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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

The annual losses of live stock
on the National Forest Ranges Of the
West due to predatory animals are
over 100000. An organized cam
paign is now going on to eXterminate
these animals. Wolves are RESPONSE
BILE for about 70 per cent of the cat
tie losses, while bears cause most Of
the remainder. Approximately Is
per cent of the sheep losses are due
IN cOyOteS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

Canton, China, a city of over a
million of seething humanity, has
streets so narrow that only coolies
can be employed as beasts of bur
den" A large percentage of the
people live in small boats which form
a floating floor on the thick waters of
the Pearl river. So precious is the
space that the shops are reduced to
mere boxes: so close is the margin of
profit and so small the purchases that
beans and peanuts are sold by indi.
Vidual count
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
New Side Walks.

Stakes We're set Tuesday morning
by City Engineer Horace Hawkins
for a piece of new concrete side WALL
about two blocks in length along the
east side of South Market street from
the. south side of the oil Hawkeye
Overall Company factory building to
the south side of the August Gottsch,
Itch foundry, or. Eighth avenue east
This piece of work was ordered in
while e. r. Bridges was city surveyor
under the Reynolds administration
but at that time the fill was not up
to grade.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

As MIR. James Bryce says in The
American Commonwealth, The
school is becoming the nucleus of To-
cal self-government in the South now.
as the church was in New England
two centuries ago" and both ought
to be actively identified with the good
roads movement, without success of
which neither can attain that degree
of prosperity essential to the welfare
of the whole community
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
CLUBS AND SOCIETY
Various Happy Occasions Among
Town and Country Folk.

! The Arts and Crafts department Of
| the OSkaloOsa Woman's Club held
their regular meeting yesterday af-
ternoon with Mrs. E. X. Taylor and
Mrs T. e. SteddOm at the Taylor
home. Thirty-five members of the
department were in attendance, and
| there were a number OF guests. The
! president of the Woman's Club, Mrs
Richard Hull, was present and gave
a brief but interesting talk. After
the business session the ladies gave
their attention to their fancy work,
and a social hour The . hostesses
served a delicious luncheon at the
close of the meeting, and the depart
mCnt adjourned to meet with Mrs. c.
B. MCCulloch and Mrs Swain Hopes,
lon next Monday afternoon at the Nc
CulIoCh home.
Bible Searchers' class of Central
NJ. E. church were entertained at the
home Of Mrs. J. w Shreves, 215 North
I bird street. Friday, April 81 Al.
though the day was very disagree.
able, quite a number Of the ladies
braved the storm and were well re-
paid by the pleasant afternoon spent
with the hostess. The former part
of the meeting was devoted to the
business Of the class, while the latter
was spent in a social way. Very de-
.licious refreshments were served by
the ladies in charge. The ladies as
sisting the hostess were Mrs. Dean,
Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Crew, Mrs. Be
man and Mrs. Morgan.
-. - -
Misses Blanche and Bernice Rey-
nOlds were hostesses to the members
of the Arachne Club last evening at
their home, ia South L. street. The
weather conditions were not espe-
cially favorable but quite a number
of the club members braved the rain,
and were well repaid with the good
time which every one present seemed
to have. There was no program of
especial arrangement, but some good
music and general good time made
the hous seem short. A delicious
luncheon was served by the host
esses. MS Ysst VI ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
AMONG THE LODGES
Items of Interest From the Various
Hsnnts of the Goat.

Rebekah Lodge No. 389 held their
regular meeting last evening. with a
fairly good attendance of those who
could get there between showers. The
regular business session was token
up snnd number of interesting mat
tiers were discussed. Plans were made
for the bazaar which the ladies are to
hold on Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
rFBE EASTER CAIRROLS1fE.
Were Sung By Young Ladies' at I'm
iversity Park.

AS Easter morning dawned at Uni
versity Park one of the prettiest Gus
toms of the institution was carried
out, when thirty young ladies of the
school arose at two-thirty o'clock in
the morning, and by three o'clock
were out on the streets Of the little
city singing the Easter carols, and
more especially chanting that beauti-
full song, He Arose" Persons who
were. nabI yet up, and in fact who
we're awakened from a sound stunt
Der heard the music as it was waited
to them on the morning breeze, now
! faint, and now far away. About
! four o'clock the young men of the
school formed a band, and went from
home to home singing the songs of
Easter and cheering the hearts of the
! listeners. At five o'clock, sunrise
prayer meeting was held in the chap
ell which was led by Professor Anna
ISpann. The songs by the chorus of
some sixty voices was most Impress
i've, and the day was beautifully start
ed
Miss Minnie Kruse and Miss Mary
Haines, who have been attending
school here, have gone to their homes
in What Cheer. Miss Kruse was
called homo on account of illness in
her family, while Miss Haines gave
up the school on account of poof
health. They will, however, finish
with their class in June, taking the
examinations just the same.
l. Miss Esther Freed spent Sunday
at her home in Abba, returning, to
her school work on Monday
l. go ':r!, - - ~, ',,a, ..A ..
The University Gospel . Team of
some fifteen members spent Sunday
afternoon and evening in Fremont,
holding services which were well at,
tended and very interesting. .,
= = -
Miss Lillian ,Beunger, who gradu.
lated, from Abbott's Hospital in June
of last year, and who has been spend
ling the past six months at her home
lin Cleveland, Ohio, has come back
to Oskaloosa and will take up her pro-
fessional work at once. Miss Beun-
ger formerly resided at the Park.
- - -
The Rev. Mr.. Smith read the SER
VICES lOT Cndpel eAeTClSeS OH EdSteT
Sunday morning, while DR.. Nc
Laughlin read the services for the
evening exercises.
- - -
The academy graduating class at
University held class prayer meet
ing at the Crawford Williams home
on Saturday evening. The. class
has about thirty-two members, and
their prayer services were beautiful
and interesting.
John ROsenberger of Mitchelfville
has been visiting his brother, Harry
ROsenbergeH at the Park, the past
few days.
Mr.. Kurtz of Sioux City has been a
guest with friends at the Park the
lpast few days. ~ Mr. KrHtz was for
merly a student here and expects to
Ire-enter the school next fall.
| - - =:
Rev. A. J. Behner of University
Park held services at Harvey on
Sunday.
Revival meetings will begin at the
Park again. on Friday evening, with
C. w. Ruth of indianapolis, Ind, in
charge.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

G-r-Acceptances have been received
by the committee in charge of arrang-
ing the program for the seventeenth
convention of the Anti-Saloon League
of America from many prominent
men. The convention will be held in
Indianapolis June, 26 to 20.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

The Steel Trust which for years
has been mum as an oyster as to it's
own affairs. is now very solicitouS
that the public know all about them.
Maybe the government could get
quicker action on the gasoline ques-
tion by threatening to develop oil
wells of its own.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
EASTE RTIDE.

Nature voices all her gladness,
Lays aside her gloom and sadness,
All is peace and JOY and gladness,
At Eastertide.
SO let every heart of sorrow
Neither trouble keep or borrow;
All is peace upon the morrow,
At Eastertide.
Tell the resurrection story,
Tell of Him, the King of Glory,
Every tongue repeat the story,
At Eastertide.
Ring, We Easter lilies, ring,
In the breezes gently swing;
Every heart for Joy shall sing,
At Eastertide.
Jean Erickson.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

Alex. Miller is painfully observ-
ing. In his Washington Democrat
he says: "A woman in this town went
to blow her nose, at a concert, and
she used a very dirty handkerchief,
hidden behind clean one, and that
was new one on u.s."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

try for the egg producing sections.
Many eggs that now reach the large
consuming markets in "a totally unfit
condition could be saved and a large
portion of the annual waste eliminat-
ed If they were treated in time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

I'm Knoxville, according to the
Journal, the bitterest opposition to
equal suffrage is to be found among
the women who don't want the ballot.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
as Gao YOU'RE LIVING.

Above the eastern horizon there
Is diffueed golden glow which be-
speaks the coming of day, The stars
81 night pale at the advent of the
sun. The cir is stirred into gentle
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

-Des Moines Register and Leader:
Republicans who want to see some
expert political maneuvering should
keep their eyes on New York state
for the next six weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

Keota has six churches and there
we're services in only two Of them on
Sunday night Does not that indi'
cate that we have too many?" in
ouires the Eagle
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

People along @ street south of the
in the public library at Q 30 O'Clock
D. M Friday April rs. 1910. for or
ganization and other business.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
showera Have lnterfered.

Cleaning up operations in progress
in all parts of town have been inter.
rupted thus far this week by the nu-
merous Intermittent showers,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

The man on the corner says very
few jobs look as big after they are
completed as they did before they
were tackled
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27
No new School HOUSE
Both Men and Women Voted Again
st the Proposition.

! Oskaloosa gets no new school
house. Not yet. So say the voters
of the Oskaloosa Independent School
district.
Both men and women defeated the
proposition to bond the district for
SITS 10000 for a new high school and
other improvements, but both men
and women voted to give the district
! 50 100000 by tax to wipe. out the debt
against the Grant;and GiTfdh school
buildings. :, =
| Total vote cast:
! Women .................... l,2Sz
| DUAL 1900
Men spoiled % ballots and the wo-
linen %. ballots and few ballots slip
jped in for which the name of the vOt-
| er was not recorded, making the to-
! tai vote 2,647 instead of the number
recorded above, according to the poll
/ books.
1t was an exciting election with
plenty of fireworks, enthusiasm and
hard work attached; also crowds at
the voting place at the city hall base
ment. But the voice of the people
has been heard and the women ap-
pear to concur in the judgment of
the men,-in this instance.
Rev. Alexander McFerran, James
Patterson and l.. r. Shangle were
the election judges and they were on
duty constantly from nine o'clock
Tuesday morning until after one
o'clock this Wednesday morning when
the final work connected with the
election was counted and recorded.
They did not even leave their seats
at the ballot box and registers for
their meals, but had eats" sent in to
them at noon and following the close
of the polls at seven o'clock in the
evening.
While the polls closed at seven
o'clock there were many in the build;
ing registering and seeking to vote
at the hour of closing and some OF
these were permitted to express their
jugdment before the hooks were fin
ally closed. ~: ..I.
| Almost as many women voted as
did men, the total being only Is less.
Men were in the lead until the after
noon when the ladies poured out in
crowds and more women than men
were recorded until along about six
o CLOCK NHcH Tie HIGH again IOOh tllu
maintained the lead.
Not all voted on the second propO-
sition, for the five thousand dollars
tax to pay a school debt, but the
manner in which those who did vote
changed from one proposition to the
other indicated full and complete I'M
derstanding of the voters and their
ability to express their opinion by
way of the ballot The vote in de-
tail follows:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-27

-r"He who has .misgiVings as TO, the
finish will never start anything.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
PLAZA

SURPRISING in artistic beauty any
thing of its type ever shown at q. local
playhouse, 1.-The Edge of the World, y
o. faturfstic color puzzle in a ka1eido-
@cOp1c electrical arwang cement is be-
ing offered as one of the big features
on the Plaza. bill for today. The
woman on whose perfect figure a
prism of co1ors is made to blend and
harmonic exquisite1y is none other
than charming Miss Bettina., one Of
the strfkingly beautiful posers on the
vaudeville stage 1t is an offering
wei worth the price of admission
alone.
The Werner and Annoros Co.. old
favorites. locally, are on the bill with
their thoroughly delightful variety
offering including juggling, music and
character approximations It is an
act that never fails to score and the
representation of Charley Chaplin by
Alfred Werner. Jr., who is the living
Image Of the famous star is a verit-
able riot of fun. -
Lever and Leroy. a pair of black
face comedians in a singing and &c
centric dancing slzit and Claire and
Duval In ainty singing and talk.
ing oddity complete the vaudeville.
Norma Thalnadge and Tu1ly Mar
shall are featured in "Martha's Vim
dfcation." a five part Triangle play
and William Collier lin two part
Keystone entitled ''Wife and Auto
Trouble ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
LYRIC

Cecil Spooner, the brilliant little
star of the Lyric theatre stock COM
pany, will next week present Maggie
Pepper which was made interna-
tionaIly famous by Rose Stah1. and
which ran for nearly two years on
Broadway to Tremendous attendance,
followed by extended runs in many
other important cities. The play of
Maggie Pepper was written by the
late Charles Klein, author of 1.-THE
M1s4c Master 1.-THE Auctioneer,'' and
other important successes, and is gem
orally c1assed as his superior work.
The part of Maggie Pepper" is that
of a department store girl, who is
full of pep" bri1liancy, and yet a
model of propriety. The usual care
full attention will be given the pro-
ductfon Of maggie Pepper which has
vious presentations at the Lyric, in
me1t to make this, a, most pretentious
Of maggie Pepper with the accent
on the .sPepp.'' will be a part for Miss
spooner in which she will delight in
playing, it being exactly in her best
line.
Every Sunday night from to 10,
Manager Isham will present a pro-
gram OF special feature pictures. This
Sunday night the attraction being that
great New England drama, Shore
AcresT In addition to tsShore Acres
there will be several other big fea-
ture photodrarnas and comedies, max,
ing it in its entirety the biggest show
to be given in this city considering the
schedule of very popular prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
AInuSementS
POLI'S

seP1antation Days. a melange of
music and nairth that is reminiscent
of the ante-bellun days in the south,
Is proving a. big feature in a big pro-
gram at Polls dozen clever art
lists who can sing and dance con-
tribute to this unusual entertain
ment The wnirlwind finish by the
ragtime band is proving a veritable
sensation.
Theda Bara, famous as s-the YAM
pfre woman will be seen for. the
last time tonight in the hve-part
photopIay "Gold and the Woman
This drama tells "a gripping story Of
how a woman's lust for money
wrecks several perfectly happy
lives.
Walter Law. formerly Of the Poll
Players here, and his company of
capabIe performers, are winning new
Ia1rels in a one-act comedy called
Ellis First Kick" ~
Other attractions in the big pro-
gram Include Stanley and Gold, in
songs and dances; Julia Curtis, sing
ing Coincidence; Hines, Washb71rn
and Geers in bits of minstrelsy, and
Bartlett and LaF'avor in an acrobatic
In addition to ..Gold and the wo-
man. " there are other good photo-
plays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
THE FORTUNES
OF FIGHTING

It is only within comparatively re-
cent years that the boxing game and
high finance have entered upon such
intimate relations. The last care
knuck1e championship battle in
America, that between John L. Sulli-
van and Jake Ki1rain at Richburg,
Miss, in 1889, involved a financial
consideration of only $4,000, al
though the sportSmen of two cOntin-
ents had been eagerly discussing such
a, match for years.
The South African miners were
really responsible for Initiating the
era of big money fights. In 1889
they hung up a stake of $22, 500 for
battle between two comparative I'M
knowns, Jack Couper and Wolf Ben
dorf. This lavish stake was a seven
days wonder in the sporting world,
and it, started the boxers of Amer
lea and England to thinking. If such
a sum could be hung up for a fight
pulled off in Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, they figured that their fistic
displays in the centers of civilization
ought to be worth a lot more money
than they have been getting.
New Orleans started the ball roll
ing with the big tournament pulled
off there in September, 1892. Su11i-
Corbett in bout in which $45, 900, IN
Ii ghtweig ht title match between Jack
and Billy Myer was for a
stake and purse of $4,000, and ST.
500 was hung up for the George Dix
on-Jack Ske11y featherweight battle.
The next year New Orleans again
got into the ght by offering $40,-
coo for niddleweig1at title bout be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
DEYO, PRINCETON
PITCHER, BANNED
FOR HOTEl. WORK

Big Bill Deyo, Princeton's star
pitcher, has fallen under the ban be-
cause he played summer ball at Au-
Sable, in the Adirondacks. The story
that Deyo has joined LeGore, Wat
rous, Milburn and others came out
| yesterday, though weeks ago Deyo was
told by Dean McClenahan that he
would never again be permitted to
represent the Tigers. The dean is
backed up by the faculty committee
on outdoor sports.
| Deyo's case involves a nice point in
amateurisn. II, Dean McCIena1lan and
| the committee consider that the
pitcher has lost his amateur standing
! because he violated an implied agree
ment with the DEAN
The authorities, stand is based on
the fact that Deyo said last spring that
his duties at summer hotel were to
be the care of the golf greens or
similar work. in return for which
he was to receive his board The dean
says that the pitcher spent little time
on the green's, and that the similar
work referred to consisted in the main
of pitching for the hotel nine
Last June Deyo went to Dean Nc
Clenahan and asked for permission to
pitch for the hotel team, stressing the
fact that his health demanded a. trip
to the mountains He was to look af-4
ter the golf greens in return for his
board, or to perform similar work,
and his pitching was to be in the ma
ture of playful exercise.
1t was, shown to the committee that
the star pitcher spent little time on
the greens, and did little work of sny
regular sort. He was treated like a
guest, not an employee and had his
meals in the main dining room.
whereas most of the other members
of the team ate in the second dining
room.
Rumors of action in the Deyo case
have been prevalent with increasing
currency for the last two months but
Dean McC1anahan has made no an
nouncement because of his desire to
have the whole matter receive as little
publicity as possible. When college
opened last fall the faculty commit
tee and Dean McC1enahan investigated
Deyo's case.
Deyo pointed out to the faculty that
his agreement provided for care of the |
green's or similar work The similar
mean similar manual work, and it was |
so understood by the dean in the |
spring, when Deyo first asked for per- |
mission to play Deyo said that so I
long as he performed work of any sort /
he thought he was living up to the |
spirit and letter of his a agreement with /
the dean.
After a consideration Of several |
months the committee decided that
the technical omission of the word /
manual in no wise atoned for Deyo's |
failure to live up to what they thought |
the moral of the agreement. :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25

tween Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Hall.
In 1894 Corbett fought Charlie Mitch
ell, the English boxer, for $4,000 at
Jacksonville, Fla.
The West then got into the running.
The F'itzsimmons-Shark bout in San
Francisco in 1896 attracted a $4,000
house, the fighters getting $14,70O
The next year Fitzsimmons fought
Ccrbett for the heavyweight title at
Carson City, the g1adiators getting
$4,000 of the $4,000 gate.
Then came the turn of the effete
East to horn into the big money game.
In 1899 the New York fans paid $685.
900 to see Jeffries defeat Sharkey,
the fighters getting $36,465. The con-
test between Jim Corbett and Kid
Mccoy, staged in New York in 1900,
attracted another big house, the fans
tween the two great opponents of
cleverness, who divided $33,81O
That was the ends of big money
battles in the East for a time but the
Pacific Coast plungers continued. to
Eul1 the pug market. In 1901 the
San Francisco fans paid over $500
to see Jeffries and Rubin in action
the fighters getting about $4,000.
The es-F'itzsimnons battle in
San Francisco the following year at
tracted a slightly larger gate, ana the
coast fans paid $4,000 to see Young
Corbett and Terry McGovern, a pair
of little fellows, 1arap each other The
Ne1son-Britt~ lightweight contest at
Colma in 1904 attracted $4,000, the
men getting $4,000 of this sum. The
Britt-Corbett contest the same year
drew $4,000 The Britt-Gans affair
drew $4,000, and the Nelson-Britt
contest of 1906 $4,000.
The receipts at the Gans-Nelson
fight at Goldfie1d in 1905 were only
$33, 800, slightly less than the amount
paid the fighters. Milwaukee paid
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25

$z1,224 to see the Ketchell-Papke con
test in 1903. The fight fans of Aus
tralia paid $4,000 to see Tommy
Burns whip Bill Squires in 1908, and
a little later dug up $131, 900 when
Burns fought Jack Johnson.
The great culEnination of the finan-
cia1 fever came in 1910, when $780,
IT'S was paid by the fans at Reno for
the Johnson-Jeffriesb battle, the war
riors getting $121,OOO. When Will
lard took the title away from John
son at Havana last year the gate re-
ceipts amounted to about $4,000, of
which Johnson got $4,000, and big
Jess practically nothing above ex-
penses. But he has been getting it
sincei
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25

love story of youth and his adventures in quest of fame
fortune The loneliness of ladies company
set standard of fascinating glhood for the stage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
EMPIRE

An a11-eeature program headed by
the fve-part Famous Players Para,
mount comedy thriller. 1.-The Lost
Bridegroom, featuring that inimita-
BILE Iight-comedian. John Barrymore
will be shown this evening at Keeney's
Empire theatre.
This feature is one of the best com
edy offerings of the season. The rest
of the program will consist of num-
Der of latest single and multiple part
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
LYRIC SUNDAY NIGHT PICTURES.

Tomorrow night Manager Isham has
arranged a big program Of special and
varied moving pictures at the Lyric,
which will, as usual, be SURPRISING in
every number. The important fea-
ture of all will be a pictorial repro
ductton of James A. a1erne's wonder
fully realistic character comedy of
New England life. t'Shore Acres,'' said
to be the extreme limit in motion pic
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
SUBJECTS Of the Universal brand.

An aIf-feature program headed by
'.Haze1 DAWN a five-part Paramount
picture, wil4-be offered tomorrow even
ing Monday and Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25

Ernie Greenwich, who pitched for
Springfield in 1914, will manage Will
mington in the Atlantic league this
season.