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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
ALASKA sMAsHEs RECORD.

The value of the mineral production
of Alaska in 1915 amounted to S32,S54r
l229-$13,78S,563 more than the value
In 1914 and far more than that of any
previous annual output during the st
years that mining has been carried on
in the Territory. The collection OF
mineral statistics of Alaska for 1915,
just completed by Alfred H. Brooks OF
the United States Geographical Sur
vey, shows that the value of the gold
produced the year amounting to SIG,
702,144. copper $15,l39,129, and silver
$543.393 Tin, lead, anthony, marble
gypsum, and a small amount of pc
troleum and coal bring the total value
of Alaska's mineral products to $32,
I854.229
Since 1880, when mining first began
! in Alaska, the Territory has produced
gold. silver, copper, tin ana Other
minerals to the value of $3O0,953,75l
the gold production alone to the close
! of 1915 amounting to $26O,S58,943. o.
this gold, 1856, 192,992 worth was pro
dnced by the placers, the rest beins
Ideriyed from lode deposits.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
FRENCH REGAIN LOST GROUND
Eject Teutons From Trenches on Hill
3o4 and in the Forest of
Haudfomont.

Paris, May 9.-Fighting of the ut'
most violence is in progress on the
Verdun front. Following further at
lacks by the Germans the French
launched furious counter-assau lts on
both sides of the Meuse, the war Of
flee announced in an official COM
munique.
To the west of the Mouse the
crown prince again hurled his Teu-
tonic legions against the French po-
sitions on Hill No.$304, but the Ger
mans were thrown back after suffer
ing heavy losses.
French counteirattacks were then
delivered against the trenches Sun
day. After bloody hand-to-hand fight
ing the Germans were elected from
the communicating trenches which
they had taken from the French
twelve hours earlier. ~ IT,.
To the east of the Mouse the French
counter-attacked south of the forest
of Haudiomont., driving the Germans
from the 500 yards of trenches they
had captured on Sunday. ''"' - -
Berlin, May "a French attack in
the region of Thiamont farm, east of
Verdun, was repulsed, the German war
office announced. The Germans cap
tured 300 prisoners. ...af. b. -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
GIVE ALL THE FIGURES.

The bureau Of Foreign and Bones
tic relations of the department Of
Commerce is growing over the fact
that 4I0 million dollars worth Of goods
was exported from the United States
in March This exceeds the corrected
total for February by I million dol
liars and is more goods than any nation
ever exported before in any one
month. Fine. Fine! But the Depart
ment of Commerce fails 10 state that
about 80 per cent of these exports
were war materials, finished products,
ores and other basic materials used in
the horrible slaughter now in progress
in Europe.
1t would be interesting if this same
Department of Commerce would fig
ure out the units of suffering this
nefariOus trade has produced, how
many homes have been devastated
how many widows and orphans have
been created and how many new tau
burdens have been added to the future
generations Of the poor in the war
zone.
Give US all the facts, do not stop
with dollars and cents alone.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.

Being a man of good standing in
the community" according to d gold
mine, oil well, motor company, the
writer has been offered a snap. In
fact the offer is so promising that we
are afraid some one will beat us to
it. Here it is,--as coming cOntiden.
TALLY to US:
We are selling our output
through our shareholders and on
the installment plan, and very Of
ten have an occasion to inquire
about the standing OF certain in
diyiduals.
Our aim is to have as many
members Of our company as pos
sible and we are prepared to offer
you very great inducement, pro-
yided you will invest One Dollar
with us. This investment Of
one, or more. dollars with us will
bring you many in return if you
will but give us small bit of
your cooperation. Matters of
importance will be discussed with
you from time TO time and oppor-
tunities offered you that will mean
many dollars to you. ia.
FOR example: For every name
you will send us OF parties who af-
forwards buy a car from us. you
receive our check for 800. Be
sides, an investment of 800. in
any one OF several automobile
companies few years ago, would
be worth $4,000 today and we
consider our chances for big sue
cess are much greater than en-
joyed by them"
Being as the aforesaid company has
accused us OF being. "a man OF good
standing" and desiring to hold our
place in the community, we pass the
bait to some one else. and will put
our money in the savings bank or
invest II In 0skaloosa. Selah, and
so long to fortune
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
rs DAY,

The second Sunday in May is Moth
er's Day. This year it falls on May
18th. The beautiful thought Of set
ting aside one day in the year to be
particularly devoted to ones mother
was first suggested by Miss Anna
Jarvis OF Philadelphia. who founded
the Mothers Day international AS
ISOLATION to provide the necessary
organized support for the fostering
of the movement. Thanks largely
to her efforts, Mothers Day has be
come a recognized institution as the
day on which each of us should pause
to acknowledge our debt of affection
and gratitude to the best mother
who ever lived" on which we should
be with her if We can. and, if we un-
fortunately cannot, should make a
point of sending her a message OF al
lection and cheer. .,
In cooperation with the effort to
foster the observance OF Mothers
Day, the Western Union Telegraph
Company has provided special tele-
graph blanks, appropriately decorat-
ed wit han artistic design OF carna-
tions and bearing the legend Moth
er's Day" on which all messages of
those who wish to send a word of
greeting to their mothers on this oc-
casion by day letter or night letter
or in a short telegram, will be deliV-
cred.
The emblem OF the day is the white
carnation, and it is the hope OF the
Mothers Day Association that it will
be worn by every one as a tribute OF
respect, not only for his own mother,
but also for all the gentle and noble
motherhood of the land.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11

Paso del NorteJ(the pass Of the north)
and il was not until 1885 that the city
was renamed in honor of one of Mexi
co.'s greatest statesman and patriots,
Benito JuareZ, who established his
capital here during the troublpus tim
es when Napoleon III of France was
abetting the i'll fated Macmillan in
his effort to found an empire in the
western hemisphere.
"Juarez, a full blooded zapotec In
dian born in an obscure village near
Oaxaca, succeeded to the presidency
of Mexico when Comonfort, weary oil
1.-THE internal strife, quit the job and
lWent 10 the United States, leaving al
| fairs in the hands of his chief justice.
| Immediately Juarez was imbrolled III
civil war by the assumption Of the
executive Office by ZulOa8a. 1t was
while trying to displaCe his rival that
! the Indian patriot endeavOred to Dor
row money from the United States
and, as a part of the bargain, ne
agreed to a treaty, the terms or when
brought forth a storm Of protest from
England AMI France. BY this treaty,
which was never ratified the United
States was to have perpetual ana I'M
Restricted passage across both the Is
thmus of TehuantepeC and the north'
ern states of Mexico, and the right 10
employ American troops to enforce
these rights as well as to protect Amer
lean citizens against leVies and loans
"A short time later Juarez preclpl'
| tuted an international crisis by his de-
cision to suspend for two years the
Ipayment Of interest on the national
debt England, Spain and France, SEM
fleets to Vera Cruz to force payment
but England and Spain soon withdrew
while France, her soldiers once on
Mexican SOIL, decided to press her
claims. and gradually Napoleon
Ischeme began to assume definite form.
His scheme eventuated in the abortlVe
lattempt to establish Archduke MaXiX'
milan of Austria on the throne of the
MOntezumas.
1T was during the famous defense
of the city of Puebla against the in
vading French army that yonug
Mexican soldier, who was to become
the most conspicuous figure in the his
tory of modern Mexico, distinguished
himself by his bravery and his eXcep-
ltional powers of leadership. This young
hero was Porfirio Diaz, now known to
fame as the strong man of Mexico
ut was in the center Of the inter
national bridge which connects Juarez
and FL Paso that President Taft and
President Diaz Che had been Juarez
military right hand) met in 1910, up
on the occasion of the centenery cele-
bration of Mexican independence.
THE traveller who passes through
FL Paso on his way to Jaurez may
choose any of four times by which to
set his watch-Central, Mountain, Pa
cifc and Mexican. Mountain time is an
hour slower than Central, while Pa
cifc is an hour slower, and Mexican
is "a minutes faster than Mountain.
ION important bull-fight days the
population of Juarez tops the 10000
mark, while there is a relative tenn
! ! arory decrease in the size of the fifth
| city in TeXas-El PasO, which had on,
lily 7%6 people in 1880 but which has
grown to more than $4,000 in 1910"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11

pays to be taxed. The care to be. TAX
EN- is to see that the tax is moderate
and that the money is carefully and
economically expended.
Public money il judicially eXpend-
ed goes to the building up of COM
munity; 1t impels better streets, bet
ter homes, better churches, better
schools, better parks, better, librar-
les. 1t is an inspiration and instills
an ambition to live a better life.
The Eagle quotes Vinton as an
example of what taxes judicially lev.
led and economically expended will
do towards the upbuilding of a town.
Vinton taxes itself every year for
betterments. The result is shown
in our well-paved streets, electrolier
| lighted 1t is shown in our splendid
municipal water works and electric
light plant, from which we get fine
artesian water and electric current at
cost. That was a beginning 1t in
spired the people to build better
churches, and VintOn now has three
or four of the best churches in the
state, anG far beyond what usually
comes to towns of this size. 1t
caused the railroad to buiH one Of
THE most modern depots in the state,
with an electrolier light at the head
of the street entering the depot
grounds
From the day it started several
years ago to pave its streets, Ninton
has not let a year go by that it did
not pave some street This year
eighteen blocks will be paved with
brick and concrete
This desire and ambition on the
part of the people shows in the char
acter of the residences that are, and
are being built Every day Of the
year is cleanup day in VintOn. The
surroundings are in touch with the
character of the public and private
buildings. People come in from the
country and seek a residence on a
paved street. If none are offered for
sale they ask the man to place a price
and they pay it.
"Vinton now has it in mind to re-
place it's old school buildings, built
a, quarter of a century ago, with a
large, handsome new high school
building. The school district has a
school board which will not act in
haste. 1t will study the project thor
oughly, and when ready will submit
it to the people for approval. The
board will know just exactly what
should be done and will give the peo-
pie the result of their research. The
board will know just what tax it will
want and it will be voted.
All this has an effect not only up
on the town but also on the surround
ing country. Gov. Clarke, in his
campaign tour in this county two
years ago, remarked that he never
saw so many fine homes, barns and
surroundings in any county in the
state These taxes are an invest
ment and not an expense. They add
to the material value of the town and
country.
THE Eagle has never failed to add
its voice to the upbuilding of its city
and county. 1t has never opposed
any fair project that would tend to
the betterment of the city and COun-
try, whether it was waterwOrks, cleo
trio light plant, court house churches,
parks, libraries or school houses.
! From it's earliest days to the present
time it's aim and ambition has been
ito lead the people to better things.
1t has never opposed a tax which
was to be invested for improvements.
1T PAYS TO BE TAXED"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

During the closing days Of April
$50. 900 worth Of raw sugar (Cuban
caneD was concentrated in New York,
held mp there by order Of the seabOard
rcfiuer5 waiting for the free sugar
act to 90 into effect. The Senate ana
House cOniCrerS were dcadlOCks and
if they did not agree before May first
this sugar would escape duty. How.
ever, an agreement was reached and
the retiners had to pay a snug little
fortune to the government.
The incident reveals the eagerness
Of the refinCrs to take advantage OF
free trade If they had been ab!o 10
get that $JO,O00,O00 worth OF sugar i'll
to this country free of duty, do you
suppose they would have given the
consumers the benefit of the one cent
a DOund saving?
At the same time we we're retaining
our sugar tariff. Great Britain was re
leVying a duty on sugar of three cents
pound. This tax is primarily for rev
enue, since Great Britain has praCti
calIy no sugar industry to protect, yet
it will undoubtedly have a tendency tC
encourage and promote the growth o.
sugar cane and sugar bets in the Brit
ish possessions, which has just begun
in England.
In the sugar debate in the Senate
the other day, Senator HardwiCk Of
Georgia declared that the Louisiana
cane sugar industry is doomed, tarit1
or no tariff, because Of the constantly
increasing price of labor. Therefore
he favored abandoning our entire do
mestic sugar industry at once anl
/ levying a direct cOnsumptive tax or
sugar. The fact is, the Louisiana sug
ar industry was prospecting until the
Democrats began neddling with the
tariff: then eleven of the factorie:
went into Bankruptcy This cOnsump
tive tax, you will remember, was con
ceived by the seaboard refners' astutt
ipress and lobbyist, Frank G. Lowry
/ Could he have persuaded congress int
adopting it. it would have been equal
| ly as good for the refiners and equal!
as destructive to the beet sugar far
mers and manufacturers as free gu
gar would have been.
II Senator Hardwick is right, ii II
! all the more imperative that thu
United States continue to foster, en-
courage and protect our beet sugar in
dustry. We should not abandon 1t be
cause Senator Hardwick has despair
ed of the Louisiana industry. England
blockaded France in 1S03-4-5 and stiga
went to $500 pound in the latte
lcountry. Thereupon Napoleon orig
mated the beet sugar industry which
Iup TO that time, had been only an e1
periment.' Suppose the United State
should become embroiled in war am
had to depend solely upon the reflner
where would the price of sugar go?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
ANNUAL CROP REPORT
Mahaska County Makes Good Show
ing For the Year.

The annual crop report, complied
from the reports which are made by
the assessors, and turned over to the
county auditor has been mailed out
from the office of County Auditor RoV
f. Rowland and directed to the State
Department of Agriculture. The re
port as made shows no material
change in the yield Of any one partic.
ular crop; and on an average held its
own with records of previous years III
some cases being much better.
Mahaska county farmers raised A.
Il4O.261 bushels of corn on 1O2,53l
acres OF land during the year 1918.
There were 81, 4S7 bushels of potatoes
raised on GIT acres of land, and Ma
haska county hens laid 1858, 29O
dozen eggs during the past year.
There were 1,423,357 bushels OF oats
raised on 3S,595 acres of land, and OH
1926 acres of land there were I'll, 533
bushels of winter wheat raised. On
.5GS acres of land, 22,048 bushels OF
spring wheat we're harvested; on 274
acres of land 1892 bushels of barley
was raised; and 1894 bushels of rye
wereharvested from 479 acres of land
! $500 tons Of tame hay was the yield
! from 239 acres of land. LOG tons OF
alfalfa was the yield from 441 acres
Of land.
| There are 1924 horses Of all ages
/ in the county, and 1,4GO mules. Iher8
are 1875. 153 head of hogs on the farms
of the county, of which number there
4 were 21,574 lost by cholera during the
year 1915.
1870 cows AMI heifers are kept in
the county for milk; and $3.50 other
cattle in the county are not kept fol
milk; baking a total number OF cattle
in the county of all ages 34,28O. There
are sheep to the number Of 1856 II
/ the county,; and there were 1918
sheep shipped from the county II
feeding. 76315 pound of wool were
clipped from the sheep during the
year 1915. w.
Poultry of all varieties in the coun
try numbers 614,S7S. Nineteen acres
of land in the county was planted IL
sweet corn during the year; and there
were 30 tons Of green corn gathered
for canning purposes, There were only
1.-TWO acres in the entire county planted
in pop corn last year but from thes'
two acres there we're 80 bushels o
corn raised. "a /.
I SOS acres of land were sown in tim
othy seed and yielded 1900 bushels
OF seed. 1.749 acres of land we're sowi
in clover seed, and the yield was 1,4l'
bushels. 111,Oe9 acres OF Mahaskf
county land was used for pasturag'
during the year: $50 acres for garden
1878 acres used for orchards; ant
from the orchards there were 150,61'
bushels OF apples harvested. 1872
acres Of land are not otherwise enum
Ierated above; and 5,732 acres OF lant
in the county were not utilized for am
purpose. 6iV
Il l41 silos are scattered here ant
there over the county. and the aver
age wage paid for farm help was S2s.S'
land during the winter months the aV
erage wage paid was $21.44.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11

The lifeIess county convention
held Saturday only emphasized the
weakness of the primary system. Rep
resentation at both the Republican and
Democratic meetings was very small
and delegates to both state conyen
lions were selected without discus
sion. No party plans were brought out
no politics discussed, no candidates
to introduce, no hand shaking, nc
nothing. The old caucus system had
the primaries beaten at every turn
both in efficiency and for that publici
ty which developed the best in both
UartipS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
MOVING DAY.

Busy is the moving van
On the first day OF May.
Ever since the world began,
That is Moving Day.
Mansion, cottage, fiat or tent
Hoping to improve
Every man who pays the rent
Sometimes likes TO move.
Simkins wants finer house
Than his shack so plain;
Simkins' lofty-minded spouse
Hopes to entertain.
Rich old uncle passed away
Left a fortune sweet;
Simkins moves the first OF May
Out on Easy Street.
Smith has bought a patch of ground
Out among the sticks,
Scattered hen-coops all around,
Wants to raise some chicks.
Feed some pigs and keep a COW,
Take on lots of tan;
Smith is packed and ready now
For the moving van.
Jones, who found a healthy raise
In his weekly check,
Says he viii not spend his days
In a hut-by Heck!
Found a nifty bungalow
On the Avenue
Where the swell folks live-and so
Jones is moving, too.
Brown has found a quiet fiat
On the seventh floor,
Where there's not a dog or cat
For a block or more.
Neighbors next to Browns old home
Fairly kept zoo,
Which were free to rant and roam
Brown is moving, too.
Xix and Dix just change about;
Hobbs and Dobbs the same;
Briggs moves in where Jiggs moves
out
b A la checker game.
Thus to please this restless clan
All within one day,
Busy is the moving van
On the First OF May.
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
WILSON TELLS WHY
HE NAMED BRANDE|S
Sends Letter to Senate Judiciary
Committee.
NO DATE SET FOR VOTE
President Asserts He Selected Boston
Attorney for Supreme Court Be-
cause He Is Exceptionally
Qualified for Post.

Washington, May 9.-Despite the
fact that there was before them a
letter from President Wilson practical
ly demanding the confirmation OF
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston-to be an
associate justice Of the Supreme
court, the members of the senate judi
ciary committee failed to set date
for a vote on the question. The COM
mittee held an executive session at
which Senator Culberson, chairman
presented the letter from the presi-
dent and asked for q vote on whether
the nomination should be fayorably re-
ported to the senate. Several OF the
members objected and an adjourn
ment without action was ordered until
Wednesday.
The presidents letter, in part, fol-
lows:
My Dear Senator: am very much
obliged to you for giving me an oppor'
tunity to make clear to the Judiciary
committee my reasons for nominating
Mr.. Louis d. Brandeis to fill the va
cancy in the Supreme court OF the
United States created by the death
of Mr.. Justice Lamar for ! am pro"
foundly interested in the confirmation
of the appointment by the senate.
Duty Most Important.
There is probably no more import
ant duty imposed upon the president
in connection with the general admin
istration Of the government than that
of naming members of the Supreme
court; and l need hardly tell you that
l named Mr. Brandeis as a member OF
that great tribunal not only because |
knew him to be singularly qualified by
learning, by gifts and by character for
the position. iSe4@'AA
Many charges have been made
against Mr.. Brandeis; the report OF
your subcommittee has already made
it plain to you and to the country at
large how unfounded those charges
were.
Il perceived from the first that the
charges were intrinsically incredible
by anyone who had really known Mr..
Brandeis.
f"c- his extraordinary ability as q
lawyer no man who is competent to
Judge can speak with anything but the
highest admiration. You will remem
Der that in the opinion of the late
Chief Justice Fuller he was the ablest
man who ever appeared before the Su
Dreme court of the United States.
"'He is Also the chief justice add
ed, absolutely fearless in the dis
charge Of his duties
Let me say by way Of summing up
my dear senator, that I nominated Mr.
Brandeis for the Supreme court be
cause it was, and is, my deliberate
Judgment that, Of all the men now al
the bar whom 1t has been my privilege
to observe, test, and know, he Is ex
ceptionally qualified"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
GOOD ROADS BILL PASSED
Senate Approves Measure Carrying
$4,000, ooo-Rivers and Han
bors Bill Denounced. .s4

Washington, May 9.-The senate
passed the good roads bill, carrying
$S5.00O.000 of which .$75,0OO,O00 will
be available for federal aid to the
states during the next five years and
s10,000,O00 for the construction OF
roads In the national forests.
Minority members of the senate
commerce committee denounced the
$45,0O0,0O0 rivers and harbors appro-
priation bill as utterly indefensible"
when the country Is to be so heavily
taxed for the purpose OF the prepared
ness program
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
.:---s..f. f..s.-s. Observation-Disclosures
MARKETS
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Chicago Grain Markets.
Chicago, May 10.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, May lO.-Wheat-No. 8
red, SI14R0l16; No. red, sea
$1.01; No. 2 hard winter, $l.17h q
lis; No. hard winter, $11001.l5;
No. 4 hard winter, $11O@115; No.
4 northern, $1.07.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 75A @77c; No.
g yellow, @74Ac; No. yellow,
.72673c; No. 5 yellow, 7O@71c; No. 6
yellow, 6G06Sc; No. 2 white, 75A a
76c; No. 3 white, 73074c; No. 4 white
72c; No. white, 72c No. 6 white,
67Rc; No. 2 mixed, 75R@76ci No. 3
mixed, 73@74c; No. mixed, TIC; No.
mixed, 70@71c; No. mixed, 600
CSC; S. G., 5106Sc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 44& @46c; No.
4 white, 42H 044c; standard, 4S5s q
4S%c.