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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
AN osKALoosA BOYS WORK.

AS an evidence of the progress
made by an Oskaloosa boy and the
way In which he has made good"
Prof. y. n. Agg, G. Z. of Iowa State
College at Ames has recently publish
ed book on THE Construction Of
Roads and Payements" and it is be-
ing put out by New York house.
Radford Agg as he was Familiarity
known in Oskaloosa during his young
er student days, has now become
quite distinguished authority, on
Highway engineering and the book is
largely made up of data and material
that has been gathered from personal
Investigations and research. Its var
ious chapters treat in an appealing way
Or earth roads and their proper CON
struction. the testing of non-bitnmi-
nous road matter. the use OF sand
clay, gravel roads in the making, wat
er bound Macodam roads, and pave
ment concrete and vitrified brick
payements, wood block and stone
work, dust layers and top dressings,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

Mr. aud mrs. william Ffulner Uf I'd
dyville also Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Norris
OF Spring Creek spent Sunday at the
Coryell home also the r. D. Robertson
home.
John Shaffer was passenger for
Oskaloosa Tuesday.
Homer Johnson of Cedar Rapids
was a business caller at the Rock Is.
land station Monday.
Farmers are cutting some corn but
not as much as they usually do, for
they have oceans of hay to feed.
The miners on this line from Knox
vile to Evans are running good. we
see lots of coal going over the ioad
daily. I
The miners on this line from Knox
Vile to Evans are running good. we
see lots of coal going over the road
daily.
Mrs. Alice Billings spent Wednes-
day in Oskaloosa trading.
Mr.. J. NJ. Brown a Rock Island Of
fIcial from Topeka, Kansas, was
business caller at the Rock Island sta
ton Wednesday. dlSD ID, H. oidiIH' 40
terstate commerce commissioner OF
Kansas City. The gentlemen spent
nearly two hours at this office. Mr..
Brown is very much interested in the
national campaign. He joins with the
rest of the folks and wants Hughes
, for president Mr.. Smith didn't en-
i press himself on this line. but was
very much interested in the effort tax
en- in this office, both for national and
state ticket.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Perfect left on
Monday for st. Joe, Mo-, where they
will visit for week, then go to Ok
lahoma to spend the rest of the winter
with relatives and friends This was
the only perfect man VIC had in town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
A LIVE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

As suggested by the Burlington
Hawkeye, "OskaIoosa should consider
Algona. There is a town of less than
1000 people in KOssuth county. 1t has
a wide-awake commercial club Of 141
members with an income of $500
per annum and a paid secretary. Evi-
IDENTIFY the people of that town have
solved the secret of getting together
and they will be able to accomplish
whatever they may undertake. The
club points with pride to a big free
hitch barn for the farmers. which tax
es the place of the hitching racks on
the streets and there is a free rest
room and there are signs for the
streets and special signs for the auto
people. And te club has just cOmmenc-
ed doing things for AlgOna. But a
very few years ago. none but the big
ger towns had commercial clubs, and
the paid secretary who gives all OF
his time TO the work and gets real
worth while pay. Now. even the small
towns have found that they cannot
get along without him. and that what
ever is worth doing, is worth doing
WELL
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

their superiors,s at candidates they
can never scare or buy. We have a
splendid ticket in all its parts, nation
al state, congressional, judicial and
county He who stops to shoot down
his comrades instead of the enemy
when the battle is on is both traitor
and coward. Election day is nigh at
hand Let every Republican, every
patriot do his duty and our country
will not only be kept out of war; but
its honor will be indicated its prest-
ige re.established, our flag lifted high
er up its staff, reckless waste and use
less extravaganza will be avoided ana
prosperity will reign supreme.
1t has been said that Wisdom is
justified of her children" win 1t be
so in this instance The laundering
aggravating, dangerous policy OF the
present administration at Washington
is so apparent that che who runs may
read" It has not kept us out OF
war" 1t has brought us dangerously
near to it. 1t is policy that is re-
scented everywhere, and but for the
weakness and .forbearance of Mex
lean presidents would have resulted
in all the horrors of contest OF arms
Let us rally at the polls and vote IL
out of existence.
H. j. VAIL.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
CELEBRATE iowa 70 v DAY
Schools of the State Will Observe
Friday, October 20

Friday, October 20, is to be known
and celebrated all over the state as
Iowa Day" and upon this date every
school in the state will make an espe-
cial effort to do homage to the Hawk
eye Domain The idea is to give
the school children some definite UNI
derstanding of the greatness of their
own state, and to increase their re-
spect for it. Iowa statistics in pop
ulation and in farm values will be
used in the arithmetic problems for
the day.
Drawing classes will use for their
lessons Iowa products as the basis.
and in all the history classes for the
day Iowa History will be used. All
language and composition work will
be based on some particular phase OF
Iowa History and Geography. All
Geography classes will study the geo.
graphical phase of the state and all
classes i'll penmanship will practice
writing by transcribing some of the
interesting facts about Iowa. The
Physiology and Hygiene classes will
study the various institutions and
means which Iowa uses to preserve
the general health of her people. All
reading lessons will be taken from Sc.
lections by Iowa authors, including
selections by Major S. H. M, Byers,
General Superintendent of Schools of
Des Moines has requested that all the
schools some time during the day sing
Major Byers' Iowa Song. Spelling
classes will use words taken from a
list of the geographical points over
the state Music classes will use
Iowa songs exclusively.
Patrons of the schools are urged to
make an especial effort to visit the
schools some time during that day
Those in charge of the work state
that they feel the teachers are doing
their part to make this a successful
day, and they request that the patrons
help by lending their presence for a
few minutes during the day. II the
children see that their parents are
interested in Iowa, naturally they wi
follow in their footsteps, and their
respect and general regard for"things
of Iowa" will grow accordingly.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record In Recent Real Estate Deals
in Mahaska County.
Warranty Deeds.

Lewis Shroyer and wife, Matilda J.
to E. E. Ives, lot 2 block 10 Houtz's
add Oskaloosa-Cons. $1.00.
K. E. Ives and wife, Cora, to Lewis
Shroyed and wife, E1a lots anod s
block Is. o. p. Sharon-Cons. $2500
Anna Oswandle and husband, Geo,
to Charles collars and wife, pit. lot 8
of S. d. of o. L. IS Oskaloosa-Cons.
$1.00
= l.. S. Shroyer and wife Rhoda to
Penn College, pit. lot s Mendenhalls
add Oskaloosa-Cons. $4,000.
John R. Owens to Julia f. Owens,
his WIFE,. pit. lot 2 S, d. of lot 10 in
Sec. 22-75-16-Cons. $1.00.
Oskaloosa Savings Bank to Jesse
E. Turner, pit. Sec. 1S-75-15-Cons.
$4,000.
Charles Cain Pike and wife, Nellie
A. to Carson Mcclure, lot 10, Elm
Park Add, Oskaloosa, 5000.
Quit Claim Deeds
Consolidated Independent District
of Bussey to G. w. Bennett, Y acre
in Sc corner sec. 30-74-17, $1.00.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
SAYS JAPS WANT
TO Be FRIENDLY
NEW AMBASSADOR SAYS NATION
WILL FORGET CONTROVERSY.
WILL OPPOSE BURNETT BILL
Protest to be Made Against the inclus'
ion of Japanese in Measure that
Bars "Inferior Races From
the United States"

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE new re-
gime in Japan is preparing to for
get" the controversy over the Cali
fornia law forbidding Japanese ctti'
zens to own land in that state. Am
bassador Sato, the new japanese Dip
lOmatic representative here, made
this plain in an interview. he also
expressed as his opinion that japan
will in every possible way demon
strate her friendship toward the
United States.
This statement is interpreted by
students of the situation in the far
East to remove, for the present at
least, one of the largest underline
surface causes for friction which has
jeOpardized relations between the
United States and Japan.
Will Forget Trouble.
1--WE realize in Japan the consttu-
tional restriction which prevents the
federal government from interfering
with the legislative enactments of a
single state" the ambassador said
I'm consequence we shall forget the
| controversy altogether"
The new ambassador will, however
press the protest against the alleged
inclusion in the Burnett immigration
bill, which is to come before the sen
ate next December, of the japanese as
among the inferior" races that cannot
enter America. Ambassador Chinda
predecessor of Ambassador Sato, twice
protested to the president against the
portion of the Burnett bill understood
to prevent in q roundabout fashion
The naturalization of Japanese.
Fear Burnett Law.
my government is convinced tina
the Burnett law, while it makes M
direct mention of the japanese" Am
bassador Sato said, lis designed t.
prevent the naturalization of Jap
anese citizens in this country
! Against such legislation we shall
continue to protest. However, tina
matter is not pressing, because con
gress is not in session now, an,
nothing Immediately can be DONE"
The ambassador expects to go t
Shadow Lawn, possibly the latter par
of this week.. to call upon the presl
dent formally and present his creden
tials.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
JUDGES And CLERKS
Names of Election Officials Sug-
gested in Several wards

Councilmen from the several wards
have reported the following names
for the positions of judges and clerks
of the election to be held Tuesday,
November I. Service on the part
of a few of the names mentioned may
be in doubt in which case the vacan-
cies will be supplied.
First Ward
Judges - John Cruden, William
Law, Charles .Kessler. Clerks-D.
C. Waggoner and Frank Burlington.
Second Ward
First Precinct: Judges - Albert
Mendenhall, Charles Wray and John
Owens. Clerks-Uriah Ketchum and
VIM Shaw.
Second Precinct: Judges-W. K.
Brown, Frank Shoemaker and Henry
J. E. Flewwelling.
Third Ward
First Precinct: John Shoemake,
Frank d. Boyer and Fred A. Bell.
Clerks-H. H. Rosebrook and K. Yer
PlOes.
Second Precinct: Judges-A. l..
Howell, William Attig and A. f. De
Witt. ,Clerks-Ed Schmidt and w,
| L. Woodrow.
| Fourth Ward
Judges-Charles f. NJ. Schlenker,
| John NJ. Price and John h. Pickett.
/ Clerks-G. NJ. Dickens and Charles
! WhitmorG.
| Fifth Ward
Judges-Jasper Cox, A. H. Collard
! and L. NJ. Fansher. Clerks-Roy &.
Rich and Ross Wood.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
HAS CAR LOAD OF OATS
Scott Township Farmer Says He Is
Going to Let 1t go.

Olivet, Oct. 13.-(by r. W.)-JOhn
Shaffer was in town Friday. He says
the clover hullers pulled in on that
morning unexpected ard he had to
hike out to get something for dinner.
He has car of oats down there and
says he is going to let it go as he
needs the money.
K. L. AlCorn representing II. l..
Spencer company of Oskaloosa was in
town on Thursday soliciting trade,
Alcorn informs US all canned goods
have gone up 80 cents on a dozen cans.
Flour still climbing and same way
with sugar
Mrs. r. V. Clark spent Friday in Os-
kaloosa trading and calling on friends.
Charley Johnson OF Rochester was
in town Thursday. Mr.. Johnson says
everything is lovely and goose hang
ing high in his locality.
W.. H. Jenkins OF Douglas, Page
county. was in town on Friday. Mr..
Douglas takes keen interest in poll
tics. In his conversation with us he
says that Harding will be elected
without a doubt. For his ideas ON roads
no bonds, and economy in all things
is just what the farmers want.
Through the courtesy of r. T. Rhys
mine inspector, we received a copy
of state mine inspectors annual re-
port. 1t was well gotten up, espec-
tally the well written article on aban,
doning mine camps. This age demands
that and it is evident to us the day is
coming when these camps will largely
be eliminated. ..- s....
The writer notes the booster man
of Pella took charge of the Pella post
office on Monday. We have had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. Stout few
times personally and found him true
to name of his paper, Booster. And we
are glad to see him get this office. For
man of his make up is certainly a
valuable acquisition to any communi-
ty. No.,
This Office received on Friday q lot
of campaign matter in addition to
Autographs of Hughes and Harding,
also buttons. We want our republicans
friends to call on us when in town
and get decorated for We want them
to show their colors.
Mrs. william Norwood, Jr., OF Ro-
chester was passenger for Oskaloosa
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ida Johnson of Rochester was
a pleasant caller at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r.. Williams on Sunday ev-
ening, which was greatly appreciated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
.Losenhus Daniels saws it is am

-Josephus Daniels says it is an in
suit TO American manufacturers 10
charge them with inability to NEE,
European competition, but the only
way that low tariff law leaves is to
cut down wages and thereby reduce
the standard of living to that which
prevails in Europe. It is folly to talk
equal teams unless all the terms are
equal and certainly the cost OF labor
ia a big item. Who wants to adopt the
European standard?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
Chile is the longest and narrowest

Chile is the longest and narrowest
OF all the countries of the world. 1t
stretches 1900 miles, from Cape Horn
TO the deserts of Atacama, within the
tropics. Its width is rarely more than
125 miles from the ocean to the An
dean crest. If we were TO place it upon
a similar stretch of coast in North
America. II would cover Lower Calf
ornia, California, Oregon. Washington,
and British Columbia to the St. Elias
district of Alaska.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
THE GREAT WHITE Way
Poles Along Route Through Oska-
loosa Will be Reprinted

DIR. jay G. Roberts appeared before
the city council last night and asked
that the marking of the great white
way through Oskaloosa be uniform.
The way 1t is now some of the mark.
ings are only two feet In length
when the registration with the state
department designates six feet bands
The White Way is now being re-
marked through the county and the
doctor was authorized to superintend
the job through town and the city will
contribute its share Of the bill.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

Under the democratic administra-
tion, figuring persons to the family
we are paying an increase of $40 for
every man, woman and child in the
United States or the stupendous total
of more than SSO0,0OO,0O0 a year. Yet
they promised to reduce the cost OF
living one half
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

According to the L. S. Public
Health Service, a soldier may have
good feet, good eyesight, and good
brains but if he has bad teeth he cant
eat. If he can't eat he can't march
near enough to the enemy to see him
and use his brains to fight him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

asphault surfaces and all other kindred
subjects treated In pleasing manneri
for both the professional engineer and
the general public, The work has some
116 illustrations and is a valuable adj
djtion to technical literature.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

1T has been said that only nifty
minutes are required TO put up
building in New York. OF course, this
Is theoretical but new structure Is
completed on an average of every
fifty minutes throughout the entire
SrnaY
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

Other towns are all right. but
there is none better than OskalooSa.
DO as much for the town as the town
is doing for yea. and the hammer VIII
heenme an obsolete tool.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

Don't feel offended when your
volunteered advice is rejected, You
had the fun Ct offering it, and that is
all you can eXpect.-The Roller Month
"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

New York has a fire department
as efficient as any in the world, and
keeping it up to this standard costs
the CITY S9,719,945.1O in 1915.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19
Had Good Sale.

w. f. Fleming's sale near Wash
ington, Iowa, was a good one. Twen-
ty-two cows sold at an average OF
5000 each and everything else sold
we'll
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

The Hedrick Journal thinks it IS
remarkable the number of bargains
Que runs across when broke.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-19

How about saving a little every
week to pay for the Christmas pres
ents you are going to buy?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-28
SUTHERLAND HAS
PLAN TO DEFEAT
THE BLACKLIST
West Virginia Congressman
Goes to Rescue Of Ex-
porters.
Especial Dispatch to West virginlan)

Especial Dispatch to West virginlan)
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. 2S. =
There is an American vessel at the
Bermudas which is unable to leave be.
cause she cannot get cealed. The Eng.
lish authorities decline to give her
fuel. She is as completely interned as
II she were a German bottom. She is
blacklisted.
This hitherto unpublished fact was
ascertained by Congressman Suther.
land in his rummaging Of the depart.
ments to collect data on the operations
Of the allies boycott as a supplement
to the startling information on this
subject brought out last week at a
hearing before the House committee
on Foreign and Interstate commerce
Of which he Is member. His invest.
cation was furtherance of a joint reso.
luton which he presented in the House
Saturday. and which he hopes will
meet situation that has placed the
shippers of the. United States In an
unheard Of and intolerable position.
They are absolutely at the mercy of
the allies boycott or blacklist.
Senator Thomas proposed in the up.
per branch an amendment to a pend.
ing bill which refuses clearance papers
CONTINUED on Page EIGHTY
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FUNERAL Of
MRS. BARNES
i. !. ] HELD TODAY
Death Occurred Saturday at
Home on Fairmont
Avenue.

Mrs. Clara Eyster Barns, aged 85,
wife Of the late Newton S. Barns, and
a pioneer resident OF this city, died Sat.
urday afternoon at 3:40 o'clock at her
home on Fairmont avenue, after a
period Of inyalidism extending through
several years, during part Of which
time she was able to go about her
home.
Early last March, Mrs. Barns SUI.
fered severe attack of illness and
for days her life was despaired OF,
however she rallied to some extent,
though had never been able to leave
her bed. On Sunday, August 20, she
suffered a sinking spell from which
she did not recover. During the long
years Of her invalidism, Mrs. Barns
has been the object of the tenderest
solicitude by her large circle OF friends
in this city and from her immediate
family she was the recipient of all the
loving care that can be bestowed.
While obliged to give up any active du.
ties about the home, she kept up with
current events and always displayed
keen interest in family affairs. her
Continued on Page Eighty
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MORE GINGER IS
NEEDED IN VOTES
ORVOMENF|GR
Old Parties Have Got Cam
paigners Started Sat-
isfactorily at Last

Especial Dispatch to West virginlan)
CHARLES" ON, Aug. 3. - While
both the Republican and Democratic
parties apologetically permitted refer.
ence to equal suffrage tp creep into
their state platforms, neither is per-
mitting the question Of women's rights
to become an issue in the campaign and
all the impetus given 1t is that fr- aish.
ed by the women advocates of suffrage
who have been delegated for the part.
The voters, themselves, are paying
little attention to politics anyway in
West Virginia and 1t Is infrequetit In.
deed that the subject tf woman SUI.
frage is mentioned even where politics
are the them". II the suffrage amend.
ment Is ratified by the vote OF the peo.
pie, the women conducting the cam.
paign will have to get buster than they
have been, for so far as can be seen
the anti.suffrage contingent in south.
ern West Virginia specially, is as
strong as the suifragists, and really
more active in political matters.
It may be that the advocates OF. suf.
frage, like the leaders Of the m. tnr
parties, are resting on their oars SO
that they can make campaign Of the
short and vigorous kind. Whatever the
intention In this connection. the antis
claim that they will be able to check.
mate any move that may be made and
that they do not fear the outcome in
the least.
The prediction is frequently made
by voters that not half the ballots cast
Continued on page six.)
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.CityHaIlNotes

The Peerless Motor company of
Cleveland. o., wired ]. Walter Barnes
this morning stating that NJ. C. car
99760 was loaded at Cleveland this
morning with the city's new motor
IRE truck In 1t. The car has been
routed via the Pennsylvania and the
Monongahela railroad
! When firemen turned the hose on
the Jackson street fire the other day
the water in the reservoir took drop
Of SIX inches. This makes the as.
sJding amount OF 100000 gallons
ater used on the fire.
enterprising salesman Of ma
les to protect cheques from being
kised has left one in the city clerks
office for few days for the occupants
Of that office to play with. One Of
the reporters of the city went there
and was shown the instrument. No
sooner had Albert Kern told him that
the machine prevented check rails.
ing than he got to work and raised
one. The machine which was put in
on trial will not be purchased.
The fire department Is still drying
its hose from the fire which threat
ened Jackson street the other day.
The hose is strung up and a hot
plate lighted under It. Inasmuch as
the entire amount Of fire hose was
used at that fire 1t will take longer to
get - all dry. Besides the use OF the
hose all chemical cans were used.
One OF these was badly burned and
Will likely have to be replaced.
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If They Will Not Break
With Railroads is Az
most a Certainty.
WILSON AT THE CAPITOL
Further Consultation With
Leaders Regarding Pos
sible Legislation.

=
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s-Pres.
ident Wilson's plans for breaking
the deadlock between railroads
and their employees as discussed
In conferences today, was 40 fol-
lows:
An elsht.hour law for railroads
to become effective at date far
enough In the future to give rail-
roads an opportunity to prepare
for II.
A law patterned after the Cana.
dian act which creates a commits.
sion Of investigation and prevents
walkouts or strikes while lndus-
trial disputes are being InyestI-
gated.
This plan was discussed BY the
President with his party leaders
In Congress as the basis for tho
next stey after the railroad mana
gers have formally announced
their refusal to accept plan OF set.
tlement the President previously
proposed.
They were expected 20 do tf,ls
at 2:3o o'clock this afternoon at
a White House conference.
Meanwhile Congress leaders
gave up hope Of adjournlng this
week and settled down to stay
here as long az necessary TO pro-
vide legislation to meet the strike
situation.