral services will be announced later.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Plague is a disease of rodents?

Fingers, flies and food spread ty-
phoid fever?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30

Pellagra may be prevented or cured
by proper diet?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
BUSINESS MEN URGE
AN ADEQUATE NAVY
Plead for Programme Equal to
That Adopted by Senate.

Washington, Aug. -. - Chairman
Padgett of the House Naval Affairs
Committee has received a strong ap-
peal from the business men Of the
country in the form of letter from
Bascom Little. chairman of the COM
mittee on national defence Of the Ma
tional Chamber of Commerce, urging
the adoption of a navy programme,
mot less than that adopted by the Sen
ate" A referendum taken by the ma
tional chamber showed an overwhelm-
ing vote in favor Of an adequate navy.
"This record of business opinion in
favor Of an adequate navy has seemed
TO us momentous." writes Mr.. Little,
land ! am writing to urge upon you and
your committee the adoption OF a pro-
gramme not less than that passed by
the Senate. Even the construction in
dorsed by the Senate will not, we are
Informed. attain the full measure OF
defence which the business men of the
country have recommended. IL seems,
however, 10 offer practical and tan
gible beginning, and | take the liberty
of urging it upon you on that account"
Mr.. Little sets forth that pro-
gramme of naval construction sufficient
10 restore the United States at least 20
its former position of second naval
power in the Atlantic, with a surplus
force in the Pacific sufficient to protect
our coasts. trade routes, possessions,
the Canal Zone and adjacent territory,
was recommended in the referendum
taken by the national chamber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
MISS w. X. BOARDMAN
TO WED H. D. BULkLEY
President Richmond of Union
Will Perform the Ceremony.

Miss Wynanda X. Boardman,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F.
Boardman, Of Troy, N. Y, and II. Dun
can Buckley, son Of DR.. and Mrs. l..
Duncan Buckley, of 531 Madison Ave
nue.. will be married on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 9, in Old Bennington. Vt. The
ceremony will be performed at a p. m.
in the Congregational Church, by the
Rev. DR.. Charles Alexander Richmond,
president of Union College.
The reception will be held at the
Mount Anthony Country Club, at Old
Bennington.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Chris
tina Brown, of Springfield, Ill; Miss
Helen Ii. Hnde, of Chicago; Miss
Helen Louise X. Porter. 6: Montclair;
Miss Margaret Richmond, Of Sche-
aectady; Miss Nancy A. Van Dyke, of
Milwaukee, and Miss Marguerite Will
Jams, of Lapeer, Mich.
DR.. Kenneth Buckley, a brother OF
the prospective bridegroom, will be
best man. The ushers will be Henry
d. Buckley, cousin; Derrick l.. Board
man, brother of the bride-to-be; Rob
ert II. White, |. Wistar Kendall and
Milton |. Cornell, of New York; James
r. Wardrop, of Pittsburgh, and Joseph
T. Ryerson, jr., of Chicago.