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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
TRIBUTE rorHoT WEATHER.

Williamsburg Journal Glory be!
Here's the incalescent glow of summer
it was tardy in its coming; the long.
est day of the year found us still wear.
ing our heavy ones and every far
mCr's face was set in gloom over the
prospect of another cold summer The
corn was sluggish, day after day, with
but slight evidence of growth; but
last week the old, faithful sun renewed
it's everlasting heat and the face of all
this portion of the world took on the
CHEEKY brightness of the good old sum
mer time" We are just beginning to
thaw out; the hinges Of our knees arc
losing their friction, and the irrigation
system of the body eXudes from its
ten thousand ducts the eXcretion that
renders as slippery as the prOverbia'
creased pig and prevents us from burn
ign up"
| Truly delightful are these sunny
summary days, days in which the sub
tile caloric waves shine and SHIN
mcr and dance on the bosom of u
world that responds to the influence
IS a cold heart responds to lovers
melting smile. The corn lifts high its
light green blades; the rem foam fills
the clover field; the blue bloom gath
ers on the nodding timothy, and,
through all the sweltering day, one
may see on every hand the fullest re-
Spouse to the call of Plenty sent
forth on the myriad lance Ii e m;nions
shot from Apollo's fiery car.
Nor are the warm nights less JOY
Gus than these days of the friendly sun
the great strata of warm air spreads
over all the land, like a great blanket
spread by the warm hands of a moth.
Ter; the bed upon which you repose is
invitingly warm and you just stretch
out like o forked radish and are soon
lulled to sleep in the kindly benedic-
ton left by the passing glorious sun
What a wealth of fancy is induced
by these transcendently glorious days
of summer heat! Here is the envelop
ing embrace of friendship that comes
to meet you, and to give you its very
best; it never shrinks away or lodges
into an alley; in the dead vast and
middle of the night it is by your side,
and at high noon, how you remember
the old Grecian myth of the conceited
boy who, when permitted to drive the
horses of the SUM- dipped from his lof-
" orbit and nearly roasted the luck
less creatures beneath him. .a7s
There are unfortunate human be-
Jugs who do not love the warm wealth
er; they fuss, and fume, and fret, max
irg miserable their own lives as well
as the lives of those about them. But
this should occasion no wonder; sordid
souls are always ungrateful thev FIRE
quently smite the hand that feeds
teen: so it is not strange 10 hear them
"a ling against this friendly heat this
OF divine wisdom. this
kiss of love that will fill the barns
with hay, the bins with oats and all
the cribs with corn and make ID pos
sible to enjoy the harvest song in the
colder days to come.
Welcome heat! A thousand welcom-
es to your caloric waves; we need you
In our business, and our hearts are fill
led with praise for your reviving
smile,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
DISCOVERING IOWA.

Burlington Hawkeye: A fine second
vein OF coal has been found near Os.
kaloosa. II is fifty feet below the first
vein and is said to be clean and al.
most as hard as anthracite Who
knows. perhaps Iowa may be supply.
ing coal some of these days that will
compete in the market with the best
OF the Pennsylvania black diamonds.
OF course. the scientists will claim
that that is an impossibility. But until
a short time ago they claimed that
there is no oil and no gas under Iowa
Of late they, or at least some of them
are beginning to hedge and to admit
that possible there may be oil and
gas In the re- ,.ete. Even the
experts q about claim
INK that 'p0ssible In
lows. WEI ng 10 dis
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
WOMEN FOB HUGHES.

The Women's National Committee
of Hughes Alliance was formally or
ganised at the home of Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, Roslyn, Long Island,
on July 18th.
The Women's National Committee
of the Hughes Alliance, as its name
indicates, is a union of women of all
parties in support of Hughes. Under
the Hughes Alliance il will be possible
for women of all parties to support Mr..
Hughes on the National ticket without
engaging to support the state or local
Republican tickets. a.-.
The officers of the National Commit
tee are: Chairman, Frances |. Kellor,
former chief of the Bureau of Indus
tries and immigration of New York
State, appointed by Mr.. Hughes when
he was Governor, Vice-Chairman, Miss
Harriet Vittum of Chicago; DIR. Kath-
crime Bemcnt Davis. of New York
Mrs. Winston Churchill of New Hamp-
shire; Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt of
New York; Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Sec
rotary.
The Executive Committee appointed
consists of Mrs. William Curtis Demon
est, Miss Ruth Morgan, Mrs. Everett
NOADy VI VIEW JSISCy, hIb. HSOl sc "a
Romans of Connecticut, Mrs Barclay
Warburton of Philadelphia, Mrs. Har
riet Blaine Heale of Washington, Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. John Hay
les Hammond, Mrs. Beekman Winthrop.
Mrs Clifford Pinchot, who had been
serving the organization committee as
temporary treasurer, announced that
through Fourth of July pledges $4,000
of the projected 100000. Campaign
fund had been raised. The contributors
Include: Mrs. Phillip Clark, Mrs. Geo.
IT. Vickers. Mrs. A. L. Garford, Mrs.
Colgate Hoyt. Women of Riverside.
California, Mrs. Lee Thomas, Mrs. VIM
p. Draper, Mrs. Edward G. Gavegan,
Mrs. Leigh Hunt, DR.. Katherine Be-
ment Davis. Miss Olivia Cutting, Mrs.
Francis Mcneil Bacon, Jr, Mrs. Theo-
Idore p Shonts, Miss Cornelia Adds,
Mrs. Geo. p. Mclean, Mrs. Myron Il.
Herrick, Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs, Geo.
&C. f. Williams, Maisie S. Dreicer, Mrs.
Frank S. Witherbee, Mrs. Oscar Straus
Mrs. Joseph S.1 Stevens, Mrs. Doug
las Robinson, Mrs. Marsden J. Perry,
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs, f. A.
H CANNED, Mrs. John w, tB1odgeIt,
Mrs. John Henry Hammond, Mrs. |.
Lorillard Spencer. Mrs. Cabot Ward,
Mrs. Chas. B. Warren, Mrs. Larz An
derson, Mrs John Pratt, Mrs. Philip
w. Livermore, Mrs, Felix NJ. Warburg,
Mr.. FeliY> NJ. Warburg, Mrs. Coleman
du Pont, Mrs. John D. Archibald, Mrs.
A1toinette e. Wood, Mrs. Edward It.
Stonebury, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
: Mrs. w. H. Crocker, Mrs. Willard
Straight, Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Miss
Harriet Vittum. The sums subscribed
vary from $500 TO 900.
At the melting Miss Mary Antin sub
scribed $1.00, with the request that
this $1.00 contribution be regarded as
the beginning of a number of such
contributors from all over the country
in order that the campaign may be
as largely as possible supported by
all women interested in electing Mr..
Hughes. 20 81 .... rs. r...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

organizing Southern Iowa Fair as
sociation which will include number
of counties. 1t starts with $4,000 CAPT.
tai stock and has the ambition to put
into the shade everything in the state
excepting the state fair. OF course, it
is a fine thing to have a good opinion
of yourself and to try for the biggest
prize. And it is surely the proper thing
to do with all your might whatever you
are going to do. 1t will certainly be a
good thing for 0skaloosa, and if the
promoters succeed in doing, what they
are, attempting it win eventually be a
good thing for the state. What benefits
one county, one town, benefits the
whole state. Just as it would be a di-
rect loss to the state at large and to
all the different communities if Oska
loosa were to fall down" upon the
proposition for which so much has
been claimed
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
FAVORABLE FOR CORN
Continued Hot And Dry Weather In
Iowa the Past Week.

! The Weekly Bulletin of the Iowa
Weather and Crop Service for the
week ending July II, says: Continued
hot and dry weather has been very
favorable for finishing the cultivation
of corn, haying and harvesting. The
average temperature was about ! de-
gree above the normal in the eastern
part of the state and from 2 to 8 de-
greesf above in the western section. On
~ few light and scattered showers
occurred, during the week, and the sun
slime was excessive. Corn. continued
to make very rapid growth, and much
OF it is now up to the normal in size
and has a strong, healthy appearance
Much clover and some timothy hay
was put up in excellent condition.
Winter wheat and rye harvest has be-
early oats, fall wheat and rye are turn
ing color in the northern art of the
state. All garden truck, potatoes, pas.
lures and fruit need rain and corn
would be benefited by a good shower.
Following is a summary of Julp 1st
crop report:
Acreage. Corn, 9,S1S,500 acres; oats.
3 79,S00; winter wheat, 449, 900; spring
wheat, $4,000; barley, $4,000, rye
S., TOO; flax, $500: potatoes, 1OI 400;
tame hay. 3,24O60O; wild hay, 5O7 500;
alfalfa, $4,000; pastures, $9,717,OO
acres.
Condition, Corn, SIS per cent: oats,
"a; spring wheat, 90; winter wheat,
30; barley, 95; rye, SO; flax, 80: DO.
tatoes, 81; hay, 90; pastures 100 per
cent.
The secretary of the state horticul-
Lural society makes the following re-
port on condition of fruit July 1st:
Summer apples, AZ per cent; fall ap.
Pies, A: winter apIes 46; ears, 26;
American plums, Al; domestic plums,
-; cherries, 35; grapes, IS: red rasp-
berries, SO; black haspberries, 70:
,lackberies, n; currents, 81; goose
berries. SO per cent of full crop. The
Indications are that the crop of apples
would be 30 per cent less than in 1915,
'ther crops about the same as last
'ear.
George M. Chapel, Director.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
The "MooNsHlNEn SILL

| An application to buy all the bark of
black birch on a large water shed in
one of the National Forests in the
Southern Appalachians has been. re
ceived by officers in charge, who say
that the bark will be used by the noun
taineers to make sweet birch oil, sub
stitute for oil of wintergreen. Because
of the higher price of birch oil and
oil of wintergreen, synthetic oil is
widely used in their stead. The rise in
price of sallcylic acid, which is the
base of.the synthetic oil, is reported
to have increased the demand for the
birch oil manufactured in this country.
The oil is largely for medical purposes
and for flavoring, and good demand
is said to exist. So called rheumatism
cures in particular contain comparative
ly large amounts.
Sweet birch oil has been made in this
country for many years and is obtained
from the wood and bark of the black
birch. The oil is a product of steam
distillation plants, where, in addition
to the twigs. bark and young sprouts
of the birch, the entire tree is some
times used.
More picturesque. but not very effec
tive, 1T is said, are the methods en-
ployed by the southern mountaineer.
A rough camp and crude distillery are
erected near supply of birch. Ac-
cording to persons who have seen both
kinds, the still" is not unlike the type
sometimes employed in the. same To-
Cality, for making blockade" whiskey.
The camp is anything which will pro.
tect the workmen from the weather,
The bark is peeled from the tree
and the rough outer portion is scraped
off. 1t is then broken into small bits
and put into the still with water
enough to cook it. A fire is started and
the resulting steam is led through a.
pipe and finally condensed. The heavy
oily gathers in "a dBeeeDtacle while the
water rsiiss off .rfEbreel or four men com
pose the usual crew. One OF these
spends all of his time at the still. while,
the others gather and prepare the
bark.
Adult % bushels of bark are used
for every run and 1t is said that this
amount yields approximately four
pounds of oil. Three o. four runs a
week can be made.
The method has been in use for
many years, say the officials, and 1
most of the accessible birch in the
valleys has been cut. Each year the
bill makers have to 90 farther back
IN the mountains. Very often the stills
are located In isolate places which can
BE reached only ON foot and all OF The +
for the plant and camp are
'arried in on the backs oflmountam
,ers,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

Grinnell Register: Southern Iowa
Fair and Exposition. Such shall the
fair which Mahaska county boosters
have been organizing be called The
project that was started last fall, with
the reorganization of the county fair
in mind, has outgrown its intended
scope, and terminated in the South
ern Iowa Fair and Exposition, embrac-
ing seven of Iowa's leading counties,
and capitalized at $5O,000.00. Oska-
loosa will be the home OF one of the
largest district fairs in Iowa, instead
of county fair as planned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
rnE InKER.


lis il hot enough for you" the joker
inquiries
When the world is beginning to
smoke, ...
When the ozone is hotter than seven
teen fires
And we stiffle and smother and
choke.
is 1t hot enough for yau?" he cack,
les once more,
AS he trudges along through the
heat,
And in fear that we might not have
heard him before
He cackles again in repeat.
as it hot enough for your" absurdly
asks he, 8a=..r af. 80 at.>
When our collar is wilted and wet
is it hot enough for your" he pipes
in his glee,
At the sight of a working mans
sweat
lis it hot enough for your, he squawks
with delight "
At hundred and six in the shade.
And over and over from morning till
night
He grins at the wit he displayed.
Oh wearisome joker, your joke is a
cheese,
You long have been labeled pest
The cayeEnan invented your moth
eaten wheeze
Forget it and give us rest.
Or go have it printed on banners and
bills,
TO save wear and tear on your
voice,
And folks who must suffer from sum-
mer-time ills
Will have one good cause to rejoice.
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, Ia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
TIE ORIGIN OF eRlNeo.

Educated Mexicans here declare EN-.
.phatically that the word "gringo' now
Applies almost entirely to Americans.
does not come from the song Green
Grows the Grass" which the United
States soldiers are said to have sung
on the march in the Mexican war.
They point out that the Spanish lam
guage contains the perfectly good and
proper word 'gringo" meaning "gib-
berish," which was in Spanish diction-
aries long before the Mexican war.
Old Spanish dictionaries give the
word as being of Greek origin They
say that any foreigner who came 10
Mexico ard talked a foreign language
was said TO be talking "gringo" and as
there were more Americans than any
other OF foreign race. they gradually
became known as gringos.
B.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
Original Document AS Made Out On
the Field in Civil War.

Editor Herald-The following list
of casualties of soldiers in action is
self explanatory. '8'..
We have the original of this report
made by CaptainActing Major of his
regiment, now hanging in our office.
This battle was fought just five days
before President Lincoln was killed,
and was one of the last battles of the
war OF the rebellion. Captain Tracy
gave this report to me, simply saying,
Sir, my regiment of 100 men, at that
time, was reduced by war to 211 men
rank and file That is War, sir"
. f. d. Reid.
.. - - -
Headquarters, 21st Mo. Wv. l.
In the field near Mobile, Ala,
April 10th, 1865.
Brig. Gen1. l.. Thomas, ....
Adjutant General U. S. A.
General
| transmit herewith the annexed
list of casualties in the 21st Missouri
Vet. Vols nifty. at the storming of
Fort BIdkely, Ala. on the 9th day of
April. 1865.
Frank NJ. Cough, list 1t, Co. c, Nor
tally wounded. Died April 10, 1866.
John u. Lewis, Sergt. Co. C. Killed
Color Sergt.) .,..,,..ta, a-s4 p,fn.,
John R. Warren, Private Co, c, Xii.
leii. .,.............
Wiriam G. Bias, Private Co. c.
Wounded in head severely.
Joshua B. Dale; Private Co. d..
Wounded in breast severely. Color
bcarer) &c., 'tt b. ztu4,s&
James Faha, Private Co. d. Wound
ed in neck severely, u} rnfr.,s
Joseph Dain. Private Co. D. Killed.
:, George W.. Haggard, Private Co. ID.
Wounded in shoulder severely,
William H. Smith, LIST Sergt. Co, d.
Wounded in head slightly. '''
Oliver P. Martin, Private Co. F.
Wounded in head slightly.
Charles Mason, Private, Co. F.
Wounded in arm slightly.
Matthew Woodruff, LIST Sergt Co.
G. Wounded in leg severely. ,y..
Matthias Rosebury, Sergt. Co. G.
Killed.
Edward Fl. Avis. Corp. Co. C.
Wounded in leg slightly.
James p. Smith, Corp. Co. G..
Wounded in hand slightly.
Charles b. Lewis, Private Co. G.
Wounded in breast severely. r..r'
william w. Calvert, Private Co.. G.
Killed. Z. ...t-,.-r. .,' A'j Ss5S
Delwood r. Fields, Private Co. G.
Wounded in arm severely.
George, Coffman. Sergt. Co. H.
Wounded in face severely.
=, George, R, Spencer, IP>rtivat Private Co, H.
Peter Riley, Private Ce. II. Wound.
ed in head severely .. l.@
John Hrfford, Private Co. H. Wound
ed in thi2 / seVerely,l.T ,oH.E mATf
Charles Blackstone, Private Co. II.
Killed. ... ,..... g@
BENJAMIN Palmerton, Private Co.
Fl. Killed.
Israel Elican, Private Co. H. Killed.
Columbus NJ. Page, Private Co. I.
Nortally wounded. Died April 10,
1865.
John McGinlev. Private Co. l.
Wounded in leg slightly
William Driscoll Private Co. |.
Wounded in breast severely.
Will'0rn Edwards. Corp. Co. /.
Wounded in face slightly.
CHARLES w. TRACY.
Major 21st Regt. Mo. Vols.
Commanding Regiment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
New consolldated sohnoI

Lewis, in Cass county is the cen.
ter of new consolidated district A
new school house Is to be erected. a
100000 bond Issue having been order.
ed. by the voters. 3 The sentiment
was strongly in favor OF the issue. the
vote being at the ratio Of seven TO one.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

Some democrats are mad at Roos
eyelt for deserving the Progressive
cause, and several republicans are
frothing over the fact that Bryan re-
fuses to lead a revolt in his party
camps. Some people just can't be in
good humor observes the Williams
burg Journal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

The supervisors of Green county
were approached about changing
name of the Raccoon river and replied
to secretary Ralph Bolton of the
Greater Des Moines committee that
the river Raccoon before they were
born and they preferred to let it stay
RaccoOn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

Although the United States Mar
Inc Corps has no reserve, hundreds of
former members have volunteered for
service in the old corps in case OF
emergency. About 1000 of the less
than 10000 soldiers of the sea" are
now actively suppressing revolution
and restoring order in Hayti and San
to Domingo.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

There is no reason in this war,
for allowing single soldier. to lack a
single thing necessary for his comfort
or necessary to make him efficient,
says the Fairfield Ledger. Ship loads
of munitions Of war and supplies are
leaving our ports every day for Eur
oDe and these can be diverted to the
Mexican border.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
WE MUST SUCCEED.

Many times during the campaign for
funds for the revival OF the Fair Asso-
citation. the task looked impossible and
many were disposed fe give up IN de.
SPAR But r. d. Walton was like what
Germans say OF Russians; they DO not
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

cover some few things about Iowa.
No doubt there are many others in
which she leads the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

Get the habit of turning square
corners on down town streets. Don't
cut the corners; it may cause you an
accident and injury. Safety first.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

Miller NH says the, bus mans
idea of a tight wad, is the man who
walks to the depot and carries his
grin
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

The Enterprise thinks a botanist
could find every species of weeds
blooming in some of the back yards in
Brighton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
Niaht Proqrams Popular.

Decision to have night entertain.
ments at the exposition grounds
meets with popular favor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

The man on the corner says moth.
ing but half baked results can be ex.
pected from half-hearted efforts.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

To stop advertising to save mon,
ey is like stopping a clock to save
time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

The drink bill of America is $4,000
minute, or 525,600 thirty-eight hund.
red dollar homes per year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13

The Lee county Old Settlers re.
union viii be held this year Thurs
day, August n, at Donnellson.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-15
REVELATIONS
MRWlFE
How the Night Passed.
6V Hdele GorriSon

A IL my life | have laughed at su-
~ perstition, prided myself that
there was not in me the slightest
trace OF belief in the occult or super
normal. And yet when Katie's wailing
voice declared her belief that Dicky
was dead It gripped me as it |. too
shared her hyStcria.
Dicky and Harry Underwood. after
asking us to be ready to go out to din
ner after their return from the city at
} O'Clock, had not yet come home. al
though 1t was nearly ! O'Clock at night
Lillian had declared her cynical belief
that they had fallen from the water
wagon and that we would hear from
them by telephone shortly. She had
ridiouled the fear that | had expressed
and which, in spite OF her disbelief. lay
heavy at my heart, that Grace Draper
IN desperation at the failure of her mad
inia,uation for Dicky, might have tried
to kill him
Then we heard a shrek from the
room where Katie lay asleep, and in
another moment she had appeared al
the door gasping her belief that some
body dead" and when she found that
Dicky was not yet home asserting that
1t was he OF whose death she had been
warned
! gazed at the girl helplessly Lillian
however, promptly took control OF the
situation.
stop this nonsense at once, Katie,
she said sharply, putting firm hand
on her shoulder and shaking her slight
y. You have been dreaming. Wake
up There is nobody dead. Mr.. Gra-
ham and Mr. Underwood have been de-
tained in town, that is all"
Katie shook herself free sulenly.
Dot no good to talk dot way" she
said, Sure ! dream. dot vot | tell YOU.
My dream joost vot all de old vimmcn,
in Poland say mean somebody dead.
Nobody ever dream dot dream unless
right after dey hear de bells toll, Dead !
dead dead
What Katie Dreamed.
She Strengthened herself TO her full
height, raised her arm above her head,
and pointed skyward as she spoke. To
my excited Imagination she appeared
like a sibyl of old Unconsciously !
gave little moan. Lillian gave me a
swift glance and changed her tone to-
ward Katie.
"Sit down, Katie, and tell us your
dream" she said in the most matter of
fact tone possible. Benumbed as my
brain was realized that Lillian
wished by getting Katie to talk of her
dream, to show me the futility of pay
ing any attention to il.
Katie sank into the low chair and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-15
Details of Contest

The sum OF so cents will he paid to the
writer Of every menu OF sufficient value
TO be published. One menu will be pub
lished In the Times each day.
The best menu received during the
week will return the author orders for
81 worth OF merchandise advertised on
this page.
At the close OF the contest the grand
prizes OF IS each viii be awarded to the
best menu that has been submitted dur
Ing the contest. for days meals for
three, four. five. six, seven or eight
persons.
The idea OF covering several sizes OF
families Is for the benefit OF all OF the
women Of Oklahoma City In providing for
families OF various sizes
Miss Leno Osborne. supervisor OF the
department OF home economics of the
Oklahoma City high school. has agreed
to take charge OF Judging all Of the
menus submitted, with the ass stance OF
the members Of her department