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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
MARCH WEATHER IN IOWA.

! Viewing the state as a whole, the
! first spring month of 1916 in Iowa was
somewhat milder and drier than us
| ual, says the bulletin just issued by
! the Iowa Weather and Crop Service.
/ Over certain portions of the state,
| however, there were wide departures
! from these average conditions. In
| the counties bordering on the Missis-
| sippi river the month was little if any
milder than the average March, but
thence westward across the state the
excess OF mean temperature showed
Ia progressive increase until at the
Missouri river it amounted to an aver
age of 4 degrees a day. The area
of deficient precipitation included all
except the southeastern and extreme
eastern counties; but over parts of
the districts named occurred the
heaviest March precipitation of rec
ord.
The mean pressure (reduced to sea
IeveD for the state was 29.99 inches.
The highest recorded was 1856 in,
at Keokuk and Sioux City, on the
18th, and the lowest was 29.16 inches,
at Davenport, on the 9Th. The
monthly range was lao inches.
The mean temperature for the state
was 35.2 degrees, or 10 degrees high
er than the normal. The highest
temperature reported was so degrees
at CIarinda, on the 18th; this is about
the average highest temperature that
occurs during March in Iowa. The
lowest temperature reported was
IS degrees, at Algona, on the I'd. On
tn eayerage a temperature as low as
IS degrees below zero in March is ex-
perienced about ever 9Th year in this
state.
The average relative humidity for
the state at a. m. was S2.3 per cent,
and at p m. it was $50 per cent. The
mean for the month was 1873 per cent
or about O4 per cent lower than the
normal. The highest monthly mean
was $40 per cent. at Charles City,and
the lowest was 67.2 at Omaha. Neb.
The average precipitation for the
state was 1.57 inches, or 0.20 of an
inch less than the normal The
greatest amount $50 inches, occur
red at Washington, and the least, 023
of an inch, at Northboro. The great
est amount in any "a consecutive
hours, AL inches. occurred at Wash
ington on the Goth
The average snowfall for the state
was 80 inches, or 2.5 inches less than
the normal The greatest amount.
100 inches, occurred at Elkader and
Forest City. and the least, trace. at
five stations.
The prevailing direction of the wind |
was from the northwest. The high
Est velocity reported from regular |
Weather Bureau station was at the
ate Of 5S miles an hour from the
northwest. this occurring at Sioux
,ity on the 9Th
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
ON THE poWNeRADE.

For decade while prohibition area
was steadily spreading, the statistics
Of the federal government showed the
manufacturers OF intoxicants paying
taxes on a constantly enlarging guam
tity of their products. And it sure
ly did make hard nut for a prohibit
Zionist to cTack-to explain the reason
why the liquor trade got better while
saloons were all the time growing
fewer.-The Continent.
Not such a hard nut when it is
known that all liquor ON which the
government tax has been paid is Off
cially reported as CONSUMED" and
that during the decade referred to
large quantities were forced out Of
the bonded warehouses by the time
limit and stored in private warehouses
awaiting constantly decreasing de-
mand.
But" continues the Continent, with
pertinent emphasis, whatever was
the real secret of that paradox, the ne
cessity of explaining it has now quite
gone by. 1t is fact no more. The
business of brewing and distilling is
at last on a toboggan slide which no.
body can deny. The report of the COM
missioner of internal revenue Cor 1915,
Just issued, shows a decline in both
beer making and whisky making,
which demonstrates that prohibition
is now prohibiting with vengeance
PLAINLY marking the beginning of the
end. The 1914 report already showed
some shortage in the whisky business;
from the year before there was a de-
cline Of 100000 gallons. But the
new report proves how falling bodies
are accelerated as they fall, for the
decline in the year just past is 41,O0O,-
900 gallons-from 181, 100000 to 140,-
100000.
Even more significant is the record
ed item that within the year 1913 dis
tilleries quit business out of TAB such
institutions in the United States. And
meanwhile the quantity of beer made
in this country decreased from 66,000,-
900 barrels to 100000. This is, for
the brewers, their first setback, but it
furnishes sufficient notice that they
are ticketed for the same dOwngrade
that their distilling brethren are en-
barked on. The cry is Going down.
for the whole crew of EN-,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
CONVENTION At LACEY
An Afternoon and Evening Session
Sunday, May 81.

The Lacey Sunday school conven-
|tiOl will be held at Lacey, May q,
An afternoon and evening session. A
good program is prepared to which
all are invited. The program fol-
lows:
1:3G-SCng by Congregation.
Scripture Reading, Mrs. E. E.
WhitehiIl.
Invocation, Rev Reaser.
Address Of Welcome, Frank Ever
eft
Song-Lacey Cleaners.
Address, The Religious Education
Problem of the S. S.-Rev COnant.
Special MUsic-Mr. and Mrs. How.
ard MasteIIe".
Reading Elizabeth McLandsbor-
ough.
Solo-Helen Anderson.
Special Music-Miss Helen and
Mrs Clarence Hanna.
Address, How the Sunday School
May Influence the Social Life of It's
Members-Rev. McFerran.
SolO-Mrs. Chas. Victor.
Song-Lacey Cleaners.
Evening Session at 7:30.
Song by Congregation.
Music. l.. Farmhouse.
Scripture Verses.
InvOcation-Chas. Hull.
Song-Lacey Cleaners.
Address, The inheritance of Chill
dren Forming Church Going Habits
Homer Hull.
Song-Francis Snyder.
Muscle. l. Farmhouse.
Address, Should Children Be
Taught Temperance in the S. S.
Mrs. E. o. Chinn
Song-Class No. 4.
Address, Evangelism in the S. S.
W. J. Howell
Music-C. L. Farmhouse.
General Remarks on S. S. Work.
Song-Lacey Cleaners.
Belediction-M. A. Rockwell.
Mrs. Carrie Natter, Pres.
Mrs. M. S. Downey, Sec'y.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

name from the fact that particles OF
ii we're discovered floating on the
Black Sea, giving rise to the belief
that 1t was petrified sea-foam, has
been dug from the alluyial deposits in
the plains near Eskisehr for a thous
and years. Some of the meerschaull
beds located about Is miles from the
city, have as many as 1000 openings.
Here 1000 Kurds AMI Persians, in
groups of from three to fifteen, burrow
through yard wide holes to depths OF
from 20 to 200 feet, working night and
day under the fiickering light of oil
lamps. The Jumps of mineral clay
which they seek is commercially valu.
able in nOdules as small as a hazel
nut, while occasionally pieces as large
as apples are found.
when the meeTsChaum is first
brought to the surface ii has a gray
| ish or yellowish tinge and is so soft
that it can be scraped with knife.
In the summer it is left to dry in the
sun, but in winter it is placed in Ov'
ems where it is subjected to a steady
temperature day and night for nine
days, when it becomes sncw white and
| loses twothirds of it's weight. After
being rubbed with flannel and polish
ed with wax it is wrapped in cotton
and sent to Austria or America to be
resoaked in water until it is so soft
that it can be cut like cheese, after
which ii is sawn into convenient pipe
shape, deliberately carved if desired,
and fitted with amber stems from Ger
many Before the war the value OF
Eski-sehr's meerschau;n exports was
more than $1,300,00O annually.
Even the most aesthetically inclin'
ed of our American millionaires would
hardly consider the luxury of living
in a palace built of meerschaum as
within the range Of their fortunes, yet
there are many unpretentiOus houses
Of this Material in the Spanish town
of ValleCas. near Madrid, where a
course variety of this substance is to
be found On the other hand, the
Gibraltar. find that still another var.
Iiety of meerschaum fathers freely
and they use it, perhaps sparingly, as
a substitute for soap.
THE chips and sawdust of the
meerschaum pipe factories make an
excellent cleansing powder for remov'
ing stains from costly fabrics. An in
ferior pine is also made from these
scraps, the fragments being bound to-
gether with some solution and then
nodded into blocks.
"Ncerschaum is found in Greece and
in Hrubschitz, Moravia, as well as in
Asia Minor, and to a limited extent
in Pennsylvania. South Carolina. and
in the upper Gilla, Valley, near Silver
City, New Mexico"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
Who is the knocker? This q

Who Is the knocker? This ques
ton is easily answered says the New
Sharon Star. You will usually find
him on some corner when the police
are not present; his amount of work
during the day is represented by the
algebraic figure X, and his Occupa-
ton, if you ask him, would puzzle
him more than the solution of the
number of summers seen by the fic.
ticious Ann. Still he knows how the
entire city should be regulated al
though he does not know and does
not care, how he will pay his poll
tax"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
BRING: MORBID CHANGES.

That indulgence in intoxicating bev'
erages, even to a degree short of the
conditions of intemperance and inebri.
city, is calculated to bring about NOR.
bid changes in the human body, and
to lead to mental and physical de.
terioration, is fact which is only too
patent to every practitioner of medi-
cine.-The Lancet.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Men are taller in the morning
than in the evening, medical examin'
ers for the United States Marine
Corps declare, and the applicant for
enlistment who is of medium or small
stature has a bet ter chance just af-
ter breakfast to meet the heighth re-
quirements than any other time dur
ing the day The variation often reach
es half an inch.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
EFFECT IN NEW DRY STATES.

While some of the merchants in the
newly dry states are loath to admit
as yet that increased business is due
to prohibition all agree that at least
the expected calamities have not ma.
terialized, unless the loss in police
and court business can be considered
calamity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

"A report, made by the Hawaiian
Planters Association experiment sta
ton, shows that Hawaii ranks first
among the cane sugar producing
countries of the world in intensive
cultivation. Hawaii produces an aV
erage of 5 tons of sugar to the acre
Java as tons. and Cuba 2,5 tons.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Please announce am a candidate
for nomination to the office of County
Attorney of Mahaska County on the
Republican ticket, at the primary
election, June 3, 1916.
1S5tf GEO. c. TRUE.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
SOLUTION Of LIQUOR QUESTION

There Is but one solution of the
liquor question. and that is the nation
wide determination of the traffic in
alcohol 1t has already been con-
demned as an enemy to health and to
the home, and it is not indicted for
high treason because it paralyzes the
patriotism of citizens in the time OF
war.-W William ]. Bryan.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
PENN COLLEGE.

| Burlington Hawkeye: OskaloOsa il
| pleased over a decision that has beer
| REACHED by the trustees of Penn Col
Ilege who turned down tempting of
; fer from Ottumwa. But there is a fly
! in the ointment. Mahaska county is
expected to raise $Z50,0O0 for the col
! lege. OF course, it will be raised, am
the people who contribute the money
| Will never miss it. And perhaps thai
college is worth a quarter of a mil
lion and much more to Oskaloosa.
Just as soon as the people of Os
kaloosa begin to. feel and to think that
way there will be no trouble whatev
er in getting that money. And the fact
that they are rejoising over the fact
that the Ottumwa proposition was
turned down, is a pretty fair indica
ton that they are ready to donate
handsomely, in order that other offers
that may be made by other towns
shall meet the same fate.
- = =
Deep River Record: Ottumwa was
hot on the trail of Penn College oil
OskaIoosa, the idea being to secure
that valued educational institution for
that place, The official board was call.
ed in special session last week, and
voted to retain the institution at Os.
kaloosa. We congratulate Oskaloosa
on the decision OF the board Penn
college has become a part of the phys.
zeal life Of that city and to lose it
would take long to recover. But Os.
kaloosa is usually awake to the main
question and seldom let's anything that
is good for the city slip away.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Ex-Governor Folk will not lister
to the siren voice of the Missouri De
mocracy calling him to run for cover
nor. Champ Clark was likewise deaf
Both Folk and Clark can see through
a ladder as well as the next man.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Ed. Herald: Please announce that
will be candidate for the nomina
tion of member of board, term com
mencing' Jan. /, 1917, at the June pri
mary election. Guy Root, Fremont.
pi.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Thousands of visitors are expect
ed in Rock Island, Moline and Daven-
port during the week of June 1926 to
see and participate in the centennial
celebration commerorating the build.
ing of Ft. Armstrong on Rock Island.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

While celebrating Clean Up
Week" it would be well to renovate
some conversations. The tongue of
a gossip is one of the worst works of
the Devil
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
For County Attorney.

Please announce that l am a can
didate for the nomination for the Of
flee of County Attorney on the Repub.
lican ticket at the June Primary.
r. J. WOODARD.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
An important step in the move

AN important step in the move
ment to introduce American goods
into the great Russian market has
been taken by the American-Russian
Chamber of Commerce in its decision
to prepare for distribution in Russia
a hand book on American financial
and commerce conditions, containing
a directory of American business
hoylSps
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

The household hints" column
are filled with receipts for putting
gloss on linen, but nary word about
how to take the gloss off the suit you
shave worn all winter
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
For Member of Board.

Please announce that ! will be a
candidate for nomination for Member
of the Board of Supervisors of Mahas-
ka County for the term beginning
January 1, 1918, before the Republican
primaries June ).
Warren A. Caldwell.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

-Grinnell Register: They defeated
the bond issue in Oskaloosa for a new
high school building. Oskaloosa is
getting to be a slow town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Please announce that l will be a
candidate for nomination for sheriff,
second term, on the republican ticket
at the June Primary, June 5th.
(pd) d. ED HENLEY.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Kindly announce my candidacy for
the Republican nomination as Coun-
ty Attorney at the Primaries June ),
1916. MAXWELL A. O'BRIEN.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

The man on the corner says that
long enjoyment of low taxes never
reconciles any community to raise
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
WASTE OF TIME.

There is no use wasting time on any
young man who drinks liquor.--An.
drew Carnegie.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
For County Sheriff.

Please announce my candidacy for
the office of Sheriff for Mahaska Coun
to on the Republican Ticket, at the
Primary election, June s, 1916.
C. w. JORDAN.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Ed Herald: Please announce that
am a candidate for nomination to
the office of Senator from Mahaska
County, subject to the will of the Re-
publican voters at the primary cleo.
ton in June.-W.I Beans. d&W.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

Ed. Herald Please announce my
candidacy for State Senator from Ma
haska county on The Republican tick
ct at the primary election, June s.
1916. Elmer e. Mitchell,
16Jtf New Sharon, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
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For State Senator.


Please announce my candidacy for
the office of State Senator for Mahas-
ka County on the Republican ticket,
at the Urinary election, June 5, 1916.
1884, Il. w. ELSE.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04

The careless splitter is a public
danger.
The Washington times., 1916-05-27
l4TH ST. MERCHANTS
FORM ORGANIZATION
Business Mems Association Is
Perfected at Meeting In U. S.
, Savings Bank.

Business men OF Fourteenth street
at an enthusiastic meeting in the
United States Savings Bank Build
ing last. night organised the Four
teenth Street Business Mems Associa-
ton. with moro than nifty charter
members.
The object of the organization 10
to encourage, stimulate. promote,
and improve the business of persons.
firms, and corporations engaged in
business In Fourteenth street and ad-
gacent streets, and to secure mutual
improvements and friendly relations
and generally advance the interests
of it's members and their pursuits"
Thomas Il. Petty. real estate dealer.
who has been active in advocacy OF the
president. Other officers include: DR..
Marvin Herndon, druggist. first vice
president; DR.. w. s. Richardson, drug
gist. second vice president; ii. M. Gran
dali. theater owner. third vice presi-
dent. William X. De Lashmutt.. banker.
secretary; Nelson Steele. real estate
dealer. assistant secretary; Frank Stew
art, automobile supply dealer. treasurer.
and Wade IA. Cooper, counsel.
The organization adopted a con-
mousiy passed a resolution disproy-
ing abolition of the half-and half
system. The resolution will be pre-
sented to the Senate District Com
mittee.
DR.. Richardson. who served on the
organisation committee, and who has
been in business In Fourteenth street
Since the days when the thorough
dressed the meeting on the needs OF
He was applauded when he said
the fruits Of organization would be
The Washington times., 1916-05-27
Isaac r. Hit President
Of Northwestern Alumni

Isaac r. Hit was elected president
OF the local alumni association OF
the Northwestern University at q
meeting in the home Of Mrs. Lydia
M. stansell. 7os Nineteenth street
northwest. Mrs. c. II. Hanson was
chosen vice president and 8. A. Malt
man secretary.
The score or more ''old grads" of
Northwestern last night Joined hands
around a lighted candle and sang a
ieae DAYS and in praise Of their alma
mater, A relay OF kilograms OF fe-
licitation to and from "old grads"
throughout the country also featured
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1916-05-27
F-AND-HALF FIGHT
NOW UP TO SENATE
Defenders Of Principle Depend
Upon Upper House to Save
It-MacfarIand's Appeal.

\ The defenders of the f-and-h half
principle now are depending upon the
Senate not to accept the House rider
to the District appropriation I'm.
which In effect, repeats this funds
mental principle Of the organic act of
1sm.
half plan was definitely recorded yester-
day on q roll call vote Just prior to the
final passage OF the District budget.
BY vote of ia to III the House re-
iected Mr.. Mann's motion to strike the
rider repeating the hslf-and-half from
the bill.
Henry b. r. mcfarland. chairman
OF the Joint citizens committee which
led the fisht for the half-and-haif dur
ing the investigation Of last summer.
issued q statement today expressing
the hope that the Senate will not de-
stroy the organic act without Offering
something In it's place.
Mr.. Mcfarland said:
Grateful TO all those who IN tina
House represented the national view OF
the National Capital By opposing the
rider repeating the half-and-half plan.
and not at all discouraged. we tun now
to the Senate.
I'VE trust in It's wisdom and fairness
TO defeat the rider. which IL practically
the same as that beaten by the Senate
last yeas, We are confident that the
Senate will not agree that the fiscal
principle OF the organic act. funda-
mental and essential to the continued
progress OF the National Capital shall
be repealed In this hasty ard irregular
manner with no systematic substitute
in It's place. The present House rider.
just one week old. reported without
warning. without opportunity for hear
ing and from q committee having no
authority under the House rules to re-
port suah LEGISLATION. and with the SUBJ
ject matter specifically referred by the
House to it's District OF Columbia Com
phttee last January. is as superficial AZ
II IL revolutionary: 1t cannot stand the
test OF the Senate's examination.
LET us all ask Senators to read the
report Of the joint committee Of Con-
gress. and the special report adopted
by the Board OF Trade last night, and
TO stand against those who would de-
stroy the half-and-half plan without
providing another system as good or
better"
The Washington times., 1916-05-27
Emery and BrookIand Schools to
Have Play-0ff for Division
Honors Monday.
ANNOUNCE PLAYERS NAMES
Interest in Contest for Times
Cups Reaches Its Highest
Point.

Interest In tennis matches for The
Times trophies is increasing as the
tournament progresses. Announce
ment will be made tomorrow by Miss
Ella Gardner. director OF girls sctivi-
ties. OF the Fairgrounds department. OF
the standing of the teams In the Mt.
Pleasant division. The schedule was
completed Friday with the exception Of
There were few close contests in yes
terday's play. On the Mt. Pleasant
playground West defeated Monroe In
the first and third sets 6-1. so. while
Monroe won the second and fourth nth
Emery and Brookland' Schools OF the
Bloomingdale division are tied for
championship honors. The deciding set
will be played Monday on the Blooming
dale playground. No games VIII %, Se
be opened for practice.
Tho contestants for yesterdays games
were:
Mt. Pleasant Division.
west-First team. C. Gall and r
Thurtell; second team. l.. Steers and
VI. Hiilman; third team. L. Loveless:
fourth team. NJ. Butler. and NJ. Boyd.
Monroe-First team, Ed. Benson and
p. Holmes: second team. NJ. Collins and
r. Gottwnlls: third team. A Danhackle
and e. Lindsay; fourth team. y. Glea-
son and f. 'Pauldauf.
Garfield Park Division.
Peabody-First team. Catherine Stock
man and Esther Perry: second team.
Dorothy Schoonmaker. and Marion Goe-
bell third team. katherine Adams and
Bessie Jones; fourth team. Elizabeth
Scofieid and Marie White.
Dent-First team, Lulu McGrath and
Alderton and Martha Atkins: third
team. Beulah Shank and Lillian Hol-