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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
TIE SCHOOL ELECTION.

Oskaloosa Times: The election of
Tuesday which resulted in the rejec.
ton of the proposition to issue bonds
for the erection of a new high school
building was not altogether a surprise
although the advocates of the measure
felt reasonably certain of success.
Nothing is so potent as the cry of in
creased taxation. Nothing so touch.
ing as the kindly interest taken by
the big taxpayer in protecting the
poor mans home. 1t worked Tuesday
for the opponents of the measure.
Meanwhile the high school prob
lem remains unsolved. Should the
building be closed by the state fire
marshal the situation would be still
more complicated. When the bruises
incurred in Tuesdays battle have
somewhat healed 1t might be we'll to
make an effort to untangle the situa-
tion in a manner satisfactory to ALL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Sunday, May 3, 1896.

Rev. John NJ Baugh, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, this date
celebrated the seventeenth annivers-
airy of his pastorate.
Rev. A. M. Haggard, secretary of
the Iowa Christian Society, gave a
special address at the Stone Chapel.
Rev. T. b. Hughes attracted big
audience to a special meeting at the
Y NJ c. A. rooms.
Personals. James ,Seeyers was con-
fined to his home by an attack of few
err. Jack Hall and Frank Epperson
of Eddyyille we're entertained by Os-
kaloosa friends. Miss Nellie Thayer
of Grinnell was guest of Miss
Wayne Shackleton. Nate Frankel
of Des Moines visited with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. !. Frankel, at the
old home on South Market street.
Miss ozella Beman engaged in court
work at Washington, came to her
home here for Sabbath rest. Wall
ter Fitch spent the day in Knoxville.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
A RoAsT IRON EREMoNr.

Fremont Gazette: At a special
school election in Oskaloosa, Tuesday
to vote on bonding the district for
SIZE, 900 for the purpose of building
new high school building and re.
pairing the old one, the proposition
was defeated by 344 votes, the men
voting a majority of 1903 against and
the women Al against. 1t will thus
be seen that our county seat, the
home of three colleges, wishes to re.
main in the same old rut so far as the
public schools are concerned The
high school building is crowded to
the limit, halls and unsanitary, lily
! lighted storage rooms are used for
recitation rooms. With these con-
ditions is it any wonder that Ere
mont, with only one-twentieth of the
population of OskalOOsa, has more tu.
ition pupils than the county seat?
People prefer to send their children
to a school where their health will
be conserved, where conditions for
learning are the best, and Fremont
has just that kind of an institution.
Maybe Oskaloosa will awaken to the
need of a larger and better high
school building and will call another
election and give their children the
advantages to which they are justly
entitled. srE~7- ~ O..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
ALCOHOL AND PNEUMONIA.

DR.. w. A. Evans conducts a depart
ment, How to Keep Well" in Chica-
go Daily Tribune. Giving advice re-
Gently concerning measures for the
prevention of colds and pneumonia he
said:
Now is the time to get on the wa
ter wagon and to stay there. Whisky
and every other form of alcoholic
drink is a pneumonia begetter Alco-
hOl lowers the fighting defenses of the
human body against all forms of dis
ease, but especially against pneumonia
This has been proved by careful scien-
tifiC tests. 1t is a universally recog-
nized clinical fact. This is one of the
points on which the laboratory men
and the practiCing physicians are in
full accord. If an ordinary man gets
pneumonia chances are three to one
that he will get well. Whisky drink
crs who get pneumonia do not have a
three-to one chance for life"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
DYNAMITE AND LINoLEUM.

Washington, April 29.--Morea thar
twenty thousand tons of wood -four
valued at 100000, are used annually
in the United States in two widely
different industries. the manufacture
of dynamite and the manufacture OF
inIaid linoleum
Wood -four is also used in max
ing composition flooring, oatmeal
paper. and in several other industries
II forms one of the means by which
the huge waste product of our lumber
mills is beginning TO find some better
means OF disposal than the burner
Since a total of 36000,O00 cords OF
such waste is produced each year at
saw mills in the United States, OF
which about one half goes into the
furnaces as fuel while the rest is
burned as refuse to get rid of it, there
is no lack of raw material for indust
ries which can develop ways of turn
ing this waste TO account.
All wood flour.using industries re-
Guire a white or very light cream-col-
ored flour having good absorptiVe
powers. The wood species that may
be used are confined to the light, non.
resinous conifers. and the white
broad leaved woods like poplar.
Spruce, white pine and poplar are the
species most used. Mill waste. free
from bark. furnishes much of the raw
material for making wood flour.
For use in dynamite. the trade de
mand are said to require a white
wood -four. since the freshness of dy-
Mantle stock IS indicated by a light
color. Dynamite -four must also be
very absorptive, so there will be no
leakage Of nitroglycerine from the
finished product Wheat -four mill
refuse and infusovisl earth have also
been usei in dynamite u2aging, but
wood four has practically replaced
them in This g9E7DtTT.
In the -E-UJ EELLug Li lI1l1euzl.
either wood ~ 0a-b iiDr is EsE,a5- T1ts
-four Is --1East WIN Il cHnET1luE -ZaR-
terisL spread Clr N W-ttBp and rgIl~
ed or pressed u. 2 IlI.rEvrr -hgt ELEsss-
The ca-e-1 "a TIN expansive rgg-gr5-
tuenr Cock L-c-fl1- IF 71s r3aez-@r
because less rs--e-c Gz -ge-re;ssz-T
The patterns are 1r--t=t C-- 3@zT5Dg
a dark bzze For s-l455 ~ straight
line lir0I@9m, -CoI 1o-G- = Gs@3 So
Cork T:19lelu Sc always
dark. and slightly more elastic Than
thai produced from To9d four. The
wearing qualities are about the same,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
MEASLES AND MUMPS
They Are Travelling Together in the
Rose Hill NeighborhoOd.

Rose Hill, MAY 3. The measles
and humps are both travelling togeth
er at Rose Hill and some have both
at the same time.
Walter W. White. solicitor and col
lector for the OskaloOsa Herald made
his annual trip to Rose Hill Saturday
Dan Augustine, of Oskaloosa came
to Rose Hill Tuesday morning on the
FREELY and his son John met him and
drove out to the farm where he will
take some exercise.
Dr. Harry Carver Is located at Rose
Hill in the building he built when he
first began to practice medicine Sew
Ieral years ago. He lives east of Rose
Hill one fourth of a mile. and has
telephone connections with his Of
flee.
VIII Lunt left Rose Hill on Sunday
morning for Chicago with two car
leads of cattle OF his own feeding.
Charles Bass shipped cattle and
hogs to Chicago the past week.
DR.. Dwight Jarvis bought S3 head
of breeding ewes recently and has had
an increase of over so lambs.
r. X. Davis cashier and Carl Mey-
err assistant cashier of the Farmers
National bank of ,Oskaloosa, were
down TO Rose Hill Monday looking af.
ter their interest in the, brick store
building
The cement tile factory is running
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
THE RAIN INTERPRETED
No Church, Sunday School or Ep-
worth League at Lacey.

Quite a nice little shower we had
Saturday and Sunday which prevented
us from having any Sunday school,
Epworth League or church last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bryan and
family of Motion Iowa. have been
spending a few days at the S. L.
Parkhurst home. They will move to
Iowa Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. p l.. Hanna spent
Sunday at the Jesse McDonough homo
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shock, on
Wednesday. April 26, baby boy. On
Tuesday evening, May 2, the baby
died, the funeral being held Wednes-
day from the home and interment in
the Woods Cemetery.
The entertainment given at tho
school house Friday evening was we'll
ATTENDED. The net proceeds were
about fifteen dollars. ''...
Miss Inez BallinSer was happily
surprised Saturday evening when Il
number of her friends came to her
home to remind her of her birthday.
On account of the rain only few
was permitted to be- present but all
who were there enjoyed themselves.
M. Mott is having his barn re.
shingled. ChaS. Mott Is doing the
work.
Miss Irene Dunsmore spent the lat
ter part of last week with Miss Inez
Ballinger.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
DARK OF THE MOON.

A Missouri correspondent writes:
Several of us have been talking as
to when is the dark of the moon, and
we differ as to the time Just when is
the moon dark, and when is it light?
Is there anything in regard to the
signs OF the light and dark of the
moon?"
1T is curious how long this old su.
perstition maintains itself in the
minds of otherwise intelligent PEG.
pie" says yWallaces Farmer. "Of
course there is nothing in such signs,
and no one ever attempts seriously
TO prove that there is
"The lark of the moon means when
there is relatively little moonlight,
such as is the case in the last quarter
of the old moon until the first quarter
OF the new moon. The light of the
moon is when the moon is almost or
nearly full, and there is an abundance
of moon light. All almanacs and many
calendars give this information for
every month in the year.
Zone Of the most famous potato
growers OF the United States was ask.
ed as to what stage of the moon he
planted his potatoes. He replied that
as a general proposition he preferred
10 plant in the light of the moon, be-
cause under such conditions he might
continue 10 work far into the evening,
even after the sun went down. This is
the best reason we have heard for
planting IN any particular phase OF
he moon. T"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04

now on full time and full force of
hands and the tile is going out as
fast as they can make them.
The Douglas firm is at work build
ing two story house on the ground
where one recently burned down.
Frank Henderson and Tom McCum-
Der are doing the carpenter work.
Robt. Doak had radishes for dinner
May grown in his garden out OF
doors. That was the first heard OF
in the city.
Julian Wyinore is having a large ad
dition built to his born that will be
fitted up especially to house his fine
herd Of fShorthorn cattle he is breed
ing up.
Thornt Ellsworth Is hauling out
the lumber from Rose Hill to build a
large barn on his farm that will be
45x6O feet with basement. Joe Ar
mold has the contract for the carpen-
ter work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
Mr.. ADAMS, VIEWS.

AS John T.. Adams, Of Dubuque, is
Republican National Committeeman
from Iowa, and is supposed to speak
with more or less authority for his
party, his utterance on any question
NATURALLY attracts attention. In a
+, signed published statement on the
subject of the United States contro-
yersy with Germany, he says:
The tories of New York City and
New England are trying to force this
country into war for the benefit of
Great Britain. 1t may be proper
therefore to raise the Question as to
whether the American people are
under obligations to help England
fight her battles.
Since the declaration of independ-
enCe, England has been our one pow
erful enemy. For more than one
hundred years the English press bu-
reau, inspired and supported by the
British government, has slandered
the American people maliciously and
continuously in all the countries of
the world, and she will begin her in
famous work again as soon as this
war is ended.
In the days of Washington and
was struggling to get on it's feet,
there was no indignity or outrage
she did not inflict upon us, until
we were forced into the war of 1912.
1t was England who hired the In
dian savages to scalp and murder
the unprotected settlers on our Dor
ders, and 1t was her soldiers who
burned the White House and capitol
att Washington.
I'm the civil war she practiced that
kind of neutrality, with which we
have become so familiar, by doing
everything in her power to help de-
stroy the union. In November, 1861,
two confederates on their way to
England, were captured by an Ameri-
can cruiser, and brought to Boston
1t was a trifling affair compared with
what England is now doing to us
every week. But her people flew into
a passion. The queen issued a proc
lamation mObiliZing the British navy
for ar. Eleven thousand soldiers
were started for Canada, and we were
given seven days to decide between
an apology and war These were the
darkest days in our nations history,
and the noble Lincoln had to hui
initiate himself before the world to
save his country.
And yet we have newspapers like
the New York Tribune, which tell us
that we must sacrifice the blood of
our boys and the welfare OF our peo-
pie to help this same England fight
her battles, and that we must do it
in the name of humanity. One will
search the annals of history in vain
for a choicer specimen of hypocrisy.
These tories, supported by the
British propaganda and by selfish fl
nancial interests, would force us into
an unjust and dishonOrable war. We
protest against it, and we make this
protest as loyal Americans.
'"(Signed) John T. Adams"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
W.N.S.MEETSAT CEDAR
A Two Days Session With an Ex.
cellent Program

Cedar, May 3.-(By Ren.)-The
Womans Foreign Missionary conven-
ton will be held at the M. Z. church
Tuesday and "Wednesday of this
week. An excellent program has
been prepared and every one is ex.
pecting splendid meeting Dinner
and supper will be served in the
basement of the church both DAYS.
Guy Fox was very sick with the
measles last week. Also Edgar
Richie and T'nc.,le Knott, but they
areigetting along nicely. .z
Irwin Knott and wife have baby
boy, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Berry
have a new girl since our last repott.
J. G, McCord of Eddyville came on
Saturday for visit with his daugh.
ter, Mrs. j. S. Garrett.
Mrs. Shultz of Grinnell visited her
sister, Mrs. Frank Fisher, last week.
The C. Y. P. s. meeting for Satur.
day evening was postponed on ac,
count of the rain.
Mrs. Byers of Minnesota came last
week for visit with friends.
Mrs. John Fox was operated on at
the Oskaloosa hospital Tuesday
morning at 8 O'clock. Her many
friends hope for complete and ran
Id recovery from her protracted ILL.,
ness
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
MARCH WEATHER IN IOWA.

I Viewing the state as 4 whole. the
. first spring month Of 1915 in Iowa was
somewhat milder and drieT titan Us
ual. says the bulletin just issued by
the Iowa Weather and Crop Service.
/ Over certain portions OF the state,
! however. there were wide departures
from these average conditions. In
the counties bordering on the Tissis-
lsippi river the month was little if any
milder than the average March, but
thence westward across the state the
, excess OF mean temperature showed
"a progressive increase until at the
Missouri river it amounted to an aver
age OF 4 degrees a day. The area
OF deficient precipitation included all
except the southeastern and extreme
eastern counties; but over parts of
the districts named occurred the
! heaviest March precipitation of rec
1 ord.
The mean pressure (reduced to sea
level for the state was 1898 inches.
The highest recorded was 3056 in,
at Keokuk and Sioux City, on the
! 18th. and the lowest was 29.16 inches,
at Davenport, on the 9Th. The
monthly range was ! 40 inches.
The mean temperature for the state
was 35.2 degrees. or 1.9 degrees high
er than the normal The highest
Temperature reported was 80 degrees
at Clarinda, on the 18th this is about
the average highest temperature that
occurs during March in Iowa. The
! lowest temperature reported was
Is degrees, at Algona, on the I'd. On
tn eaVerage a temperature as low as
Is degrees below zero in March is ex-
perienced about ever 9TH year in this
state. ...
The average relative humidity for
the state at Z a. m. was S2.3 per cent
and at p. m it was 65.3 per cent. The
mean for the month was 1873 per cent
or about 0.4 per cent lower than the
normal. The highest monthly mean
was $40 per cent, at Charles City,and
the lowest was 67.2 at Omaha, Neb.
The average precipitation for the
state was Isl inches, or 0.20 of an
inch less than the normal. The
greatest amount $50 inches, occur
red at Washington, and the least. 023
of an inch, at Northboro. The great
est amount in any "a consecutive
hours. AL inches, occurred at Wash
ington on the 18th.
The average snowfall for the state
was 2.9 inches, or 2.5 inches less than
the normal. The greatest amount,
100 inches. occurred at Elkader and
Forest City. and the least. trace. at
five stations.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was from the northwest The high
est velocity reported from a regular
Weather Bureau station was at the
rate of 5S miles an hour from the
northwest. this occurring at Sioux
City on the 9Th
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
RUSSIA DRY FOR ALL TIME.

In a debate before the Russian
duma the minister of finance, NJ. Bark,
made this significant declaration:
Il deem it necessary to declare cate
gorically that all suspicious ascribing
to the government any intention of
resuming the state sale of liquors are
unfounded. l declare categorically
that the government will encourage
temperance after the war, also, and
that any return to the old state of af-
fairs is impossible. Proof of this in
tention is the fact that the govern
ment is now engaged in drawing UP
bill, on lines suggested by forty-five
members Of the duma, for the main
tenance of temperance for all time.
This bill already has met with the
sympathy of the entire council of min
listers, and vodka, in accordance with
the cars wish, as expressed to me,
will be totally prohibited forever"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04

name from the fact that particles Of
1t were discovered floating on the
Black Sea, giving rise to the belief
that ii was petrified sea-foan, has
been<dug from the alluvfal deposits in
the plains near Eskisehr for a thous-
and years. Some of the meerschauI
beds located about Is miles from the
city, have as many as 1000 openings.
Here 1000 Kurds and Persians, in
groups of from three to fifteen, burrow
! through yard wide holes to depths of
| from 20 to 200 feet, working night and
day under the fiickering light of oil
| lamps. The Jumps of mineral clay
which they seek is commercially valu-
able in nodules as small as a hazel
nut, while occasionally pieces as large
as apples are found.
when the meerschaum is first
brought to the surface it has a gray
! ish or yellowish tinge and is so soft
| that it can be scraped with a knife.
In the summer it is LETT to dry in the
sun, but in winter it is placed in ov-
ems where it is subjected to a steady
Temperature day and night for nine
days, when it becomes sncw white and
! loses two-thirds of it's weight After
bCliAS iubbNu VIII ldlillS1 anu pOiloAA
ed with wax it is wrapped in cotton
and sent to Austria or America to be
resoaked in water until it is so soft
that it can be cut like cheese, after
which it is sawn into convenient pipe
shape, deliberately carved if desired,
and fitted with amber stems from Ger
many. Before the. war the value Of
Eski-sehr's meerschaum exports was
more than $1,300000 annually.
Even the most aesthetically inclin-
ed of our American miIlionaires would
hardly consider the luxury of living
in a palace built of meerschaum as
within the range of their fortunes, yet
there are many unpretentiOus houses
of this material in the Spanish town
of ValIecas, near Madrid, where a
course variety of this substance is to
be found On the other hand. the
Moroccans, just across the straits of
Gibraltar find that still another var
iety of meerschaum fathers freely
and they use it, perhaps sparingly, as
substitute for soap.
"The chips and sawdust of the
meerschaum pipe factories make an
excellent cleansing powder for remOv-
ing stains from costly fabrics. An in
ferior pine is also made from these
scraps, the fragments being bound to-
gether with some solution and then
nodded into blocks.
"Meerschaum is found in Greece and
in HrubschitZ, Moravia, AS well as in
Asia Minor, and to a limited extent
in Pennsylvania. South Carolina. and
in the upper Gilla Valley. near Silver
City, New Mexico
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
THE MEERscHAUM PIPE

II the shade of the smokers pipe
were OF as much moment as the hue
of milady's spring costume the pos
sible shortage in the meerschaum
market might have attracted as much
attention in America, since the begin.
ming Of the war. as has the interruption
of our aniline dye trade with Germany
for the main source Of the worlds sup
ply OF this earthly material lies in the
zone Of hostilities. The National Geo
graphic Society, in its war geography
bulletin, gives the following little
known facts about the meerschaun
mines OF EsEi-sehr. the moslem city
of 10000 pebble which lies 200 miles
to the south pr consfantinople. on the
banks of the Pursak su, in Asia MI
nor 80,
"Meerschaud which derives its
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
CONVENTION At LACEY
An Afternoon and Evening Session
Sunday, May 81.

The Lacey Sunday school conyen-
tiOl will be held at Lacey, May 81,
An afternoon and evening session. A
good program is prepared to which
all are invited. The program fol-
lows:
1:30-SCng by Congregation.
Scripture Reading, Mrs. e. E.
Whitehill.
Invocation, Rev Reaser.
Address Of Welcome, Frank Ever
cit.
SOng-Laccy Cleaners.
Address, The Religious Education
Problem of the S. S.-Rev Conant
Special MUsic-Mr. and Mrs. How
ard MasteIle".
Reading Elizabeth McLandsbor-
ough
Solo-Helcn Anderson.
Special Music--Miss Helen and
Mrs. Clarence Hanna.
Address, How the Sunday School
May Influence the Social Life of It's
Members-Rev. McFerran.
Solo-Mrs. Chas. Victor.
SOng-Lacey Cleaners.
Evening Session at 7:3o.
Song by Congregation.
Music. l.. Farmhouse.
Scripture Verses.
Invocation-Chas. Hull.
SOng-Lacey Cleaners.
Address, The inheritance of Chill
dren Forming Church Going Habits
Homer Hull.
Song-Francis Snyder
Music-C. l. Farmhouse.
Address, Should Children Be
Taught Temperance in the s. S.
Mrs. E. o. Chinn.
Song-Class No. A.
Address, Evangelism in the S. S.
W. ]. Howell.
Music-C. l.. Farmhouse.
General Remarks on S. S. Work.
Song-Iacey Cleaners.
Benediction-M. A. Rockwell
Mrs. Carrie Natter, Pres.
Mrs. NJ. S. Downey, Sec'y.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-04
on rHE nowNeRAnE.

E.
For a decade while prohibition area
was steadily spreading, the statistics
of the federal government showed the
manufacturers of fIitoxicants paying
taxes on a constantly enlarging guam
tity of their products. And it sure
| ly did make a hard nut for prohibit
! Zionist to CTack-to explain the reason
why the liquor trade got better while
saloons were all the time growing
fewer.-The Continent.
Not such a hard nut when it is
known that all liquor on which the
! government tax has been paid is Off
cially reported as CONSUMED" and
that during the decade referred to
large quantities were forced, out OF
the bonded warehouses by the time
+ limit and stored in private warehouses
awaiting constantly decreasing de-
mand. -s "
But" continues the Continent, with
pertinent emphasis, whatever was
the real secret of that paradox, the ne
Cessity of explaining it has now quite
gone by. 1t is a fact no more. The
business of brewing and distilling is
at last on a toboggan slide which no.
body can deny. The report of the COM
missioner of internal revenue FOR 1915,
Just issued, shows a decline in both
beer making and whisky making,
which demonstrates that prohibition
is now prohibiting with vengeance
plainly marking the beginning of the
end. The 1914 report already showed
some shortage in the whisky business;
from the year before there was de-
cline of 100000 gallons. But the
new report proves how falling bodies
are accelerated as they fall, for the
decline in the year just past is 41,000,-
900 gallons-from 1S1,00000O to 140,-
100000.
Even more significant is the record
ed item that within the year 1913 dis
tilleries quit business out of TAB such
institutions in the United States. And
meanwhile the quantity of beer made
in this country decreased from 66,00O,-
600 barrels to 100000. This is, for
the brewers, their first setback, but it
furnishes sufficient notice that they
are ticketed for the same downgrade
that their distilling brethren are en-
barked on. The cry is Going down.
for the whole crew of EN-"