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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
THE LEADER OPENING
Doors of New Department Swing
Wide For Public Favor.

The doors of a new department
store were opened to Oskaloosa pub
lie this morning at nine o'clock when
the Leader" located at 1872 and 124
West High avenue, gave their store
over to a formal opening" For two
year sthe Leader has occupied one
room, No. 122 High avenue west and
the first Of February they took over
the roo mneXt west, No. 124 High
avenue west. Since that time they
have been busy rearranging their
stock, aiding new lines of merchan-
disc, and otherwise Temodeling the
store rooms, merging them into one,
and fitting up one of the most up-to.
date and complete department stores
in the city. The entire building has
been done over in buff shade, and
the decorations used in the opening
display were pink and white. The
store presented a bright, CHEEKY APP
pearanCe. fitted up with all the lat
est, modern counters, shelving and
spacing for the different departments.
A New York store architect was in
the city for a couple of weeks arrang.
ing the floor space, directing the plac-
! ing of the new double aisle counters
and otherwise helping to get the
store into first class up to date shape.
AS you enter the building and turn.
ing to the right, placed Immediately
| in the center of the front space one
| finds the confectionery department,
| with a complete line OF candies, etc.
The room to the right Is featured as
the ten cent side of the store, with
all the novelties, notions, china,
books, post cards, hardware, glass
ware, brass, crockery, wicker baskets,
in fact almost everything. one expects
10 purchase in the store OF the kind.
Each line complete in detail, and
tastefully and conveniently arranged !.
Immediately to the front of the left
hand room one finds the ribbons, the
laces, the linens, infants wear, hos.
iery, embroidery, jewelry, and on back
on the center shelving one finds the
gents furnishing department, the
READY to wear department, children's
and adults garments, etc. A com.
plete line of millinery, trimmed and
untrimmcd shapes, a line of trim
mings in all the latest designs, etc.
In fact, the entire store is so taste
full yand conveniently arranged that
Even ii one does not wish to shor
tire are hundreds of things to attract
the attention and after one locates
the things which they want, it is an
easy matCer to slip back to the store
days afterwards and purchase the ar
ticle sought, for surely one can find
almost anything desired at THE
Leader" Each lady who visited the
store today was presented with 9
beautiful carnation, carrying out the
idea of the decorations in carnations
Mr.. o. K. Schmitt is general manager
| of the store, with Mr. Paul Deeds o
Ottumwa assistant manager; and
force of twenty salespeople to care
for the customers. The big double
display windows are features of tn,
; store along with Vulnerable othe
comforts and conveniences. The op
ening will continue throughout mex
week, featuring each department
each day in a trim, up-to-the-minut,
style.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
DRAINAGE IS HALTED
District Court Grants Petition of
Oskaloosa City.

Temporary injunction has been
granted by the Mahaska County Dis
trict Court upon application and petit.
ton of the City of Oskaloosa against
the Drainage of Skunk River in Ma.
haska county as proposed by Drain
age District No. 3. The case will come
on for hearing in the District court
on the motion to make the temporary
injunction permanent, and whichever
way the court turns the case will, in
all likelihood go to higher courts for
rulings or further hearing and decis
ion. Progress of the drainage work
through Mahaska County is halted for
the time being and the end of the case
may be delayed for a considerable
length of time.
loosa VS.. Peoples Water Company.
M. s. Downey, Warren Caldwell, A. w.
Hollingsworth, members of the Board
of Supervisors of Mahaska county,
Roy L. Rowland, county Auditor and
Drainage District No. 3.
Application for injunction was made
through a somewhat extended petition
filed in the name of the city OF Oska-
loosa by city solicitor, H. B. Mccoy.
Temporary injunction was granted up
on the filing of bond required of the
city of Oskaloosa.
Petition of plaintiff city sets forth
that the rights of the city in the case
have been ignored. that the board has
proceeded illegally, that the city of
Oskaloosa would be irreparably dam.
aged If the changes contemplated by
the proposed drainage district are
carried to issue and all property of
the city placed in jeopardy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
CONTEST AT PRIMARY
Cummins and Wilson Will Have
No Opposition. =.

There will be no contest in the prf
mary next Monday, April 10, over the
Endorsement of the candidates. OF
Albert B. Cum2nins and Woodrow
Wilson for president - e. .,..,..
The only contests will be-: ..t.l
.- s. Republican. -.'.i<
Vice president--E., J. Burkett and
w. G. Webster. ., x
National committeeman -. John T.
Adams and John Olson, ..... =. .,..
Third district delegates -. A. NJ.
Cloud, c. +. Johnston and G. v. Nc
Clure. .l...,.. T.. : B.,
Sixth district delegates--W. H.
Bailey, w. T. Harper, w. H. Spauld'
ing. a.s.. -.s .+r.- b. no
Eighth district delegates - J. E.
Bowser, M. L. Temple, H. E. Tomlin.
son. ~ .-..s --.7 =, 60
Tenth district delegates - John
Ha:nmill, Robert Healy, P. E. Still
man. Eco
National ,Committeenan W. W.
Marsh and Z. G.. Dunn. y T. II
Delegates at large-E. T. Meredith,
George Stivers, Maurice Connolly, J.
]. Hughes (Marsh), G. A.. Meyer, o., P.
Myers. r. r. Wilson, d. w. Hamilton
Dunn. p. .s.ly,.s "
Fourth district delegates-N. Colsch
Tim Donovan, Frank Olsen, John
Stanton. iE "
Seventh district delegates ]. p.
O'Malley, A, X. Stewart, l. e. Stevens,
Ninth district delegates = J. F..
Bell. Earl sBellinger, Sam Brady, H.
s. Mosher ~ a1T 't -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
new S,S.lS ORGANIZED
Non .denominational School at Olive
Holds First Service.

County Sunday School Secretary
H. E. Kilmer organized a new non
Sunday school in the
Methodist Protestant church of Oil.
vet yesterday morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kilmer drove over to OIivet and took
charge of the first service.
Some fifty were present for the or.
ganization and during the first meet
ing. The new school promises to be
one of the hourishing ones of the
county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
New RulIdinn al Ala

AT Alta the contract for new
school house has just been awarded.
the cost to be $70,500; the plumbing
is $4,000 extra. BY the time the
building is completed and furnished
In an up.to-adte manner the peosle
of Alta will have 100000 invested Ia
their new school and perhaps lit.
tie more than that Alta has less
than 1000 Inhabitants.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
Opposition Melting Away.

Floyd county has fallen into line
and favors bond issue to provide
the means for grading and grayeling
the county roads. Permanent
bridges are also recommended Every
township in the county was represent
ed at the meeting and the action
was unanimous. That seems to i'm.
dictate that the opposition to perma-
nent roads is melting away.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
Earmers Arc oruanlrlnn.

Humboldt county farmers are organ,
izing. and expect to have every town.
ship lined up in the near future. They
will have wide-awake county farm
organization and OF course, they viii
have a county agent, and viii be
keeping that official very busy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
STARTS ON new YEAR
City Administration Enters Second
T. of its Term.

Oskaloosa city council turned over
a new leaf Monday evening, the first
meeting in the month of April, that is,
they started new fiscal year, entered
Upon the second year of the Harold
administration and they did much
business in a crisp snappy way that
did the gentlemen credit. Much of the
work was of routine order however.
No less than three roll calls were re-
sponded to and three APPOINTMENTS
taken, first the council session; next
came the first meeting of the board of
health for organization and then the
annual Board of Review was organic
ed by the election in unanimous choice
of Albert Mendenhall for chairman
and adjourned to Tuesday afternoon
at two o'clock to consider the work of
the city assessor, John H. Perry.
A lengthy claims list was allowed
following the work of the auditing
committee and clerk Thos. II. Carlin
brought UP to date the minutes of
preceding sessions for approval.
-. Would Mend Road.
I. NJ Taylor who resides on the
old Camp Meeting Grounds east of
town ASKED the city to take some
steps toward grading or fixing a lit
tie piece of highway leading to his
property. He made an offer of a do.
nation of his own labor and that of
Homer Little free of any cost to the
city to assist on the job If the city
would take up the matter. The road
is now impossible. The matter was
referred to the street and alley COM.
mittee. IT,
....' -.. Reports.
Monthly reports were presented,
read and ordered filed and some of
the annual reports we're also given
Side Walk Asked.
l. One of the first side walk petitions
of the season was presented at the
session by Rev. Carl Melberg and
while the side walk asked for is on
ly a block or a little over in extent,
others along the street may join in
the petition anil several blocks of new
concrete sidewalk will likely be con.
struggled along the east side of the
street from the Blake Wilson property
south by the Mellberg place and other
properties adjoining. The petitioners
also ask the city to install crossings
at both Eleventh and Twelfth avenues
that the new side walk may be made
continuous. ..
Other Matters.
Numerous other matters we're In.
troduced during the netting, sewer as
sesment attachments where error was
shown by the record of payments,
etc. ,.....A a...r vi
George N. White desires sewer con.
nection for. his property which is 10.
Gated near the Free Methodist church
in southeast Oskaloosa. He is some
distance from the Ninth avenue lat
eral but is willing to lay the necessary
tile under specifications IL the, city
will remit the customary. tappage fee
In view of the fact that the city will
have the right to grant other tappages
on the line the agreement will likely
be entered into under. supervision of
City Engineer Horace Hawkins. The
sewer committee will investigate.
Adjourned. Il
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06

The real issue in the election at
West Liberty was%.'To pave or not to
pave2'a One ticket stood for more
permanent improvement, the other
was probably not opposed to all i'm.
provements, but desired to go slow,
The men who advocated an additional
forty blocks of pavement for this
year, carried the day. a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
lnoreased .In valun.

An eighty acre farm In Hayes
township, Ida county, was sold for
S2R.5O per acre recently. In 1908
the entire quarter section was sold for
800 per acre.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
: ala BRIDGE Contracts.

Crawford county on April Is, will
let the contracts amounting to $685..
900 for Lincoln highway and town,
ship bridge construction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
Logan to Have Library !.

A library building costing. $4,000
will be erected at Logan this sum.
mer. The architects contract has al
ready been let.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-06
clean On Weol-

Burlington Is TO have "Clean,np
aud Paint.up week, from April II 10
April ~, inclusive.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
,MpoRrANT NEWS OF BOTH HEM.
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.
Last Sunday was fathers day.

Last Sunday was fathers day.
The annual pension appropriation
bill carrying $158,065,0OO passed tne
house without rollcall.
Edna Lotus, former London music
hall favorite, died recently at san
Francisco.
Steel workers at Lebanon, Pa, are
to receive $6 per ton after July l.
an increase Of 81.
F. M. Johnston, a young farmer OF
McMinnville, Ore, was trampled 10
death by an angry bull.
Charles d. Joyce of Philadelphia
was elected president of the National
Association Of Credit Men.
Ten stores and seven homes at
Lakeville, Ore, were destroyed py
fire recently. LOSS $4,000.
The Duke of Connaught, governor
general of Canada, is coming west on
an inspection tour of military camps.
Detroit, Mich, had sanitation pa
rade at the close Of the American
Medical association convention re-
Gently.
Prisoners at the Joliet, ILL.,, peniten-
tiary were given half holiday recently
to attend circus performance In the
prison yard.
The British destroyer Eden has
been sunk. Thirty-one members OF
the crew were saved. Three officers
are missing.
CAPTAIN H. J. Thompson Of Cana
dian army has been indicted by the
federal grand jury for attempting to
recruit men in Seattle.
Lieutenant Robert Fay, sentenced
to years for plotting to attach bomb
to vessels carrying supplies to allies,
admits that he asked to be sent back
to Germany.
Federal Judge Carpenter at Chica-
go has given authority for issuance
of $1,000, 900 in receivers certificates
to receiver of Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railroad.
The Brooklyn Eagle announces the
engagement of Mrs. John Jacob AS
tor, widow of Colonel John Jacob AS
tor, who lost his life on the steamer
Titanic, to William K. Dick of Brook
lyn.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
BILLION DOLLARS EARNED
BY RAILROADS IN YEAR
Astonishing Figures on Railway In
comes Given by Commission. ~

Washington-More than one billion
dollars in operating income will be
earned by the railroads of the United
States for the year ending this month.
An interstate commerce commission
report showed that during the ten
months ended with April operating
revenues of the roads amounted to
s2,797, SIT, 1862, indicating a total of
approximately 1880, 100000 by the
end of the fiscal year and operating
expenses were $1,S27,S16,SS0 for the
ten months, indicating total OF about
$2,2OS, 100000 for the year.
Net revenues from railway opera
tions during the ten months was
$97O,OO1, ,OS2, but deductions for tax
accruals and uncollectable revenues
brought the recorded operating in
come to $S4S,542,135. Operating in
come per mile of roads was $37O9 for
the ten months, compared with $4,000
in the same period last year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23

A Chinaman clad in the typical
laundryman's costume, entered a
street car last winter and took seat
next to an Irish woman of generous
proportions. He shivered and shook
himself, and then with that yearning
for human sympathy which extremes
Of temperature bring to the surface,
remarked to his neighbor:
"Belly cold!"
The Irish woman was not socially
inclined. She turned on him scorn.
fully and snapped out:
well, if ye'd tuck yer shirt inside
yer pants, ye haythen, yer belly
wouldn't be cold"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

Ten stores and seven residences
were destroyed by fire at Lakeview,
Ore, recently.
The big freighter Annette Rolph,
built at cost of $750,OOO, was launch
ed Sunday at San Francisco.
The advertising men of the Pa
cific coast, who last week held their
annual convention in Spokane, will
meet next year at Oakland, Cal.
L. S. Undersill, a veteran of the
civil war, killed himself in the barber
shop of the Oregon soldiers home.
recently by cutting his throat with a
razor.
With election of officers the Pacific
Fisheries society closed it's annual
convention in Portland Saturday Sc
attic was chosen as the place of next
years convention.
Colonel c. M. Perkins, commanding
marine barracks at Puget Sound navy
yard, was married recently to Mrs.
Stella G. Woodruff, widow of lieu
tenant colonel in the u. S. army.
Lieutenant Mears of the Alaska en-
gineering commission announces that
the United States railroad will be
completed as far as the first coal
mine in the Matanuska field about
July 4.
G.. L. Blair, general manager of the
San Francisco and Portland Steam
ship company, says there will be no
attempt to pull the wrecked steamer
Bear off her rock or sand berth for
at least week.
Thomas Olsen, picket of the long
shoremen's union, was shot and in
stantly killed at San Francisco, Sun
day, when three negro strike break
ers fired two volleys with revolvers
at Olsen and two other union pickets
Lost from her mother 20 years ago
when she was baby, Elsie Baker, on
the eve of her wedding found her
parent recently living only 10 miles
away from her own home at Reeds
port, Ore. She also was astonished
to discover that neighbor, who was
one of her closest friends, was her
own sister.
"Cash" Williams, one Of the last
Umpqua Indians in the Roseburg,
Ore, district, was drowned recently
in the Umpqua river in rapids near
which he had rescued nine people
from drowning at different times.
During his lifetime he also had res
cued several other people from death
in mountain streams. He was 60
years old.
The Alaska Steamship company an
nounces completion of arrangements
for steamship service between Seat
tie and Philadelphia, fifth stops at
intermediate points. The first ship.
the Alaska, will sail from Seattle on
November Is for Philadelphia via San
Francisco, San Pedro, the Panama
canal, Kingston, Jamaica, Santiago
and Havana, Cuba, with passengers
and freight. There will be another
sailing from Seattle January Is and
sailings from Philadelphia December
Is and February Is.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
OUR BOATS ORDERED
TO MEXICAN WATERS
Seven Destroyers and Nine Other
Vessels Will Join the Fleets
in the South

Washington.-Se Daniels on
Monday ordered seven destroyers and
nine other small war vessels to Mex
lean waters to join units Of the At
lantic and Pacific fleets already sta
toned on the east and west Mexican
coasts. The secretary described the
movement as precautionary. The
vessels probably will be used to bring
emergency develop.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23

the mobile army, and Brigadier Gen
eral Mills, chief of the militia divi-
sion, general staff. Brigadier Gen
eral McCombs, president of the army
war college, also was consulted.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
Steel Workers Given a Raise.

Lebanon, Pa.-The American Iron
and Steel company announces an in
crease in wages to Sc ton. This is
an advance of 81 ton, and is to be-
come effective July /.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
Floods at Fsrnie.

Fernie, B. C.-The continued ram
pant state Of the Elk river here Is
creating further apprehension.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23

League Ball Schedule at Spokane.
With Vancouver:
June 10, 20, 21, %, %, "a, rs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-22
THE OPEN DOOR.

The frank assurances of support for the open door in
na which the state department has received from both
Japan and Russia will go far toward allaying fears of
unfortunate diplomatic developments in Asia Correspon
dence on the subject reveals certain interesting and i'm
portan facts Asatc politics. for the time being is to be
regarded as separate from European Europes attention
Is concentrated on the great and this more than
any other time within years. would be regarded as
favorable for crafty action by nation with designs on
the integrity of China Due largely to the doubtful rec
ord there has been general belief that both Japan and
Russia would be tempted to utilize this opportunity fur
Their to encroach China
Japans entrance into the European war; and subse-
quent movements the Asatic continent enabled this
country to see that should there be any desire to take adj
vantage OF the situation protest would be probable from
Inc American state department alone That the United
States government has not relaxed it's vigilance in the mat
Ter should be cause for qualification Every visible step in
oriental politics has been questioned and explanations or
assurance have from time to time been requested The
state department realizes that Chnas destiny is inter
woven with that OF Japan, and from the moment that
Japan and Russia began to draw together there was the
possibility that the onetme enemies might cooperate in
manner as to close the open door and thus deprv
the world OF the results of patient diplomacy Several
months ago. when it became known that Japan and Russia
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-22
CROPS AND THE PRICE OF FOOD.

Irrespective of whether the government has succeeded
In the past in reducing the cost of living by investigation
inquiry into the contemporary food market ustf
able Some regard Imperative for the indications are
that prices will shortly take another alarming Jump unless
something in the way of restraint done There are per-
slsten reports from parts of the country that
bakers to the OF bread The standard
prevailing price is cents for loaf that is supposed to-
weigh about pound The weight varies in different cities
and the quality must Of course remain uniform to assure
steady sale One plan which has much discussed in
many OF the cities the abandoning of Scent loaves
on the ground that Ocent oaves be economical
y produced and handled The cutting down of the size Of
the 5cent oaves has, Of course amounted to an increase
In price In some cities the charging of for loaves
has been proposed
The bread situation must be considered in connection
with the crops The years wheat crop is short The e
innate accepted is Gil 100000 bushels tremendous
slump from the O120OOOOO bushels of last year and
considerable decrease from the veyear average Of 1888
0OOOOO. Washington authorities say that 6200OOOOO
bushels required for ordinary domestic consmption
1t is the assumption that this years crop will not be
sulclent to meet the cOuntrys needs over winter that
price boom is being promoted. There much talk of So
wheat which may may not emanate from the specua
tors Europe will demand large CONSIGNMENT of Ameri-
can and Canadian wheat this fall because of the gen
era world shortage But those who point to export as
sure sign OF higher bread prices forget that 100 OOO
bushels OF last years crop remain in the country This
quantity is more than enough to make up the prospective
domestic deficiency and yet leave 1O00000O bushels for
the foreign trade
The tendency of the times is forbidding Food MANN
factrers realize that they invite indignant opposon
when they increase the price of their product hereore
II mas Deen noticed that commodities are sold at the
old price, but that smaller quantities are offered This
amounts TO raise IN price, and in ways is more de-
plorabe, because of the deception worked on the nubc
The makers IN this respect should have credit for making
no attempt to hide their plans for the reduction in the
size of loaf of bread.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-22
EVENING oApITAL NEWS FRIpAY. SEPT. %. 1a1e.

had signed convention affecting specifically the f-
ure OF Chna the United States made formal
inquiry.
Assurances in response to this question apparently
sincere or at least they add to the record of pledges The
treaties OF 1907 and 1910 between Japan and Russia af
ned China integrity and the policy of the open door
The latest treaty is obscure these points Japan both
verbally and by formal note has quoted American fears
I'VE assured that the convention in no way de-
signed to repeal modify the important provisions and
that the imperial government of Japan strongly
vnced as ever of the usefulness of the policy Of the
door, The Russian pledges from the foreign minis
ter and were in accord with the word from Japan The
American state department satisfied with these develop
ments There seems to be for immediate con-
Germ The relations between Russia and this country are
becoming more cordial and Japan has repeatedly ex-
pressed the desire for closer cooperation 1t is evident
That the Russian government recognizes the value of
serving it's pledges especially in view of the fact that such
observance sure to promote it's material prosperity Rus
sIa is endeavorng to stimulate trade with the United
States This commercial relationship necessarily based
on mutual respect assures support for Asatic policies
agreeable to the United States